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JgS Heirloom Carvings
Canes, Walking Sticks, Staffs & more
Specializing in custom designs & needs
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![]() Footed Canes - PairThese "footed" canes are carved using our home- grown cedar for the canes and basswood for the feet. They feature inlaid turquoise and powdered copper bands top and bottom. | ![]() Footed Cane - PairFeet are basswood with inlaid turquois and copper metal at ankles. | ![]() Footed Canes - PairHand grips and cane bodies are cedar and feature inlaid turquois and copper metal bands. |
![]() Footed CanesAfter visiting many medical/surgical supply houses for my relative, I developed my idea of "footed" canes for the directionally challenged! They are carved from aromatic cedar and feature pointing fingers, a compass in the knuckles and male & female feet. This project earned me a place in the holiday 2011 Woodcarving Illustrated magazine in their 2011 Best Carving Design Contest and won a People's Choice award. | ![]() Woodcarving Illustrated recognition | ![]() Footed CanesThis particular pair of feet represent one male and one female version. You guess which is which! |
![]() Footed CanesPointing fingers with a compass in the knuckle for the directionally challenged. | ![]() Kokopeli CaneThis Chinese Tallow cane is intricately carved and woodburned. Each Kokopeli figures have been inlaid with tourquois, lapis,coral and other crushed mixed stones. The latticework is highly designed and took many hours to carve. This cane won competitions at the Texas Woodcarvers Guild shows. | ![]() Kokopeli CaneBackside of the Chinese Tallow Kokopeli walking cane. |
![]() Oak Leaves & Acorns CaneEveryone, male and female love the oak leaves and acorns designs. Over the years, each of my canes carved in this style and entered for judging has won competitions in the Texas Woodcarvers Guild shows. | ![]() Oak Leaves & Acorns CaneDeeply carved Chinese Tallow cane featuring Oak Leaves & Acorns. This is finished with Golden Oak stain and it a favorite for male and female. | ![]() Oak Leaves and Acorns |
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![]() | ![]() Daisy CaneChinese Tallow cane with daises. Cherry stain gives it the red coloration. | ![]() Daisy Cane |
![]() Aspen Pine Tree StaffThis staff won in the Texas Woodcarvers Guild competition shows. | ![]() Aspen Pine Tree StaffThis Aspen staff was carved for my husband and is 6 ft. tall. It features a removable Woodsman headpiece carved from a very hard Cherry Burl and inlaid with turquoise. When the headpiece is removed, it exposes a camera mount and turns the staff into a monopod for photography. The Aspen staff is intricately carved with latticework, pine tree features and a rattlesnake on the bottom. | ![]() Aspen Pine Tree Staff |
![]() Aspen Pine Tree Staff | ![]() Aspen Pine Tree Staff | ![]() Aspen Butterfly StaffThis Aspen walking staff is my own. The headpiece unscrews and turns the staff into a camera monopod, using a rubber or spike footed tip. Intricately carved with butterflies and dragonflies, many different techniques were applied to finish each feature. |
![]() Aspen Butterfly Staff | ![]() Aspen Butterfly Staff | ![]() Aspen Butterfly StaffButterfly features the application of iridescent powdered micas & foils. |
![]() Aspen Butterfly StaffThis staff is approximately 5 ft. tall. | ![]() Custom 5ft. Aspen StaffThis 5 ft. Aspen Staff was a custom design and features "milestone" medallion markers along a career path, as well as a prediction of golfing upon retirement. | ![]() Snakes in Diamond Willow |
![]() Snakes n Diamond Willow | ![]() Snakes in Diamond WillowThis Diamond Willow walking stick is approx. 4.5 ft. tall. All from the one piece of willow, the two snakes (Mexican Milk Snake & New Mexican Milk Snake) are carved in and out of the stick using the "diamonds" of the willow. | ![]() Texas Rat Snake/Mouse Walking StickWalking stick & snake were carved from one very large Chinese Tallow tree trunk. Mouse and cheese are carved from basswood. |
![]() Texas Rat Snake/Mouse Walking Stick | ![]() Texas Rat Snake/Mouse Walking Stick | ![]() Texas Rat Snake/Mouse Walking Stick |
![]() Pinecone w/ Spirals CaneThis Hackberry cane is intricately carved with a pinecone or pineapple pattern and features spirals of turquoise and bone beads. This cane has won awards at the Texas Woodcarvers Guild shows. | ![]() Amer. Indian w/Eagle CaneThe Eagle Head cane is carved from Chinese Tallow with a basswood headpiece. The body is carved and inlaid with American Indian designs. | ![]() Amer. Indian symbols & Eagle Head |
![]() 3 Canes - ExamplesShowing pinecone or pineapple pattern, rounded strapping and flattened strapping techniques for latticework. | ![]() Desert Rose CaneThis Chinese Tallow cane is deep relief carved with Desert Rose and vines. The pattern is similar to many found on leather belts. | ![]() Dogwood and Cardinal CaneThis custom Chinese Tallow cane was created with favorite tree--Dogwood-- and favorite bird--Cardinal. |
![]() Chinese Tallow CaneExample of latticework strapping with stitches. | ![]() Vines on Hackberry Cane | ![]() Cane w/ multi inlaysThis Hackberry walking cane has multiple carving and inlay techniques, including powdered metals, crushed and powdered stones, abalone shell, etc. |
![]() Vines on Hackberry CaneThis cane was carved from Hackberry and features latticework strapping, pine cone pattern and delicate vines, leaves and flowers. | ![]() Vines on Hackberry Cane | ![]() Cane w/ Lg.TreeWalking cane from Hackberry and features a large tree trunk with falling leaves. Headpiece has an inlaid silver dollar. |
![]() Pansy and Daffodil CaneImages showing both sides. | ![]() Pansy & Daffodil CaneThis Chinese Tallow cane is carved with purple Pansies on one side and yellow Daffodils on the other. | ![]() Pansy & Daffodil Cane |
![]() Custom Birds CaneThis Chinese Tallow cane was a custom project and features Cardinals and Hummingbird. It has also been modified with a more ergonomic handle and stabilizing foot. | ![]() Custom Birds Cane | ![]() Custom Birds Cane |
![]() Custom Birds Cane | ![]() Chinese Tallow CaneCustom designed Chinese Tallow Cane. "Reasons, Seasons, Lifetimes" friendship cane for a dear man. | ![]() Chinese Tallow "Friendships" Cane |
![]() Chinese Tallow "Friendships" Cane | ![]() A Fish Story CaneThis Chinese Tallow cane was created for my brother. | ![]() Custom Chinese Tallow CaneCustom Pump Jack & Duck Hunting cane. This custom design was created for a gentleman who owns an oil company, loves his wife and enjoys duck hunting. |
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![]() Custom Pump Jack & Duck Hunting Cane | ![]() Custom Pump Jack & Duck Hunting Cane | ![]() Custom Pump Jack & Duck Hunting Cane |
![]() Custom Pump Jack & Duck Hunting Cane | ![]() Custom Pump Jack & Duck Hunting Cane | ![]() Custom Pump Jack & Duck Hunting Cane |
![]() Hackberry Cane - "The Wall"Custom designed Hackberry Cane depicting Pink Floyd's music video "The Wall". | ![]() Hackberry Cane - "The Wall" | ![]() Hackberry Cane - "The Wall"Custom designed Hackberry Cane depicting Pink Floyd's music video "The Wall". This strip of hammered metal with bolts is carved from the wood and made to look like metal. |
![]() Sampler CaneThis cane was carved to show how the same "pattern" applied to a cane might be carved in different ways. | ![]() Ergonomic Cane HandleThis shows an example of a cane with an ergonomic handle (right or left handed) and including an interchangeable standard handle. | ![]() Lightning Bolt CaneA Lichtenberg Woodburner delivering 15,000 volts of electricity was used to burn the channels in this Chinese Tallow cane. The channels were then filled with a clear resin impregnated with phosphorescent powder so that it glows in the dark. |
![]() Woodsman StaffBasswood headpiece and Zebra wood staff with large cane hiking tip. | ![]() Iguana on Cedar CaneThis Iguana in Cedar Cane features inlaid turquoise & mixed crushed stones for the features. Unlike Hackberry & Chinese Tallow, Cedar is very soft and does not hold outward relief carvings well, but does lend itself to inlays. | ![]() JgS Carving station |
![]() Basswood Walking StickOak Leaves & Acorns | ![]() Basswood Walking Stick | ![]() Basswood Walking Stick |
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![]() Esmerelda the MarionetteAfter visiting a wonderful shop in Venice, I felt the need to begin working on a troop of marionettes. | ![]() Esmerelda | ![]() Basswood Pumpkin PatchCustom design created for a favorite niece. Basswood figures mounted on a natural edge mesquite base. |
![]() Cigar Store Indian | ![]() Cigar Store IndianBeading on his moccasins are made from tiny beads my father-in-law used in the Boy Scouts in the 1950's. | ![]() Cigar Store IndianVintage beads. |
![]() Spherical HeadsThis is a portion of my collection of basswood, cedar and mahogany spherical heads. With a background in dentistry, a full set of teeth is important! | ![]() She's Wound TightBasswood spherical head. This piece won an award at the Texas Woodcarvers Guild show. | ![]() She's Wound TightSpherical head |
![]() She's Wound TightSpherical head. Definitely needs to loosen that bun! | ![]() Just Whistle a TuneSpherical head carved from Butternut. | ![]() Just a FrogMy husband asked me to carve him a frog from some leftover basswood. The frog and log are one piece. |
![]() Just a Frog | ![]() Just a Frog | ![]() NarwhalCustom design for my niece the whale-lover! Carved from Marblewood. |
![]() Gourd art - Desert SceneThis large gourd has elements of carving, wood burning, Lichtenberg fractal burning & stains. Embellished with raffia & deer antler. | ![]() Gourd art - Desert SceneGourds are one of my latest interests. | ![]() Life In the SunGourd art depicting life in the desert. Images are carved into this thick skin gourd that still has it's seeds rattling around inside. Very large! |
![]() Life in the SunGourd art | ![]() Life in the SunGourd art | ![]() Turquoise ButterflyThis large thick shell gourd features a Turquoise Butterfly amidst lots of Lichtenberg burning. |
![]() Gourd art - Dancers & The Band | ![]() Gourd art - Dancers & The BandDancers (top row) and band members (bottom row) were created with wood burning. Rim embellishment is rope & deer antler inlaid with turquoise. | ![]() Gourd art - Cowboy BootsUsing thick skin gourds grown in California, deep relief carving can be accomplished without perforating the gourd. |
![]() Gourd art - Cowboy Boots | ![]() Pine Needle BasketryPine Needle Basketry is one of my latest interests. the pine needles for these pieces were purchased from Florida and California. | ![]() I'm an image title.Describe your image here. |
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