Welcome to my hobby! I fell in love with Willow; "DIAMOND Willow" to be exact. There is a lot of it on my land at my cabin, so I decided to do something with it other than feed the moose. (They love it too!)

Here is an example:

On the left is a close-up of two UNSANDED sticks and on the right are some completed sticks. Once in a long while you get lucky and find a really spectacular one like this:

My cabin is in northern Alberta, Canada, and I am told that due to the long, cold, dark winters which we "enjoy" here, Diamond Willow becomes possible.

I'm selling these beautiful pieces of "Pure Art By Mom Nature"; to see what I have available right now, see my site at http://mypage.direct.ca/l/laninga. I have both "finished" sticks and "rough" ones.

Here are two finished sticks:

Much of the Willow is too large for walking sticks, so I branched out and started making Willow Chairs and giving classes on making them. My main website has a page on that, with complete details on how you can make your own. I have some jigs which make construction better and easier. When I do a class, I provide all the materials. After making a good number of these chairs, I decided to tackle a special project; a Diamond Willow Chair. Here it is:

This picture cannot do justice to the chair; it is really beautiful and very comfortable to sit in. It was an awful lot of work and I doubt if I'll ever make another. With all due respect to our friend Saddam, I call this "The Mother of All Diamond Willow Chairs."

Another thing I did with a couple of super nice pieces, is make "coffee-cup stands." Here they are:

Watch this page (Bookmark it?!) for details on sticks I have for sale.

Meanwhile, check out my main website, at http://mypage.direct.ca/l/laninga where you will find:

Gold Panning Courses
The latest on WALKING STICKS & Hiking Staffs availability
Canadian Income Tax Tips
R.R.S.P. tactics (for Canadians only)
Jokes (for *every*one)
my favourite links including lots of free MIDI music files
Big Game Hunting
Help for the Disabled
Home Business advice
Free landscape art scenes to download
Investing (my ideas, forms etc.)
Confessions of a Bear Hunter
My favourite FREE software downloads
Lots of great links
MOOSE nuggets (!)
suggestions for making a website

plus, links to my other web-pages:

My most recent fishing trips
List of places where you can put your website at NO cost; the good and the bad
New Car Horror Story
My cabin with lots of photos
Willow Chair making instructions with lots of photos
Detailed instructions for making a great picnic table
............and more............