…has a knob on the end, according to Terry Pratchett’s Nanny Ogg! So that’s exactly what I’ve been creating for the wizard to carry in Scunthorpe Little Theatre Club’s up-coming panto, ‘Puss in Boots’. I started with a fluorite sphere…
…and then used copper wire to create a claw setting for it. First I worked the heavier gauge wire into a five-pointed star with branches, doubling over the ends for safety and holding them together in the middle with a wrapping of finer gauge wire.
Then each ‘branch’ was wrapped with the finer gauge wire…
…and the sphere placed inside.
I carried on weaving some of the ‘branch’ points together to encase the sphere.
Finally the free ends were curled into interesting shapes.
The staff is a long sturdy stick that my middle one picked up on our holiday in the Lake District last Easter. I’ve given it a couple of coats of black wood stain and then it will be polished with beeswax. The broken bit at the top is going to be shaped into a curve to hold the orb cage.
And then an unexpected bonus. We discovered the fluorite naturally glows in the dark.
How perfect is that for the pantomime villain?!
Excellent design and execution 🙂 your wizard will look extra magical with that wand
Stunning. And glow-in-the-dark, too. Somehow, the staging must take advantage of that!
That’s a very shiny knob, has the wizard been polishing it?
Probably – you know what wizards are like…!
You’re quite the wizard (or is it wizardess) to create such a wonder. Some small wizard is going to be quite pleased.
Actually, he’s a grown up wizard, although with lots of toys (staff, sword, hand flash…) to play with!
Merry Christmas! Thank you, love, nia
wow….and I thought I liked fiddly!! It is perfect too, beautiful.
This is fab! Mustrum Ridcully would be proud.