The owner of this walking stick collection is the great-great-grandson of Jonathan Howell who ran a business making these walking sticks. The business produced one and a half million sticks a year in ...

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, craftsmen from many different regions of the country used a peculiar form of sculpture — the whittled walking stick — to communicate social signals, convey ...

♪ >> THE FLYING HORSE SCULPTURE EXHIBIT IS I BELIEVE THE LARGEST TEMPORARY OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBIT IN THE AREA. TED: REPRESENTING OVER 50 PIECES OF WORK FROM LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL ...

“Now that’s a piece of pocket-knife work,” Michael Hall said as he motioned toward a walking stick with wildly intricate layers of carvings in the Columbus Museum of Art. Hall, the museum’s adjunct ...

People faces, animal faces, pretty faces, ugly or bizarre faces — Rick Opfer doesn’t care, as long as it’s “folk art” and sits on the end of a walking stick. Best known as a toy and antique auctioneer ...

In an episode of the long-running BBC series, guest presenter Marc Allum appraised the man's unique array of canes, which included sticks with dog-head, moon and boot-shaped handles. Curious about ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The state capitol will be receiving a unique piece of history. The walking stick owned by Michigan’s 22nd Governor Edwin B. Winans will now be featured in ...

DETROIT LAKES — When Bob Kotaska travels to other states, he often finds a piece of wood suitable for a walking stick. The Detroit Lakes man, a longtime member of the Lake Country Woodcarvers, carved ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Walking sticks have come a long way from their humble origins as mere support tools to becoming significant style statements. While today they are often associated with the elderly or those requiring ...