The Briar Rose

The Apple Tree..the Silver Branch of Celtic mythology and the tree that stands between this world and Annwn..the Otherworld and Celtic land of the dead.

Legend has it that between here and there there lies an orchard..of magical apple trees,a place between place and a place out of time.To enter the Otherorld you must first pass through this orchard....and apple has become a key wood..one which opens the doors of the Otherworld.

Associated to the realms of joy,health and vitality and to longevity,apple is generally considered a benevolant wood..but then it is also a wood that holds the secrets of another world,where things are not always the same..where morals and ethics,even order may well be ever so slightly different..even disturbing.

Apple will always bring with it a sense of "otherness"..timelessness...eternity..of things that do not change,no matter how much this world changes...of the things that you thought only existed in your imagination.Sometimes a disrupting wood,an enchanted wood..a faery wood,full of energy that can leave you quite exhausted.

Enter then the realms of Celtic Faery.....you may never be the same again.

Amongst the many Celtic apple woods on sale,you can rest assured that the wands you see here are genuine Welsh wild apple wood.The trees that provide the wood  for these wands has never known the confines of a domestic garden,they all grow wild in the Welsh hills...these wands are crafted from wild apple..or crab apple,the tree our earliest ancestors would have known.

From pale and etheral fine wands to dark and twisted power wands,every apple wand we craft is of genuine Celtic ancestry.All our wpple wood is cut at all Hallows..the Feast of the Dead and the traditional time for gathering apples.

They are all strung on cords of either scarlet red and emerald green or red,white and green..traditional Welsh colours.

 

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The apple Ma

Gorgeous and powerful wild Celtic apple wood wand.

This piece is very richly coloured ans subtley gnarled..a very desirable piece.

 

This wand measures 52cms in length and is just over 5cms in circumference.

 

The Apple Ma Celtic apple wand  £16.99 

Celtic Apple wood no 1

A very pretty pale apple wood wand with characteristic ganrling.Pale golden cream in colour streaked with darker pigmentation.

This piece measures 44cms in length and 5cms in circumference.a good strong wand for everyday use.

 

Celtic Apple wood 1  £14.99 

 

Fine Celtic Apple

A very pretty heavily gnarled finer wand.Beuatifully coloured golden cream wood with darker pigmentation.

This piece measures 38cms in length by 4cms in circumference.

 

Fine Celtic Apple Wand £10.99 

 

 

Fine Celtic Apple Wood 2

A finer piece,beautifully wavered and heavily gnarled.Pale cream in colour with darker pigmentation.A lovely wand measuring 42cms by 3,5 cms.

Fine Celtic Apple wand no 2  £10.99

 Faery Wyfe

With eyes open wide

I married a bride

From the Otherside...

Faery Wyves..or husbands,the otherworldy consorts of traditional shamans..."married" between worlds  and becomimg magical assistants,working partners..bringing with them an understanding of the Otherworld not necessarily accessed by the mere mortal.

This is a curious piece,bent gnarled and twisted,with a curious energy that does not belong to this world.

A beautifully crafted wand ,though fine,it's very strong..and will possibly need a strong hand.But well worth it.

This piece measures 43 cms in length  by 4cms in circumference.

 

Faery Wife Apple wood Wand  £12.99 

 

Celtic apple 2

A paler wand ,prominantly gnarled and naturally slightly bowed.

A lovely piece measuring 42.5 cms in length and 5cms in circmference.

 

Celtic Apple Wood 2  £11.99   

Apple Wood 3

 

SOLD

Celtic Apple 4

Another paler wand,nicely gnarled measuring 46cms in length and 4.5 cms in circumference.

 

SOLD

 

 

 

Celtic apple 5

 

A darker piece,honey gold in colour and liberally streaked with darker pigmentation.

A beautiful powerful piece.

44cms in length and just under 5.5 cms in circumference.

 

SOLD

 

Faery Wood

Pretty fine and curiously twisted apple wood.

A richly coloured wood with heavy gnarling.

Just lovely

This piece measures 52 cms excluding curves and is just on 4.5 cms in circumference.

 

Faery Wood  £14.99  

 Celtia

Wonderful large power wand..beautifully coloured and crafted.

Warm honey coloured wood,streaked with darler rich brown pigmentation.

A truely wonderful piece measuring 54cms by just over 5.5 cms.

 

SOLD

 

Celtia 2

Big powerful naturally curved apple wood..subtle gnarling and wonderfully streaked colouring make this a very impressive and powerful piece.

This wand measures a touch over 50 cms in length and just under 6cms in circumference.

 

Celtia 2  

 

SOLD

Celtia 4

A smaller wand but very pretty.

Golden honey wood,with golden brown pigementation and  a fine sprinkling of gnarls.

 

This piece has some slight splitting to the top which does not affect the durablity of the wand at all and will not get any worse.

This piece measures 38cms in length and is just under 5.5 cms in circu,ference.

 

SOLD

 

Handled Celtic Apple Wand

Lovely naturally formed handled wand.

A beautifully crafted piece with heavy gnarling and a rich golden cream colour dusted with darker pigmentations.

This piece measures 47 cms overall length and is 5cms in circumference.

Handled Celtic Apple wood  £14.00 

Celtic Apple Oil

Traditional infused oil of leaves and bark.

30 ml amber glass bottles  £3.25