I thought I would share with you a hitherto-unknown but essential part of my Art. Indeed it is in every way, My craft.​

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You see, I make My own canes!!!​

 

It's a laborious process beginning with sourcing the raw materials from the Far East to My precise specification.

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My supplier of these wonderful, beautiful and natural products cuts the raw rattan to my specific requirements, prior to shipping them to Me.

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These pieces of rattan, which have been produced to the lengths and widths that I desire, are then honed by Myself to My precise requirements. This is a long exercise, particularly the smoothing process, to give an instrument that is a pleasure to hold, and of course to use. 

The smoothing/sanding process is indeed a labour of love since it can take anything upwards of an entire day to produce a cane that is perfection in My hands..... as My subs will testify!!