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 ...

In today's What's It Worth? we explore the history and value of a very special walking stick -- child-size and made of glass. Q. This small glass cane -- about 25 inches long -- was made by my ...

On Saturday, Sept. 6, a group of residents gathered at Mainspring, a restored church and community space found on East Main ...

The featured items in Henry Taron’s next auction of antique walking sticks (the British term for “canes”) might make you wonder why the accessory ever went out of style. The handle of a Tiffany & Co.

KINGSLEY, Iowa -- Five nestle in a chair's arm at the kitchen table. A few steps away, at the basement landing, four more lean into a nook. Walking sticks and canes all, they are crafted by retired ...

“I carve hiking sticks, and they are meant to be used,” Leonardi, 70, said. Some collectors have told him they would never use the walking sticks to hike, and that’s understandable. These aren’t ...

Nowadays, I’m constantly writing about how art is trending away from figures and representation and toward abstraction and formalism. Wit h these changes, narrative and content-heavy works are ...