Wonderful that you are already familiar with this art. I must admit that I learned more in my one day of research then I had learned in all my previous years. Can't wait to make a whole bunch of wands now. I would like a box full of them. A wand for every occasion.
Something I forgot to mention here which I found very interesting. If the tree from which the wand comes dies, the wand won't work any more. So this encourages us to look after our trees :)