Cane and able: Summerville woman finds her niche

Nancy Sampson is just beginning work on this stick. She’s using the natural protrusions in the wood to signify the sea horse’s belly and the octopus’s head.

Nancy Sampson uses her Dremel to carve the pads of a dog’s paw print.

The walking stick she donated to a group raising money to cover the cost of cameraman Matt Fahey’s cancer treatments.

This colorful guy sits atop a stick that features crabs caught in a net.

Nancy Sampson carved this stick with a lab’s head as the grip a few years ago. She’s now adding paw prints running up the stick itself.

A raccoon peers out from within.

A mouse peeks from a wizard’s beard on this walking stick.

Small carved turtles that can be attached to necklaces.

A close up of a stick entirely covered in different species of fish.