This prop was designed as part of our prop design class.
I decided to create my own interpretation of a witch's broomstick, also know as a besom.
For this I imagined how a world where everyone had innate magic powers that they could channel through an object.
These objects would be created by taking part in a ritual spanning a year and a day, where the witch to be would graft an object of sentimental importance onto a tree. After the year and a day the tree would've grown around the object, after which it could be harvested and the besom would be finished.
To create the final prop, I made a block-out in blender, which I then imported to Zbrush and textured in Adobe substance painter.