Stephen Levit is a woodworker. He is a craftsman. He is meticulous. Stephen Levit is my father. My entire life, I have been eating on beautiful wood tables that he has built. I have been sitting in chairs that he has handcrafted – chairs that seem to come from another era but are no doubt modern. I have displayed bowls in my home that he has hand turned. I have written my correspondence with pens that he has carefully crafted.

My father has been and done many things. He was in the Navy, aviation branch; he was a manufacturing and business consultant, he is a published author " Quality is Just the Beginning" by McGraw-Hill; he has been a ski instructor; he's a photographer; he raced motorcycles; he's a public speaker; he has owned his own employment company and managed his own consulting firm. And, as a magician himself, my introduction to magic was from him. But, ever since he helped me build my first wooden race car for Boy Scouts, to me he has always been a woodworker.

To walk into my father's wood shop, is like walking into Santa's Workshop. You just know this is where he is at home – this is where pieces of art emerge.

And his new collection of magician's wands is no exception. From the time I asked him to make me a personal wand, he realized that he wanted to make wands for the magic community. I knew they would be beautiful, special and stunning.

Above all else, and beyond all that he has done in his life, my father is my hero.

– Jonathan Levit