Gothic Pirate Mermaid, Fantastical Hair Stakes
Sometime in the past one of my Patrons asked me to make something that was either pirate, mermaid, or Ren fair inspired. After a lot of thinking it lead to these Gothic Pirate Mermaid hair stakes. Love the salty gothic vibe and the since that adventure awaits in style.
The Total Length around 15 3/4" long (length of sticks and tassel)
The stick is 9" long enameled Black bamboo and have white stripes with gold and silver dragonfly's on the top part of the sticks the bottom are solid black
The Tassel is ~ 6.5" and is comprised of 12 beads, 4 handmade charms, 2 rhinestone incrusted anker shaped links and 2 small fishbone links, ending in 2 large batwing cross pendants
Charms- are made from Thermoplastic and are Moroccan window cut out shaped:
I over engineer theses stakes so they don't catch in your hair. What that means in detail is I counter sink the eyelet into the stick so there is no gap for your hair to get caught, for added security I E6000 the eyelet into place. The Bobble and Stick are connected with a split-ring; basically a miniature key-ring, once again so there is no were for your hair to get caught. And I wire wrap the beads and charms together. All this means that your hair should not get caught in the charms. It also means that it is very securely put together.