A handmade cat face complete with whiskers for your hair.
One night, in a futile attempt to sleep on a hot summer night, I saw a vision of a hair slide that was a cat, with the pin going through as the middle whisker. I groggily crawled out of bed to sketch it so I wouldn't forget, and then fell fast asleep. The next day I saw the drawing, and immediately made the prototype.
The resulting product is a large but lightweight hammered cat head outline that I first made in sterling silver and then had cast in solid brass, which I then hammered and finish. It has a slight curve to it, to sit comfortably on a half twist, or whole twist up, and is slightly malleable so you can mold it against your hair. The thick hammered brass pin goes over one side of the cat, under your hair, and then up over the other side. Two small indentations keep the stick in between its whisker friends. visual instructions included.
NOTE: it has come to my attention that cheap knock-offs of my design are being made in china and etsy sellers are selling them as "vintage" or their own- please know that they are not mine, they are poor quality made in unknown conditions, and have no right being sold on etsy! thank you for reading!! I'm all worked up!