Creating a Head Dress

I had a clear idea of what my head dress would probably look like from the beginning, but when it came to making it, I wasn't sure if it would work. I went for it anyway, to see if it worked.

I followed my original design pretty closely, to get me started. I cut out a piece of cardboard to act as a base to glue things to.

Original Design

I then started to glue a lot of tooth picks onto the cardboard, fanning it out into a semicircle. I kept building this up and painting it black in between layers.

I had also glues three pieces of wire to the back, and had them coming out in front to form the design over the forehead.

This is the final application of toothpicks. As you can see, I was painting them bit by bit. I had also covered the three pieces of wire with faux suede cord and attached pieces in between as well. This was the part of the design that I wan't sure about, as it looks like a spider's web, but it adds to the dark theme.

My plan then was to attach the crows skull to the front, and to also add gems to cover the blobs of glue and also to make it catch the light.

This is the finished head dress, and I am fairly happy with it. The model's hair will be in a very tall ponytail, so I didn't want the head dress to be very tall as well. I was unsure about how to attach it to the head, so I have glued on a hair donut on to the back. To make it less round, I had sewn it together in the middle before gluing. I'm not sure if it was the best way to attach it to the head as it doesn't look very good from the back, but I am hoping the tall ponytail will hide most of it.