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The sculptors who first depicted her weren't illustrating a myth — they were trying to catch something they'd felt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOberon Design, working from their studio in Santa Rosa, California, has spent decades translating that kind of mythic weight into objects you can actually live with. This hair tie is cast in Britannia metal — a pewter-family alloy with a soft, antiqued silver finish that feels like something pulled from an archaeological dig in the best possible way. At two inches wide and an inch and a quarter tall, the medallion has genuine sculptural presence without tipping into costume. The whole piece weighs just 12 grams, and the metal is hypoallergenic, so it sits comfortably against the skin all day. An elastic band threads through the back, securing the piece while keeping your hair exactly where you want it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's the quiet paradox here — an image of the goddess unbound, holding everything together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHandcrafted by Oberon Design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oberon Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44792311775279,"sku":"046-H-10009","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0604\/1065\/8863\/files\/night-owl-hair-tie-silver.webp?v=1771025391"},{"product_id":"silver-emergence-hair-tie","title":"Silver Emergence Hair Tie","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere's a moment in every emergence — a chrysalis splitting, a shoot breaking soil, a thought finally finding its shape — where the thing becoming itself is more beautiful than the thing it will be. It's all potential and motion, caught mid-breath. Artists have been chasing that instant for centuries, from Art Nouveau's obsession with unfurling tendrils to the Symbolists who saw metamorphosis as the truest expression of the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOberon Design has been working out of their California studio for decades, crafting objects that carry this kind of weight — pieces rooted in the organic geometry of the natural world, where every curve follows the logic of growth rather than mere decoration. Their sculptural work draws deeply from the Arts and Crafts tradition, where beauty was inseparable from the hand that made it, and ornamentation was never arbitrary. Each motif earns its place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is that philosophy, distilled into something you can wear in your hair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCast in Britannia metal — a refined, nickel-free alloy prized for its ability to hold fine sculptural detail — the Silver Emergence Barrette has a cool silver finish with genuine depth in its relief. At 1½ inches wide by 1¼ inches high and just 6 grams, it sits close and secure without pulling or dragging, the kind of piece you set in the morning and forget about until someone asks where you found it. Hypoallergenic and comfortable against the scalp all day long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHandcrafted by Oberon Design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oberon Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44792311808047,"sku":"046-H-10008","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0604\/1065\/8863\/files\/butterfly-ponytail-holder-silver-hair-accessory.webp?v=1771025400"},{"product_id":"midsummer-hair-tie","title":"Midsummer Hair Tie","description":"\u003cp\u003eSomewhere around the solstice, the garden loses its composure. The climbing roses forget where they were going. The honeysuckle tangles into the lavender. Everything blooms at once, without permission, and the air turns thick with pollen and warmth and the particular green smell of things growing faster than they should. There is no neatness to midsummer. Only abundance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat spirit has deep roots in the decorative arts — the Art Nouveau metalworkers adored it, as did the Pre-Raphaelites, who painted women tangled in flowers and vines as though nature itself were a form of adornment. William Morris built an entire design philosophy around the idea that organic forms, allowed to wind and repeat and intertwine, created a beauty that rigid geometry never could. His wallpapers and tapestries didn't depict nature so much as surrender to it. The best ornamental metalwork of that era did the same — treating a functional object as an occasion for wild, living detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOberon Design works in that lineage. Based in Santa Cruz, California, they cast each piece in solid Britannia metal — a refined, pewter-family alloy with a soft silver luster and real heft in the hand. Their midsummer motif winds botanical forms across a round medallion just 1¼ inches in diameter, detailed enough to reward a close look but unified enough to read as a single, elegant shape. At 12 grams, it has genuine substance on an elastic hair tie — the kind of weight that feels intentional, like a piece of jewelry rather than an accessory. The metal is hypoallergenic, nickel-free, and built to develop a gentle patina over years of wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the rare hair tie that belongs in a jewelry box.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHandcrafted by Oberon Design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oberon Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44792311939119,"sku":"046-H-10007","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0604\/1065\/8863\/files\/silver-wildflower-ponytail-holder.webp?v=1771025417"},{"product_id":"monroe-hair-cuff","title":"Monroe Hair Cuff","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe understood something most people never figure out — that glamour isn't about addition, it's about emphasis. Marilyn Monroe could walk into a room in a white dress with nothing but red lipstick and the whole architecture of the evening would rearrange itself around her. It was never about excess. 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