ABSTRACT

Wig Making and Styling: A Complete Guide for Theatre and Film, Second Edition is the one-stop shop for the knowledge and skills you need to create and style wigs. Covering the basics, from styling tools to creating beards, it ramps up to advanced techniques for making, measuring, coloring, and cutting wigs from any time period. Whether you’re a student or a professional, you‘ll find yourself prepared for a career as a skilled wig designer with tips on altering existing wigs, multiple approaches to solving wig-making problems, and industry best practices.

chapter 1|21 pages

Wig-Making Terms, Tools, and Techniques

chapter 2|13 pages

Wig Application and Removal

chapter 3|13 pages

Care and Maintenance of Wigs

chapter 4|20 pages

Wig-Making Basics: Learning to Ventilate

chapter 5|16 pages

Measurements and Tracings

chapter 6|42 pages

Facial Hair

chapter 9|23 pages

Building a Wig from Scratch

chapter 11|26 pages

Wig-Styling Techniques

chapter 12|16 pages

Creating a Hairstyle

chapter 15|13 pages

The Business of Wigs and Hair