Wig Making and Styling: A Complete Guide for Theatre & Film

Author:   Martha Ruskai ,  Allison Lowery (Wig and Makeup Specialist, Austin Performing Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780240813202


Pages:   222
Publication Date:   11 March 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Top off that costume with the perfect accoutrement with this first real guide to creating and styling costume wigs. No longer will you need to comb through old references on hairstyles of different time periods, Wig Making and Styling contains everything you need to be a cut above, offering snippets on styling tools, hair types, wig making and measuring, coloring, cutting, and even creating beards and toupees. Other great features include: -Versatile techniques to create all different historical hairstyles -Tips on altering existing wigs and creating wigs from scratch -Multiple approaches and solutions to solving wig-making problems and needs -Information about the industry, including history and best practices Full of inspirational and directive photographs, this book will groom anyone from novice to professional stylist into a skilled wig designer.

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Author:   Martha Ruskai ,  Allison Lowery (Wig and Makeup Specialist, Austin Performing Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Focal Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780240813202


ISBN 10:   0240813200
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   11 March 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

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The first of its kind and a must-have for students and professionals alike. Filled with photographs and detailed, step-by-step instructions for every sort of wig and hairpiece , Wig Making and Styling now occupies a prominent place in my professional library. I will refer to it often as I work. -William Ivey Long, five-time Tony Award winning costume designer


The first of its kind and a must-have for students and professionals alike. Filled with photographs and detailed, step-by-step instructions for every sort of wig and hairpiece , Wig Making and Styling now occupies a prominent place in my professional library. I will refer to it often as I work. -William Ivey Long, five-time Tony Award winning costume designer


Author Information

Martha Ruskai has 30 years of wig making and design experience running the gamut from The Santa Fe Opera & Off Broadway to Miller Light Beer TV commercials & properties wigs for Sleeping With the Enemy. 25 years of teaching at major theatrical institutions including creating the Wig and Makeup Training Program at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Allison Lowery is the Wig and Makeup Specialist for Texas Performing Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. She was also the Wig Master for the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and has created wigs and makeup for Zilker Musical Theatre, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Utah Shakespeare Festival, and many others. She has also been a recipient of the B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Costume Design.

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