Wig Making Research (E-books)

 The first book: Wig Making and Styling for Film, TV and Theatre, is a comprehensive guide of all hair/wig work such as wefting, making a 3 and 4 part wig base, and also I found a small section on cages.
The book provided a series of examples of different cages, to demonstrate that sometimes they are used for structure and not just size.




There is also a section of texts discussing combining materials with hair, and also how to make hair look more rigid, which I found wasn't applicable to my own project. The cage construction instructions weren't as informative as I thought, and therefore I didn't want to follow the instructions, which couldn't be as up to date a technique, so I sought some cage construction advice from Julia, Rachael and also Will in the workshop, which was enough to follow, swell as the guidance of a fellow student who has made cages before.

The next E-book I found, The comprehesive guide of costume, make-up, jewellery wigs and masks, was a much more informative guide, which had a section on making wigs, and was a useful recap, on the construction and purpose of wigs, and also I was able to see alternate construction techniques.





There was a diagram on wefting which I felt useful to consult with before I created my wefted wig. The 3 string weft is something I vaguely remember following last year and needed to be looked at again to reassure myself.

There was also a diagram on knotting, which was also useful to consult, primarily for me to see it visually so I understand the movement and technique of knotting, and also can see for myself the directional knotting techniques.

The book included how to wrap the hair and create an impression of the head, as well as a guide to taking wig measurements, as well as a diagram of all the measurements I need to take in the wig fitting, which is something I have printed off to keep with me in future.