Local 706 - The Artisan

THE ARTISAN SUMMER 2021 • 33 F or Barry Jenkins' adaptation of Colson Whitehead's novel, The Underground Railroad, he envisioned subtle make-up that could express a thousand words. Typical "period piece" skills were called for, including fake facial hair (both lace and hand-laid), airbrush tattoo cover, staining teeth and nails, and fi lling in modern facial piercings with Dermafl age or Pros-Aide cream. We ran into numerous micro-bladed/ tattooed eyebrows, and used Jordane and Sian Richards tattoo cover to paint hair-thin strokes of skin tone right into the tattooed areas. To de-sculpt the brows even more, we used felt-tip eyebrow pens to paint individual stray hairs around the brows. I don't consider myself an expert (like at all) in the art of fake facial hair, and I relied heavily on the seasoned expertise of Douglas Noe, Ren Rohling and Teresa Vest. We worked out of Jane Galli's huge lace piece collection that has grown throughout her badass career of Westerns and period pieces. I had Rachel Geary create a custom mustache and pointy goatee for the character of Jameson, played by David Wilson Barnes, which totally transformed him into the evil bastard that he portrayed. Because of the extremely hot and cold humidity that we experienced in Georgia, and the subsequent wilting of facial hair and melting of glue, I had facial hair anxiety that would make my heart pound in close-ups. Douglas, Ren, and Teresa shared their collective wealth of knowledge with me and the rest of the team, and made sure everything turned out beautifully, as we all became stronger at our craft. Continued on Page 35 Photos courtesy of Amazon Prime Video UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AJOURNEYONTHE M A K E - U P B Y D O N I E L L A D A V Y D E P A R T M E N T H E A D M A K E U P W hen I fi rst heard of The Underground Railroad project, I was defi nitely interested but thought that the project was in post-production and had been fi lmed already. I got a call from Barry Jenkins and was asked if I was available to do this project and I immediately jumped at the opportunity. Once I read Colson Whitehead's novel, I knew this was meant to be and that Barry would bring forth an amazing visual that would never be forgotten. In my research, I could only fi nd most black-and-white pictures on the internet but I knew that bringing this ahead in color would have much more of an impact than the online visuals. The story tells of the survival and the journey of Cora, an orphaned slave girl who had to fend for herself. It tells of her journey as a runaway and what she went through to gain her freedom. As the Department Head Hair, it was my responsibility to bring forth the story as organically as possible. Using mostly natural human hair wigs and the natural hair of my actors, my job was to establish their looks and transform each of them. Continued on Page 35 H A I R B Y L A W R E N C E D A V I S D E P A R T M E N T H E A D H A I R

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