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36 • THE ARTISAN SUMMER 2022 she's described, "lightning with the yellow hair," and had to be kept up weekly. In the beginning of her jour- ney, she is much more put together with not a hair out of place. As the story and circumstances progress, she becomes more disheveled and her look completely changes as she nds herself. Extensions were added to show the passing of time and braids were added beneath her tress- es to take on the Native American culture in which she immerses her- self later on in the series. Martin Sensmeier (Sam), Elsa's love interest/husband, wore a custom lace-front wig done by the amazing Robert Pickens that was treated with such care … cleaning the lace every day was a constant, ensuring it did not read wig in any of his close-ups. LaMonica Garrett (omas), his hair was treated with a sponge brush and a boar bristle pass over brush to maintain his natural texture and look of being unkempt and worn. Other looks we created for characters such as Audie Rick (John Dutton Sr.), who had the most amazing "acting hair" nger combed, the hair was ready for the day's beating. For Marc Rissmann (Josef), Eric Nelsen (Ennis), James Hèbert Top row: Isabel May as Elsa; Eric Nelsen as Ennis. Middle row: Tom Hanks as General George Meade; Marc Rissman as Josef. Bottom: LaMonica Garrett as Thomas. (Wade), we used mixtures of products like pomade, wax, hair grease, oil, dry texture sprays to create there worn river washed, hair styles. Ioana Gratiela Brancusi (Noemi) and Amanda Jaros' (Alina) hair were curled each day with an half-iron to spruce up their naturally curly hair, and Anna Fiamora (Risa) became one with her head scarf until her river-crossing scene where she lost her scarf and had her owing hair down throughout the journey until her demise. All the stunt doubles were tted with wigs and I couldn't be prouder of the amazing look-a-like doubles we created. Having gone through the main cast's looks and the dedication it took to bring them to fruition, I can't in good conscience not men- tion the amazing sta that made all of this come to life. My heartfelt thanks to my key hair stylist Emerald Ortega. My number three Kenneth "K-Bobby" Edgar. My background supervisors: Ashley Rihel, Nichole Miller and Mia Atkinson. My hair stylists: Cassidy "ChaCha" Green. Pi Leonard, Rosie Miller, Whitney Headspeth, Angela Jackson, Shereese Slate, Bobbie Kleman, Bailey Whitlock, Daniel Klingler, Erin Volkman, Gigi Coker, Alex Ford, Joe Rivera, Kendra Shavonne and Michael Briseno. Without you guys, this mountainous endeavor would not be possible. You are the most amazing team that any hair- dresser head of department could have and I was fortunate enough to have had the pleasure. My gratitude for your hard work is beyond words. ank you and I hope we get to do this again. •