Local 706 - The Artisan

Summer 2023

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sported a jet-black hair style in original series. I came up with the idea for a silver gray-white lace front half hairpiece designed and constructed by Kristy Starky to add more hair in the front hairline. His hair was scissor cut, along with blending the lace front hairpiece with his natural hair, keeping the top much longer to blend the lace pieces correctly, while still maintaining some length in the nape area to bevel under. We then did the application of the lace to his skin using Super Baldiez adhesive and a shammy to lay the lace, keeping it undetectable on camera. A blow dryer and a round brush were utilized to create volume and keep the top section uniformed and blended with the rest of the hair. Silver/Gray Hair Topic fibers were applied to the crown section for volume and to dull the shine on the scalp. This style was set with Aerogel Spray. When it came to our Klingon character Worf, we hadn't seen him for quite some time, so it seemed natural for his dark hair to mature with time in space. The wig design by Vincent Van Dyke FX and the hand-made ventilated piece constructed by Sasha Camacho Van Dyke brought this look together. The placement is the challenge. It has to be precise when it comes to the application to an appliance such as this one; there was very little wiggle room. Taking my direction from FX designer, Department Head Make-up James MacKinnon, I took into consideration the alien curvature of the appliance in order to find the exact placement, which was the highest ridge, and brought down the left and right temporal bone in order to achieve a precise fit. I used Super Baldiez adhesive, a suede shammy to lay the lace down in order to not be detected and that could withstand heavy action moves by the performer. The hair design was twisted hair bound and wrapped by leather straps to give it a tribal look. JM: As Picard comes to an end, I would like to thank all our crews, along with the talented artists at VVDFX, Neville Page and all the Local 706 make-up artists and hair stylists who came out to help bring this world to life for three amazing seasons… Make it so!! • $1.9 BILLION TOTAL TEAM SALES VOLUME IN 2022 #1 LUXURY TEAM IN LOS ANGELES $16 BILLION TOTAL TEAM SALES

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