Local 706 - The Artisan

Spring 2025

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THE ARTISAN SPRING 2025 • 41 e show begins in present day with a disillusioned Agatha who believes she is a regular citizen who works as the town detective. For this look, I kept her very plain and natural, and I darkened under her eyes with some glazing gel and kept her skin clean. As the story progresses, it leads to what was one of the most iconic moments of the show. ere is a moment where Agatha starts to remember who she is and transforms back into her witchy self. To reveal this, Jac Schaffer—the show's creator and showrunner—wanted to shoot a montage scene that included six different period looks all in one day. So, hair, make-up and wardrobe changes were all done on location in a small changing room. We had to plan which order to film the looks in so that the hair and make-up could change seamlessly and quickly. As I took Kathryn's make-up looks from current day to the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s, Erin was helping with removal and changing out her nails. We made custom press on nails ourselves for every character and decade needed. We had boxes of nails everywhere! e cast includes a coven of witches who each have their own powers. When we began designing the looks for each character. We really wanted them to be highly individualized. One of the big challenges we faced on the show was the dark overall tone that was set by the lighting. As we know, lighting can make or break a make- up and we knew going in that it would be a very darkly lit set. Everyone's make-up included textures that were either reflective or creamy to give life into each look. We also included pops of color and used highlighting and contouring. as well to help keep dimension on camera. Lashes were also used for definition on the eyes when appropriate. A big component in the storyline was that as the characters travel down this Witches Road and go through many trials and tribulations, they become more and more "bedraggled." A term that was used on set by everyone and really the best way to describe what happens to them! We began to break down the make-ups as they had certain encounters. We did this by slowly taking away some of the character elements like lashes, blending off eye and face colors, replacing lipstick with clear balm and of course, added dirt—lots and lots of dirt was used during this project. ey travel the road barefoot. so right from the start, we would

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