When my wife and I visited Colonial Williamsburg in 2008 we saw the wig maker shop and was fascinated. Could watch her all day. But had to keep trekking on. The tools she uses are fairly simple.: a wood stand with two poles and three strands of string wound on the poles. There are various other tools, like a comb(similar to a carder for sheeps wool). She would wind the long lengths of hair over/under/over the 3 strands. Slide it over and then wind another length under/over/under and slide over. This alternating lengths of hair would lock in place. She would then secure the two ends of string and take the row of hair to the wig form and sew it on. Here is a picture from Williamsburg that shows this process:
http://www.britannica.com/bps/image/644431/350/A-museum-interpreter-demonstrating-the-18th-century-art-of-wig And here is a site that I found describes more in detail of how to do it. Altho it is constructing a man's wig, would work for female too. http://www.costumes.org/classes/254pages/projects/18thwigs.htm Been enjoying this arachne thread. :) -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tatmantats.wordpress.com etsy shop: http://tatman.etsy.com FB: http://www.facebook.com/tatmantats > This may begin upon a digression, but with the interest in hairwork, and > reference to difficulty in finding people who will share technique, I have > found the same with wig work. > I have a 3 foot cut of my hair done when I turned 29, with the idea that I > would later have a wig made for a porcelain doll to give to a daughter I > might > later have. Finding a wig maker was like finding a needle in a haystack, > the > various times I have tried. > I ran across one during a tour of the Guthrie Theatre, but when asking if > she > was for hire, or would teach, she clammed up. Perhaps someone on the list > knows of an expert wig maker? Ideally, I think it would mean more to my > lineage if the wig was very well made by myself vs. another (also being > detail > oriented as I am!), but I am open. > Insight would be greatly appreciated! > Best,Susan Reishus(Who thinks she needs to be on individual emails so my > responses aren't so delayed!) LOL - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
