Foam Wig for drag artist ME The Queen 

I was there when Maude Boate (Michael Gates) invented these foam style wigs. All of the materials came from an industrial waste/offcut facility called Reverse Garbage. Basically we were all so broke we didn't have money for anything so Maude came up with this to cover the cost of 'wigs' for herself and then for production budgets. She probably started making them in 1993 as far as I remember. Of course Stephan Elliott stole this and a lot of stuff off us for Priscilla the movie. Then much later Maude got the contract to make the wigs and headpieces for the long-running stage production of Priscilla so what goes around, I guess.

The depth of color that you layered is soooo stunning

I’m a year late but I am so blown away by this! Wow this is amazing and you’re amazingly talented! 😍😍😍

I need more tutorials of foam wigs like this ❤❤❤

This just popped up in my feed. Super cool. For all the drag queens out there... I'm so sorry people are trying to make y'all out to be something you're not. Please continue to be your authentic selves and don't let the bastards drag you down!❤ much love❤

She’s gorgeous! There’s a water based, odor free contact cement from Worthen Industries called, Worthen Formula 1812 (like the Overture!)! They don’t ship it in cold weather, and l don’t know if they have a distributor in Europe…I’m glad to see you wearing a respirator and gloves!

I enjoyed watching this video. I've seen some of the better known drag artists wearing these and had so many questions about the construction but i see that they are basically sculptures. I applaud you talent🙏. Please stay safe and be well.

Sometimes youtube algorithms pop up good stuff. And this is good stuff.

I’ve always wondered how these were made. Thank you for sharing your incredible skill. Truly a work of art from a very talented artist.

It's absolutely mesmerizing to watch you work. Well done!

I've always wondered how these were made, thank you for sharing and thank you RU-vid for recommending me this upload. 😄❤💇‍♀️

This was wonderful to watch. The end wig looks like yummy, juicy, lolly straps.

Two years later but I'm so thankful for this video. The attention to detail on your work is insanely great. Greetings and blessings to everyone from Venezuela.

A work of art. The craftsmanship is on point! Chefs kiss.

Really neat! Thanks for sharing your process!

This is so cool!! As a wig stylist and cosplayer myself, I gotta say this is truly impressive work

I was hoping to see someone wearing it at the end 😢

Every technique in this was amazing!! You're fantastic with an airbrush

This is beautiful, amazing work! :D Love the colors, and it was so fun to see your process!

What a great job! Love this!❤

Fantastic work! Turned out great!

i saw this in the corner of my eye and just had to click on this, its so beautiful, you are very talented! the colors are so gorgeous, watching the process of videos like this are always so mesmerizing

The colours you used are so nice!

OMG! Amazing! 😮🤩😍

Thisis fantastic! I love it & the colors!

Your art forms are incredible

It is very beautiful, I love all that headdress, many blessings, let's see if you go up doing other hairstyle models 🤩🤩🤩

Wow. You are extremely talented!

STUNNING!

this video actually helped me a lot to understand what shades to use to make this color effect on drawings :D

Amazing ART!❤

Very impressive. Love it!!!!❤

Love the background music and love the work!

wow! Very amazing!!♥♥

Absolutely incredible ❤

This is amazing!!!

Very Futurama robots looking, I love it!

So cool ... great idea and technique

This is absolutely amazing

Wow, you’re an incredibly talented artist.

Pretty incredible work... It gives me the distinct feeling of candy.

Gorgeous!

This is incredible! Thanks for sharing. What type of foam are you utilizing?

This looks amazing. I wanna make one. Xx

this is rad af man great work!

This is fantastic, nice job

that was amazing i’m super impressed

Beautiful!

Amazing!!

This is so cool it looks CGI 🤯

stap it... this is the coolest thing i've seen. i've never seen foam wigs before this video.

Gorgeous work.

That is awesome

This is talent 👏🏻👏🏻

How very CLEVER!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

AMAZING job!

Stunninggggg

this is PERFECT for my velvet cosplay!!!!! thank you so much

The wig is gorgeous!

Amazing 😁

It doesn't matters if someone do drag or not, this is a fucking good work! I really like it! 😃👍

This looks delicious!!

SO talented.

WOW amazing work

The color is mesmerizing

thats amazing.

INCREDIBLE

Awesome! But I'd love ot see it on :)

Amazing ❤

amazing job !

WoW, I so wish you were around back in the 80’s

Wow 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Great work!

Very 1920s meets fifth element! Love it!!!

Amazing work

This is soooo cool

Ding Dong Darling ! Absolutely Incredible Work , Amazingly Great Job 🤍

Effing awesome.

This looks amazing, good enough to eat.

Dope ❤

WOW ❤ 👏🏼

Incredible

Amazing

This thing looks soooo damn good

Great project! I envy your foam layering skills. I've tried to insulate floor gap and now I have "pollocks" on the wall...

Can you imagine the heat under that helmet ? 🥵

beautiful

I used to make art wigs for department store mannequins utilizing similar techniques. I never used pipe insulation, though. Great job

PERFECTION

Would have loved to see this on you!

At every stage I was constantly blow away

This is so fucking cool!

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Beautiful ....

lovely

My respects

You gotta show trying it on

Did you just use foam sheets and cut strips? Great job! Loved the Wig 😊

the gag is something so polished was handmade

Wow