Search results

There are tricks which use an "instant stooge." The best is handing someone a watch with a note that says "Play along, set it to 2:35" and then guessing the time that they set a watch to. Another example is an effect I do with two kids. Each of them gets half a deck and they each have an...

As people were leaving a show, several audience members came up to me and complimented me on the show. Someone asked "what was that line you said... because I want to tell my husband about what you did when I get home." But the best compliment was someone who came up to me and said, "I've seen...

I think this demonstrates some of the risks of combining mentalism with magic. Now, I consider a Q&A to be mentalism and not mental magic. One part of the problem is that the mentalist doesn't have the ability to build credibility with the audience. The other part of the problem is that the...

There are resources on estimation (cutting to a certain location) and a number of effects that rely on that principle. (https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/search?keyword=estimation) Just think of being able to cut to a 15 card stack that is in the middle of the deck. If you are using a...

Edge Grip (for coins)

So, a perfect tabled riffle shuffle is possible but very difficult and I've not heard of a perfect in the hands riffle shuffle. However, you can relatively easily learn a perfect in the hands faro shuffle which gets the same effect as a perfect in the hands riffle shuffle. You can also do a...

I only practice new material that I'm going to use. I read a lot and store a lot of information in my brain but I only practice what I'm going to perform. Agreed. I always practice as I intend to perform. If the effect is performed standing, I stand. It it is a table routine, I sit. So...

Is this a local show or a national touring show? How big was the audience? Was that the only effect performed? There is no need for stooges to perform a flawless Q&A. I suspect that part of the problem was the reveal of the "personal information." People are willing to accept a...

X-Ray Deck (https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=X-Ray_Deck)

Sympathetic Silks (https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/category/651)

@Al e Cat Dabra This seems to be a variation of the "Automatic Placement" principle which goes back to at least Hoffman's Modern Magic in 1876! You can see uses in Dunninger's Nomenclature in Scarne on Card Tricks as well as A Card and a Number and Two Pile Card Trick in Encyclopedia of Card...

Kenton Knepper

Mind, Myth and Magik

K.M. Move

Tannen's Magic Shop

Check out the Art of Astonishment series.

Josh: The answer depends on what you want to learn. If you are struggling with learning from Royal Road, Expert Card Technique and EATCT but want to learn sleight of hand, then the Card College series is for you. If you are looking for more self-working effects, then Lighter and Lightest are...

Slydini

This.

Both. Let me explain. If you have an average sized male hand (like me), you can do both. If you have a smaller hand, you should focus on eliminating the sticking out the side by having evenly spaced windows (which are necessarily smaller than one large window). You could also modify your palm...