History of Card Flourishing

[zatch]

hey guys.... for a project at school, i need to know the history of card flourishing.
I've searched Google but haven't found any good pages that tell the history.... does anyone have a page that they would like to share with me?

 

[DaveTang]

I don't think card flourishing has been around long enough for there to be a good concrete source for its history. I think in wikipedia it's still lumped together with card magic, is it not?

 

[clarrus]

Well Paul Harris mentions it as the most simple basic moves in the royal road to card magic. Just plain simple making noise with cards. However I think the Buck twins have a huge part of the Flourish history. Send them a PM

 

[Amirshaw]

haha good luck finding it, good idea for a project, try an encyclopedia, thats my best guess =\

 

[Kotoblichin]

try getting ahold of the encyclapedia of card flourishes, there may be some history in there.

maybe actually do some Q&A with some prominant figures in flourishing, and actually write us some history!

 

[LingNemesis]

I have written an article on that long time ago at an almost now-defunct Singapore-based flourish blog - http://pureflourish.blogspot.com/2006/08/found-this-really-old-article-that-i.html.

Some parts might be helpful for you. Hope you will find what you need there!

- Ling.

 

[richard]

You might also like to read the Cardistry FAQ.