theory11 — Magic Tricks & the World's Finest Playing Cards
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I was on a holiday with my family when we stopped to watch street magician/performer. The guy was smooooth. After that I knew I wanted to practise and get to a level where I could amaze my friends and family. That was when I fell in love with magic. Cardistry came quite a bit later when I wanted to learn how to do a one-handed cut 😄 At the same time I started seriously collecting playing cards. At the moment I'm more interested in cardistry and photography than in magic but I feel like magic will always have a part in my life!
I fell in love with cards when I saw Oz Pearlman performing mentalism by predicting what someone is thinking and correctly matching it on America’s Got Talent. I also was amazed by Shin Lim when he used fire with his cards to disappear and reveal someone’s card on America’s Got Talent as well. It made me get a standard bicycle deck to begin practicing cardistry and magic on my own.
I’ve loved magic for my entire life. I started doing tricks at the age of 4 (and got video tapes to prove it!). But my love for playing cards appeared later… when I first discovered theory11. After a few weeks of browsing their catalog, I was there for the first of many release events I’d witness. And oh my god was it a good one! It proved playing cards had a beautiful future: all custom design, embossing, metallic inks and foils… Sentinels really made me feel playing card design was an art on its own. I still keep a few decks from that era!
I think I fell in love with magic everytime I watch the cup and balls routine from Yann Frisch... I don't do cup and balls magic, but that routine is beautiful and very magical, not only for the effects and sleight of hands involved but also because of Yann's acting and performance... Just LOVE IT!
The first time I fell in love with card flourishing, was when I watched Virtuoso's "Reintroduction" video (which can be found here).
The way they presented the artform was very dynamic and looked very attractive to me as a young teen. The editing of the video to the music along with the technical prowess of the members inspired me to pursue card flourishing because it simply looked so cool. I began to follow Huron, Daren, and Kevin's works together as well as individuals. To this day, I still practice some of their signature moves (Huron's "Firefly," Daren's "Squeeze Cut" and "Tornado Cut Variation" and Kevin's "Lavender Lapdance Combo" and "Sick and Twisted Wings of the Mockingbird") because of me becoming a fan so many years ago.
To this day, I still re-watch the video every year and it still holds a very special place in my heart. I cannot believe it was created almost two decades ago. Although the artform has evolved and changed so much since then, I feel that it withstands the test of time.
The video really changed my life, as it inspired me to start practicing flourishing, and to this day, cardistry is still a big part of my life.
The way they presented the artform was very dynamic and looked very attractive to me as a young teen. The editing of the video to the music along with the technical prowess of the members inspired me to pursue card flourishing because it simply looked so cool. I began to follow Huron, Daren, and Kevin's works together as well as individuals. To this day, I still practice some of their signature moves (Huron's "Firefly," Daren's "Squeeze Cut" and "Tornado Cut Variation" and Kevin's "Lavender Lapdance Combo" and "Sick and Twisted Wings of the Mockingbird") because of me becoming a fan so many years ago.
To this day, I still re-watch the video every year and it still holds a very special place in my heart. I cannot believe it was created almost two decades ago. Although the artform has evolved and changed so much since then, I feel that it withstands the test of time.
The video really changed my life, as it inspired me to start practicing flourishing, and to this day, cardistry is still a big part of my life.
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