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Why not make your own? It could be tailored to the intended recipient's interests and abilities.

It is very hard to tie distinct effects together with a common presentation. Think about the context we typically use the word "routines" -- ambitious card routine, cups & balls routine, linking rings routine, Wildcard routine, Three-Fly routine. What do they have in common? They all use the...

A date that will live in infamy?

The issue isn't the quality of the teaching / crediting. It is about there being no barriers to viewing. Although I agree with Steinmeyer's observation that we are guarding an empty vault, I think that the more people know about some methods for magic effects, the more they look for the...

Please don't bump old threads. This one was originally started in 2007 and nobody has posted in it for five years.

Well done my friend.

Like a mirror, art is reflective. We see and feel in it things that are inside ourselves. I love paintings by Monet. When I look at them, I see these vidid colors and amazing images that linger when you close your eyes. When I look at them up close, I can see the tiny brushstrokes -- each of...

Ultimately, the answer is consensus over time. I also think there is a semantic difference between "an art form" which is something that can be used to produce art but which doesn't necessarily mean everything produced using that form is art, "artistic" which means it contains elements of art...

That is really your answer. What percentage of magic performances has beauty or emotional power? What percentage is just a trick? Magic could be art, but typically isn't. I'll go further. Not every painting is a work of art. Think about this... the performance by the performer is the...

So you have two problems... material and materials. For material to teach, I'd recommend getting Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic. There are a lot of effects with coins, bills, rope and even slips of paper. I'm not sure of everyone's economic situation, but it would be an easy purchase...

If you want to be a trickster, seek tricks. If you want to become a master, seek knowledge.

Probably best to order them together from someone like Roy Kueppers with a note explaining the F is used with the ES. Depending on which coins you are using, it may make sense to get 4 matching inserts with the shell so that you have a full set of coins that have similar finishes. A bit more...

Two examples of how I begin two card tricks: 1. "When people find out I'm a magician, everyone always asks me HOW I became so interested in magic. I suspect the question they are really asking is "WHY is a grown adult so interested in magic?" Regardless of the question, the answer is the...

Kainoa is great and you should get Trifecta. It teaches two versions of his routine. An easy one and a hard one. He is a great teacher. For $20, why not learn the routine the right way? It's available on Kainoa's website and Vanishing. Since that is the best source and providing the names...

Learn about a Marlo Short. :cool:

Not while I still have 36 decks of Cincinnati, Ohio Bicycle cards lefts.

I like the effect... still hate the box :)

Matt: All well done. Now I'll have a bad headache for the rest of the day due to getting hit in the head with the baseball bat that is KBA. WTF? You are evil... pure evil. I love it.

The problem is that most close-up effects don't play well in a parlor (larger group, no stage) performance. More specifically, a lot of card tricks don't play well for larger audiences when they can't see what you are doing (and yes, magicians focus too much on card tricks in my opinion). What...