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Chink-a-chink
Chink-a-chink is a simple close-up magic coin magic, coin trick in which a variety of small objects, usually four, appear to magically transport themselves from location to location when covered by the performer's hands, until the items end up gathered together in the same place. Variations, especially the Sympathetic Coins also known as Coins-n-Cards, have been performed since the 1800s. Popular modern variations are Shadow Coins and Matrix. A variation using playing cards as the objects is known as Sympathetic Aces. Effect In the typical layout, the magician places four small objects on a table in a square, rectangular or diamond formation (although even a single straight line formation is possible). The objects are usually equidistant from each other. The magician then covers any two of the objects with their hands, performs a flourish, and then lifts their hands to reveal that one of the objects has somehow jumped from its original location to join one of the other three object ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chink-a-chink
Chink-a-chink is a simple close-up magic coin magic, coin trick in which a variety of small objects, usually four, appear to magically transport themselves from location to location when covered by the performer's hands, until the items end up gathered together in the same place. Variations, especially the Sympathetic Coins also known as Coins-n-Cards, have been performed since the 1800s. Popular modern variations are Shadow Coins and Matrix. A variation using playing cards as the objects is known as Sympathetic Aces. Effect In the typical layout, the magician places four small objects on a table in a square, rectangular or diamond formation (although even a single straight line formation is possible). The objects are usually equidistant from each other. The magician then covers any two of the objects with their hands, performs a flourish, and then lifts their hands to reveal that one of the objects has somehow jumped from its original location to join one of the other three object ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coin Magic
Coin magic is the manipulating of coins to entertain audiences. Money Magic, pp. 175-221. Because coins are small, most coin tricks are considered close-up magic or table magic, as the audience must be close to the performer to see the effects. Though stage conjurers generally do not use coin effects, coin magic is sometimes performed onstage using large coins. In a different type of performance setting, a close-up coin magician (or 'coin worker') will use a large video projector so the audience can see the magic on a big screen. Coin magic is generally considered harder to master than other close-up techniques such as card magic, as it requires great skill and grace to perform convincingly, and this requires much practice to acquire. Elements Coin effects include productions, vanishes, transformations, transpositions, teleportations, penetrations, restorations, levitations and mental magic—some are combined in a single routine. A simple effect might involve borrowing a coin, mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handkerchief
A handkerchief (; also called a hankie or, historically, a handkercher or a ) is a form of a kerchief or bandanna, typically a hemmed square of thin fabric which can be carried in the pocket or handbag for personal hygiene purposes such as wiping one's hands or face, or blowing one's nose. A handkerchief is also sometimes used as a purely decorative accessory in the breast pocket of a suit; it can then be called a pocket square. A handkerchief is also an important accessory in many folk-dances in many regions like the Balkans and the Middle East; an example of a folk-dance featuring handkerchiefs is the Greek Kalamatianós. Modern usage The material of a handkerchief can be symbolic of the socio-economic class of the user, not only because some materials are more expensive, but because some materials are more absorbent and practical for those who use a handkerchief for more than style. Handkerchiefs can be made of cotton, cotton-synthetic blend, synthetic fabric, silk, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Roth (magician)
David Roth (March 13, 1952 – January 13, 2021) was an American Magician (illusion), magician widely regarded as one of the world's greatest Coin Magic, coin magicians. Roth was an important contributor to Richard Kaufman's ''Coinmagic'', an influential text on contemporary coin technique; his major work was chronicled in ''David Roth's Expert Coin Magic'', a book written by Richard Kaufman. Roth was associated with Fantasma Magic, a magic manufacturing and retail company in New York City before going to work for the Conjuring Arts Research Center during the last decade of his life. The sleight of hand artist Dai Vernon wrote about Roth: "First let me state that David Roth has an amazing ability when performing with coins. He is truly a genius. I have been fortunate to have enjoyed the confidence and friendship of the leading exponents of coin manipulation of the past. T. Nelson Downs, Allan Shaw, Manuel and Welch Miller all specialized in this branch of the magical art. To the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellis Stanyon
William Ellis Stanyon (January 1870 – September 1951) was a professional magician and magic dealer in London. History Stanyon published and edited his own journal known as ''Magic''.Evans, Henry R. (1902)''Magic And Its Professors'' George Routledge & Sons. p. 88 The journal's aim was to‚ 'popularize the Art of Sleight of Hand'. It was first published from October 1900 and ran for 177 issues with a break during World War I; the final issue was published in June 1920. Stanyon in his journal published a method of escaping from packed boxes. Biographer Kenneth Silverman has written that the magician Harry Houdini "accused Stanyon of having posted a bounty of several pounds for his secrets... Houdini dismissed the methods purveyed by Stanyon and others as being nothing like his own, "puny attempts at duplication."Silverman, Kenneth. (1996). ''Houdini!: The Career of Ehrich Weiss''. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 65-66 Magic historian Henry R. Evans wrote that Stanyon was "one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Elliott (writer)
Bruce Walter Gardner Lively Stacy Elliott (May 30, 1914 – March 21, 1973) was an American literature, American writer of mystery fiction, science fiction, and television scripts. He was also a Illusionist, magician who wrote several books on magic. Eliott co-founded the magicians' magazine ''Phoenix'' with Walter B. Gibson, as assistant editor, later editor. Elliott's 15 stories in ''The Shadow'' magazine between 1946 and 1948 (issues #306-320) include three stories in which the Shadow does not appear in his costumed identity. Elliott contributed material to ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', including the acclaimed reverse-werewolf story "Wolves Don't Cry" (1954) and a comic fantasy about Satan, "The Devil Was Sick".Darrell Schweitzer, "The Devil" in S. T. Joshi, ed., ''Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: an Encyclopedia of our Worst Nightmares'' (Greenwood, 2007), (p. 178) In November 1972, Elliott was hit by a Taxicab, taxi cab driver, lapsed into a coma, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Hayashi
Ryan Lam (born May 28, 1973) known professionally as Ryan Hayashi, is a Chinese Canadian magician, mentalist and performer (while his stage name "Hayashi" is Japanese, Ryan himself has no Japanese ancestry). Hayashi focuses on coin magic and is known for his coin matrix. He also works in other forms of magic including cards, mentalism and displays of skill such as blindfolded performances with a samurai sword. Hayashi has performed magic in 18 different countries. He is a self-described "samurai entertainer" and has performed on multiple talent contests including '' Germany's Got Talent'', ''Britain's Got Talent'' and ''Czechoslovakia's Got Talent''. Career Hayashi began pursuing magic at the age of eight and began training in martial arts when he was nine. After high school, he studied French and linguistics at Carleton University in Ottawa in 1992. He began training in traditional Shotokan and worked as an English lecturer in Tokyo. In 2000, he moved to Mannheim, Germany where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karrell Fox
Karrell Fox (January 30, 1928 – March 12, 1998) was a 20th-century American magician and television performer. Initial interest in magic When Fox was a child, his parents operated a small restaurant in Rainelle, West Virginia. One day, a customer left without paying his bill, and left behind a few small tricks. With these, Karrell began his magic career. Trade shows and conventions Fox was one of the first trade show magicians and billed himself as "King of Korn". He created the "Magic World of Ford" for the Ford Motor Company and toured with it for many years. He was a regular performer at Abbott's Get Together, surpassed only by Gordon Miller, an Abbott's employee-performer. Fox traditionally MC'ed and performed on the closing (Saturday evening) show of the Get-Together and the "act" was a lampoon of the other acts and notable happenings from that year. Duke Stern and Abb Dickson were both Karrell's "Partner in Fun" for more than 25 years, performing with him at magic con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Schneider (magician)
Alvin Duane Schneider (born February 3, 1943) is an American magician, author, physicist and mathematician known for his contributions to magic. He developed the Matrix magic trick, a modern version of Yank Hoe's "Sympathetic Coins".''Matrix Coin Trick'' by Al Schneider in Genii 1970 November, Vol. 35, No. 3, page 123. Biography Schneider was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota for most of his life and spent a year in Denver, Colorado. He started in magic in 1960, his senior year in high school. In 1967, Schneider graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in physics, after seven years in school part time. During his free time he studied magic working toward his goal of a career in professional magic. In 1960, Schneider developed the Matrix magic trick, a trick where four cards are placed over four coins. The coins then invisibly move between cards. Matrix is a modernized version of Yank Hoe's "Sympathetic Coins". Countless magician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Northern Hilliard
John Northern Hilliard (August 18, 1872 – March 14, 1935) was an American newspaperman, poet, novelist, and playwright. Among his works is a best-selling book on magic, ''Greater Magic''. Biography John Northern Hilliard was born in Palmyra, New York, in 1872. His parents were Allen D. Hilliard (1829-1888) and Augusta B Bartells (1839-1902). His wife was Ida Louise Harrison. They had three children. Through Eugene Field he obtained his first job as a reporter on the '' Chicago Press'' at the age of 17. He covered the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, the surrender of Sitting Bull, and the bloody Johnson County War in Wyoming. On December 17, 1896, he was a dramatic critic for a Rochester newspaper. He was the last person to see magician Alexander Herrmann (also known as "Herrmann the Great") alive before his death on board a train heading to Bradford, Pennsylvania.The Master Magicians by Walter B. Gibson 1966 Hilliard was a close friend, from the early 1890s at the ''New York Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palming
Palming is a technique for holding or concealing an object in the hand. It is used frequently by magicians to conceal a card, coin, or other object. When it is done skillfully, the hand containing the palmed object is perceived to be completely empty. Methods A method for palming is known as a palm. These methods differ depending on the object intended to be concealed: its particular size, shape and flexibility. Any method of holding the object in the hand so that it cannot be directly seen by the spectators and such that the position of the hand does not arouse suspicion, i.e. the hand is perceived to be empty, can be used as a palm. Uses Palming an object generally allows for one of four effects to take place: * ''Vanishing'' an object can be achieved by palming it. Used properly, the object will seem to have disappeared completely, and the performer's hands will appear to be empty. * ''Producing'' an object can also be achieved by reversing the action of palming. * ''Transpos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Close-up Magic
Close-up magic (also known as table magic or micromagic) is Magic (illusion), magic performed in an intimate setting usually no more than 3 meters (10 feet) from one's audience and is usually performed while sitting at a table. Sleight-of-hand, also known as prestidigitation ("quick fingers") or ''léger de main'' (Fr., "lightness of hand"), is the set of techniques used by a magician to secretly manipulate objects. coin tricks, Coins and card tricks, playing cards are the most commonly used objects, but any small item can be used such as dice, bottle caps, sugar cubes, sponge balls, pebbles, pens, and cups and balls. A magician may use more than one kind of object in a single trick. Close-up magicians may also enhance their performance by combining magic with other elements, such as cardistry, card flourishes. While magic uses misdirection to produce an illusion, these flourishes are more straightforward displays of skill, comparable to juggling. Another form of micromagic is m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
