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Amadeus_Magi New user Jakarta, Indonesia 100 Posts |
I need a suggestion from you guys...
If you ever come to a situation that you only had a piece of paper to perform impromptu magic, what'll you do?? beside the center tear... Thanx
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Missing_Link Elite user 442 Posts |
If I had the luxury of a pencil, I'd maybe do a magic square. Or write down the contact details of the person, get in touch later and ask them to book me for a private show
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nums Veteran user I have a life, or I would have more than 366 Posts |
Either the Quarter Tear or tear a hole big enough to climb thru.
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Glenn Watson Special user 781 Posts |
If you mean writing paper you could do mentalisn with a center tear. If you had a paper napkin you could do Dan Harlen's starcle, found on several of his tapes. With a cocktail napkin you could make a rose. I know Simon Lovell teaches the rose twisting in his "SON OF SIMON BOOK". Karl Fluves has an inexpensive book from Dover books the title is "Self Working Paper Magic". Another effect would be torn and restored cigarette paper. Also Paper balls over the head could be done with several pieces of paper. I hope this helps. Oblique
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braveneil New user 54 Posts |
Mental Epic - Mind, Myth and Magic by T.A. Water
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ruiefe Regular user Lisbon 131 Posts |
Maybe some origami... like the one in
"Folding Money Fooling" from Robert Neale... I own a book of paper magic (in Spanish) but there is nothing for impromptu magic. There is an interesting thing that the author says can save you from trouble - you fold a paper and with just one cut you are left with some pieces; when you lay them on a table you have a very interesting altar (?), a cross and candles on the sides - beautiful and somehow magical Rui Fernandes
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Alan Wheeler Inner circle Posting since 2002 with 2038 Posts |
I used to roll up paper napkins and perform "sponge ball" effects when I was out.
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MOTO42 Loyal user Whitehouse Texas 225 Posts |
Go with the origami. I recommend folding a crane, it's a simple but a nice pattern that is easy to learn. It would probably be best to follow up with what the general public would consider a "real trick" such as making your new-born bird vanish.
If your good at pick-pocketing, you can slip it inside the marks wallet for a re-appearence later. This assumes though that you have a squarish peice of crisp paper. If all else fails you could order 3 shots of something "to loosen up", crumple up the paper and do a cups and balls... OH! If you have 4 sheets of paper,and the origami know-how you can make the cups yourself. (3 cups and one crumpled up ball) I've not seen a pattern for a cup that would work for that, but it should be easy enough to whip one up when I get home. *the layman shuts up for now* <edit> Origami patterns older than my great-great-grandmother to the rescue, the traditional origami cup fits the bill perfectly. A square of paper about 7 inches to a side gives a nice sized cup. You can find directions on folding this simple pattern at http://www.origami-usa.org/tofold.htm </edit>
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ruiefe Regular user Lisbon 131 Posts |
Well, if you order the drinks, than you have more than one piece of paper with you... So, you could switch the plain paper for a bill (and order the drinks)
Another nice thing would be to make a jumping frog (and maybe let him follow the footsteps of the recently vanished bird) Or the rabbit in the hat (form Folding Money Fooling). Am I quoting myself? Rui Fernandes
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stevehw Veteran user Collinsville, Mississippi 303 Posts |
2 in the hand and 1 in the pocket effect.
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korttihai_82 Inner circle Finland 1880 Posts |
Greg Wilson has some very good stuff with rolled up money and paper in Off the cuff and on the spot. You should check it out.
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vinsmagic Eternal Order sleeping with the fishes... 10957 Posts |
Amadeus, I go with Walter Gibsons, Tic Tack Toe trick.. very visual and self working. paper instead of xx's or o's I might use hearts on Valentines day or whatever. This very nice effect can be found in his book
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Cacoal New user Lewiston NY 70 Posts |
Everyone seems to be forgetting the obvious, "Paper balls over the head" (Slydini) is one of my favorites!
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RandomEffects Veteran user Boston, MA 323 Posts |
Check out Dan Harlans impromptu video. The circle star effect is wonderful.
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Jim Davis Special user What is....? Utah 945 Posts |
I have an alter-ego that I don't care much to talk about, but he (the blasted airline agent) performed card warp with old boarding passes once. That made me realize, if paper is lying around you have a perfect effect!
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JamesinLA Inner circle Los Angeles 3400 Posts |
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On 2002-11-20 22:12, Cacoal wrote: Cacoal, Do you know what book that Slydini "paper balls over head" routine is in? Thanks. Jim
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dchung Special user Montreal 616 Posts |
You can find the routine in Stars of Magic.
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stevehw Veteran user Collinsville, Mississippi 303 Posts |
Also Tony Clark has a video out now on nothing but Paper Balls Over The Head.
I think Tony learned it from Slydini. Steve |
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Daniel Faith Inner circle Neenah, Wisconsin 1526 Posts |
2 in the hand, one in the pocket.
card warp with paper. torn and restored paper. bill change
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Tim Taylor Veteran user 1970 - 2012 375 Posts |
I agree with everyone on Dan Harlans Starcle. Lots of laughs here.
I find a Subway napkin is perfect to preform this with.
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