At a workshop, I saw a guy showing some participants a move during a break. He would hold the card vertically by the diagnal corners with the thumb and forefinger, rotate the card, and it would change to another card. Very visual! Anybody know what I was seeing and where I can find it?

Thanks--

Flimnar

Very possibly it was by Dan Garrett. Published in Trapdoor Magazine.

He performs it in his Close-up connivery video (now in DVD) too.

It has been shown many times in video clips of some of the flourishers in the "pasteboard frolics" forum, too. You could ask there.

Might also be Marlo's Miracle Change.

Matt Field

Actually that Garret change isn't Garrets, he is only the one that popularized it to American magicians.....

Anyway, yes if it was one handed it sounds like that move.... very pretty and can be done with both hands ala Armando as well.

There is also some nice work to use it as in Phoenix aces, to make many cards appear one at a time.

I think Chris (can't remember last name) working in Vegas has a nice routine where you produce 3 aces, then a joker, then one handed it changes from joker to last ace(and you are one ahead for whatever routine you want), all one handed and using variants of this move.

It's basically a lot of freaky Tenkai/lateral work (and popping from lateral to diagonal grip)... a lot of material to digest if you look down this route, the family of moves (switches, changes, productions, everything) make up a healthy part of my favorite moves...

Who is the one who created the move? (I had heard another name associated with it, as well). Do you know?

Brad

Steranko! (And) yes it's based upon the "lateral palm".

Sean

I believe you are talking about Chris Randall.

Magic h2os,

While I am sure Steranko explored similar ideas, the name associated with this change (other than Garrett's) was not his. ANyone else know?
(I know Vladimer Mikek did a lot of work with this type of move, but I do not think that was the name either.)
Brad

Sent a pm as history is a lengthy topic imho,

and yes I thought was Chris Randall(that was what I was thinking), but chris is a rather young guy, and I thought randall was the name of the older gent who went on lettermen recently and other late night shows...

are they both randall's, related or something?

When I typed out randall the image of the guy on lettermen popped in my head so I thought I had the name wrong...

I believe Ross Bertram had work on this. It sounds just like a change of his. Name escapes me at the moment, though.

-Karl

This color change can be found in videos from Ellusionist. I believe you can learn it on Ninja 1 or Ninja 2.

HAs anyone thought that it could be "Relativity change" by Arthur Trace? It could be based on description or maybe even betram change.

How about Marc DeSouza's "Shapeshifter" found in his excellent book DeSouza's Deceptions.

Sounds like Shapeshifter to me as well.

Beaker

In shapeshifter the card isn't hold vertically

If you meant that the rotating of the card was not "visible" but used as the method for making the card to change, then its probably the pirouette change.

If you mean a one handed where the card is rotated between the fingers before the change(and shown to have a back), then this is probably the "swivel" change which was, as mentioned, popularized by Garret.

I might have misinterpreted the "rotate" when I first answered...

If you count (slowly) to 100, it will probably be offered as a free penquin download as one of their new killer kool tricks.

or did they already steal this one?

There are experts who work often but are not so well known to the magic community. Some of them have such highly developed skills and creativity that they would impress many of us into thinking they came from another planet. Paul David (known also as Cecil Jones) is such an individual. Approximately 35 years ago while in high school Paul David created a one-handed swivel change. A Peter Studebaker was fortunate enough to bare witness to this creation. Paul then showed this effect to Baltazar Furentes who in turn showed it to Dan Garret. In 1982, Paul performed it for me in slow motion about 5 inches from my face and it was pure magic. He also executed multiple variations such as… The two-handed swivel change, two-handed card productions, front and back color transpositions, color change plus clean up, and the list goes on. In fact, he was so thorough in his variations that there was little for others to embellish on. As with many of Paul’s creations this subterfuge was never published, not by Paul.

Armando great ot have you posting here on the Café welcome
hope to see you at the Magic Castle performing ...
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