by magicdirect | Aug 8, 2017 | Articles, Magic Direct Magazine, Magic News, Uncategorized
We were having a lecture at our local magic club the other day and were thinking about some of the principles of stage-craft and performance. In spite of a number of important books on this subject it is an area largely neglected by many amateur hobbyists. But if...
by magicdirect | Aug 8, 2017 | Articles, Magic Direct Magazine, Magic News, Reviews, Uncategorized
In the last few years there seems to have been an explosion of interest in the area of ‘ metal bending’ and so I feel very late on the scene with this field. The reason I finally caved was the clear strength of such an effect. Bending a borrowed coin is so very...
by magicdirect | Aug 8, 2017 | Articles, Magic Direct Magazine, Magic News, Reviews, Uncategorized
Magicians love wallets. Almost as much as we like boxes. And we especially love wallets that come in nice boxes. There seem to an endless supply of wallets released on the magic world with many claims to be the ultimate – the final word – etc. etc. Today we have a...
by magicdirect | Aug 8, 2017 | Articles, Magic Direct Magazine, Magic News, Reviews, Uncategorized
When is a card trick not a card trick? When it’s actually a magic square. I need to declare my hand and reveal that I am a bit of a maths fan (did you hear my last bit of credibility leaving the building?), but I’d been intrigued by The Grid since it was first...
by magicdirect | Aug 8, 2017 | Articles, Magic Direct Magazine, Magic News, Reviews, Uncategorized
So, I just got this nice little set in. In the range are coins, cards and a stainless Steel card guard. As you all know I like a bit of coin magic so let’s start there shall we? A dollar size and a half dollar size coin which has the Mechanics insignia...
by magicdirect | Aug 8, 2017 | Articles, Magic Direct Magazine, Magic News, Reviews, Uncategorized
Tiny Plunger by Jon Armstrong So I have been using the Tiny Plunger Magic Trick goes as follows, the spectator selects a card, it gets shuffled back into the pack. The magician shows, what looks like a tiny sink plunger and plunges it down onto the face down deck....