The Mechanics Industries Review

The Mechanics Industries Review

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 emblazoned all...

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The Grid – Richard Wiseman – Review

The Grid – Richard Wiseman – Review

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...

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Don’t do it the same way as everyone else

Don’t do it the same way as everyone else

  Or, a few reflections on individuality and creativity. The point of this article is to encourage us magicians not just to perform the tricks we buy in the same way we have seen them performed. Even if you don't bother reading this article, watch the YouTube clip of...

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The Sharpen – Review

The Sharpen – Review

There must be something in the air because this is the second recent trick we've seen with a Sharpie. The effect of The Sharpen is simple - this is a colour-changing sharpie effect. With minimal moves a sharpie changes colour frmo black, to green to red (in my set - I...

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Being a Box Jumper – THE TRUTHS!

Being a Box Jumper – THE TRUTHS!

I was recently asked to contribute towards an article that Mark Leveridge was writing for the latest issue of MagicSeen magazine, which I was both flattered and excited to do so, and when I saw the finished article, I was delighted with the results. I can't give too...

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