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After it took really long to get me hooked on ropes, I know love them and especially my own cut and restored rope routine. In this post I want to share my experiences and ideas on how to prepare / gimmick a rope.
First, what type of rope to use. I recommend a soft cotton rope [...]

Last week I faced the challenge to create a scissor that looks like designed by Ferrari. So I got a real nice designer scissor and decided to paint parts of it in Ferrari red.
I never used an airbrush set before and so I was surprised to hear that I don’t need an expensive compressor and [...]

When I got his new eBook from Tom Stone, my first thought was: “Tom must have gone insane to write almost a full eBook about the multiplying bottles trick.”

To me this trick never appealed in any way and so I began to read rather sceptical but also curious as I know Tom is a great [...]

I’m really thankful that Todd Karr with his Miracle Factory releases this series of historic magic videos as I’m much too young to have had the chance to watch these masters of the past live and there is so much to learn from them.
When I got the newsletter from Miracle Factory that announced a DVD [...]

Normal I don’t just post about something that is posted somewhere else on the web but try to create my own content. But form time to time there are gems out there. If I find such a gem I want to let you know about it like this great article
http://shwood.squarespace.com/news/2009/9/21/14-years-ago-the-day-teller-gave-me-the-secret-to-my-career.html

For me The Tamed Card is one of the best creations of Tommy Wonder. It’s a real master piece of close up magic. For all the Youngsters that do only now the underground magic stuff of Theory 11 and YouTube take a close look. This is a lesson in theatrical construction of a really great [...]

When first watching Derren Brown predicting the UK lottery I too was totally stunned. For anybody who has not seen it yet here is the YouTube clip:

Then on a second thought: I was just TOO clean. And after a short discussion with some friends it was clear that the only possible solution was that he [...]

After reading the hyping comments from magic celebrities, I asked Kostya if I could write a review on !Warning. Fortunately he agreed and sent it to me so that I know can make up my own opinion on it and share it with you.
Visiting the product page, it was difficult at first to grasp what [...]

To be honest I’m pretty lazy and undisciplined and always struggling with regular practising and even more with rehearsal.
I want to share a thought of my former teacher Alexander de Cova that helps motivating myself. He always said:
Practice Time is a gift you make to yourself!
Just think about it. Perhaps it will help to fight [...]

Just in case that you missed this here

From 6:39 on David Williamson is seen with a hand puppet looking like the professor.
Hilarious!
This Clip was published originally on the Blog of Hocus-Pocus