Casting a ritual dagger

While working on Eugene Burger’s pretty routine “The Burned Card” I was not really happy with the force that he proposed, as in my view it did not fit well in a Voodoo based theme. After reading the book  Roy Benson by Starlight I decided to use the  Benson Knife Force but I wanted to [...]

Preparing Ropes

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 [...]

Using airbrush to paint your props

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 [...]