|
|
acmp Elite user Nottinghamshire 466 Posts |
Hi,
I've just started making my own folding coins. Now all I need is some advice on good routines and coin sizes to use. I'm in the UK so have no idea how big US coins are, so no 'quarters are good for...' type comments please (unless you can tell me how big one is) I've got a little bored of 'coin in bottle' and want some new effects. thanks in advance
acmp<><
"Well if I had one wish in this god forsaken world, kids It'd be that your mistakes would be your own" |
mgical Regular user 195 Posts |
Quarter is pretty much the size of a 10p. Just in case
You could use them as production items, coins from a small tube or from a tiny box? |
Paul Sherman Inner circle Arlington, VA 1511 Posts |
David Roth has some neat stuff where the folded coin simulates 2 coins. Uses it for a very visual coins through table, if I recall.
Paul
"The finished card expert considers nothing too trivial that in any way contributes to his success..." Erdnase
some youtube videos |
Grimm Regular user 134 Posts |
Besides the bite coin I've seen a trick similar to the one described above only it used an extra real quarter to provide the illusion of three. This could be taken several ways, including one of the quarters vanishing.
|
doug brewer V.I.P. 1142 Posts |
Tom Gagnon has an entire book on whacky uses of a folded coin. Great stuff. Can't remember the name of the booklet, however . . .
|
Mitch Schneiter Special user West Linn, Oregon 672 Posts |
As Doug mentioned above, if you can find it Tom Gagnon's book "Sleightly Original" has a number of routines utilizing folding coins. The section of folding coins covers 67 pages without one coin in bottle routine.
|
Wells34 Regular user 161 Posts |
A US quarter is 2.5 cm
|
ithomson Veteran user 330 Posts |
Acmp
In a separate thread, Jonathan Townsend mentioned using a f****r as a final perfect vanish into a TT. A lovely idea, utilising the benefits of the gaff to pull off something quite magical without relying on it through the routine. In Bruce Elliott's "Magic As A Hobby" there's a routine where are marked coin vanishes and reappears inside an egg. This uses such a gimmick. In the same book there's also an effect where a picture of a coin drawn on the palm of your hand turns into a real coin. In terms of size, I'd suggest 50p pieces in the UK. I would suggest £2 coins, but I've been told their composite nature makes it difficult to work with. Have fun. Ian |
acmp Elite user Nottinghamshire 466 Posts |
Thanks everyone.
Not too sure how I'd grove a 50P, short of the long, manual, way (not to give any methods away) I have no idea how to get hold of Tom Gagnon's book as there are no magic shops near me, ho hum. Guess I could do some surfing. I like hte idea of making it appear as though you have more coins for a vanish, though I'm not too sure about the presentation to hide the obvious part of the coins. I also think I'll have a go at making a 50P, should be fun.
acmp<><
"Well if I had one wish in this god forsaken world, kids It'd be that your mistakes would be your own" |
Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Acmp, have a good look in the older books. The Downs book Modern Coin Manipulation and the Hoffmann books come to mind as good places to start.
There is a spooky coin through hat in one of those books where you slowly push a coin through a hat... in a distubing and visual way. If you are making gaffs, there are goodies in those books, and an eager market for good coin magic here.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
|
The Magic Cafe Forum Index » » Nothing up my sleeve... » » Ideas for folding coins (0 Likes) |
[ Top of Page ] |
All content & postings Copyright © 2001-2024 Steve Brooks. All Rights Reserved. This page was created in 0.01 seconds requiring 5 database queries. |
The views and comments expressed on The Magic Café are not necessarily those of The Magic Café, Steve Brooks, or Steve Brooks Magic. > Privacy Statement < |