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shg_123 New user Coffey, MO 71 Posts |
I've been looking through Rice's encyclopedia and rediscovered the section on the 20th century silks. I was going to buy some but decided to try to create my own just for the experience, however, the drawings that he has in the volume aren't very clear or descriptive so I was wondering if someone could help me out with this! I've been trying all night to work out these drawing and I just can't Thanks!!
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
If you can tie a simple over hand knot, that is all that you have to do. Study the drawings more closely.
Although, it may not work, as only magician silks have the flat French hem. It will not work as well or at all without the proper silks. |
shg_123 New user Coffey, MO 71 Posts |
No I meant with a gimmicked set! I understand how to do it ungimmicked but I'm having trouble figuring out where to sew for a gimmicked set
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
Simple, lay one silk on top of the other and you have your answer somewhat, as there are other considerations.
Please, not more exposure on the an open forum. |
Dave Scribner Assistant Manager Lake Hopatcong, NJ 4849 Posts |
If you know how to do the effect ungimmicked, it should be obvious how to sew the gimmicked one.
Where the magic begins
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
Right Dave!
I like the ungimmicked method, but, working three or four a day, I usually used the "standard" technique, as it was quicker.
SNEAKY, UNDERHANDED, DEVIOUS,& SURREPTITIOUS ITINERANT MOUNTEBANK
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Anatole Inner circle 1912 Posts |
I used the "ungimmicked" 20th century silks routine from _The Encyclopedia of Silk Magic_ and it worked fine for me. shg_123, you mention problems understanding the drawings in the Rice encyclopedia decsription of the trick, but although "a picture is worth a thousand words," the actual written text is just as important as the drawings. The text and drawings together made the handling very clear when I put the trick together.
I am assuming that you are using the original, hard-bound books. There was a CD-ROM version of the Rice Encyclopedias a few uyears ago that was scanned from the books using OCR--Optical Character Recognition--and the scanning made many mistakes in converting the hand-lettered text to ASCII (i.e. word-processed or "typewritten) text. There was a discussion about the CD-ROM version back in 2005 on the Café: http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......forum=54 (Scanning typeset text for OCR is not totally perfect, so it's not surprising that the scanned text had errors since the text was hand-lettered by Francis Martineau.) Also, if you belong to a magic club, I would imagine that one of the members could help you with the problems you're experiencing understanding the drawings and text. All in all I think the original bound volumes of the Rice Encyclopedias are a great resource for anyone who does magic with silk handkerchiefs. ----- Amado "Sonny" Narvaez
----- Sonny Narvaez
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Bob Sanders Grammar Supervisor Magic Valley Ranch, Clanton, Alabama 20504 Posts |
Be aware that many "silk tricks" are no longer made with real silk! Ours are 100% real China silk.
Our gimmicked silk is not two silks sewn together. It is a 36"x 18" silk folded over and sewn with a shadow panel added for the pros. This avoids the "color bleed through" in harsh stage lighting and makes it hard to pick up the set and accidently dump out the load. (Pros try to avoid things going wrong. LOL) For the stage pros we also have them in 24" silks made with a 48"x24" silk folded to make it 24" square. (This size is not for a small person due to the "wing span" required.) PS --- We do have sets with center silks that are rainbow (4color and 3 color), Zebra striped, The End, Happy Birthday, and Thank You!) |
Bob Sanders Grammar Supervisor Magic Valley Ranch, Clanton, Alabama 20504 Posts |
Don't overlook the routine possibilities with 20th Century silks using printed silks.
I do special routines for: Birthdays (young and old) --- This is a Black day in history... I Don't Do Blue Material Red Hat Society Thank You! The End and others. SCHEME! |
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