This is the new edition of The Paper Engine. Scroll down for an excerpt from the book.enjoy! The paper is still perfect. The photos are still crisp. The price is now better than ever.
Now available for the first time in Paperback. Join the Revolution click. Please Note: This excerpt appears in the book just after the description of the Gravity Half Pass. This is NOT the full description of the Gravity Half Pass – to fully understand the technique you’ll need the full description. As you read this article think about how the ideas in it relate to your sleight of hand on the whole – not just the perfect half pass.
If has had any effect on the amount of tension in your card work, post a comment below and tell us about it. Thoughts and Commentary: The Gravity Half Pass Tension can be the Achilles heel of any advanced card-worker. Any time a muscle contracts, there is at least a small degree of tension and this can be detected by audiences, if only subconsciously.
The Paper Engine has 13 ratings and 1 review. Brandon said: I thought that the instruction in this book was amazing, though I wish I would have known the. Design the engine components, and manufacturing was performed using Haas CNC tools. This project focused on three broad goals. We identified the heat source that will be used to operate the engine, then determined the engine type suitable for that source and designed its main components.
Most advanced card techniques are highly susceptible to tension. A friend once quipped that he could tell whether a certain card expert was dealing tops, seconds, or bottoms by the number of veins throbbing in his forehead. While this was a mild exaggeration, it was not unfounded.
It does not matter that the worker in question has visually deceptive techniques; audiences can feel the tension and instinctively sense trickery. One way to alleviate tension in the performance of sleight-of-hand is through design. The best way to remove muscle tension is to eliminate the muscle’s participation in the action — find another way to get the job done.
For example, assume you are standing on the roof of a building, holding a set of keys. If your goal is to loan the keys to your friend on the sidewalk below, you can either carry them down or drop them to him. It is more efficient to drop an object than to carry it. Several items in this book (including the half pass) allow gravity to manipulate the cards, keeping the manipulation on the performer’s part to a minimum.
As the sleight commences and the cards begin to revolve, the only pressure exerted is that necessary to modulate the action. One doesn’t want to lose control, or go too fast, or not stop at the right time. Pressure is only exerted to focus the moving energy — energy initiated by gravity. This is similar to the steering technique my driving instructor called controlled slippage. Turning the wheel while going into a turn can require difficult, hand-over-hand action. Muscles pull, readjust, and then pull again. Coming out of a turn, however, is far easier.
One no longer has to pull, but only allow the wheel to adjust. Humans should not trifle with the forces of nature. As Spalding Gray quoted Athol Fugard in Swimming to Cambodia, The sea’s a lovely lady when you play in her, but, if you play with her, she’s a bitch.” keep this in mind if you choose to invoke natural forces, such as gravity in your technique, great care should be taken in the initiation of the reversal (the left-hand action). In a standard handling, with the left fingers reversing the cards, pressure can be added or released as needed. In this method there is only one chance to release your control over the packet and then only one chance to re-establish it. The gravity half pass should never be rushed. If the sleight is hurried, the pack tends to overshot the right palm entirely.
This sort of thing is to be avoided, so take care. Gravity is your friend, but it can also kill. Those interested in further study of the half pass should know that perhaps the greatest exponent of half-pass applications is Scotland’s famed card expert,. His routines with both the standard half pass and his spread half pass are vital explorations into the subject. Careful study of his work is mandatory for any serious student of card magic.
The new edition looks stellar. The cards in the iris of the eye is a nice touch. As for the material in the book, I just bought it a couple weeks ago and haven’t been able to put it down.
![Pdf Pdf](/uploads/1/2/5/3/125360080/268926068.gif)
I can honestly say that if you took out all of the sleights and effects in this book and just left the “thoughts and commentary,” I would feel it was still worth the money. The Paper Engine has enabled me to observe the art of what we do from different perspectives. These new paradigms are what make improvement possible. Thank you, Aaron!
Aaronfishermagic.com metadata updates Title Description Keywords June 17, 2016 Aaron Fisher Magic - Online Training for Magicians Aaron Fisher Magic - Aaron Fisher is known as the world's best magic coach. His online training programs have helped thousands of magicians grow.
January 02, 2015 Easy Card Tricks and Cool Card Tricks with Magic Teacher Aaron Fisher Amazing card trick teacher shows you how to do amazing card tricks that amaze your friends every time. Easy Cards Tricks with any deck - we'll show yo. January 02, 2014 Aaron Fisher Magic Aaron Fisher Magic offers free card tricks like panic, magic books like the Paper Engine and magic lessons for students of all experience levels.