Once in a great while an exceptionally intelligent and thought provoking work is released to the fraternity. On such rare occasions the craft of magic is moved markedly closer to the attainment of its ultimate perfection. As importantly, it exhorts all those who read it to more profound thought. This is such a book and we at Magical Tools are honored to bring it to you.
Pasteboard Perpensions is the first major offering from Wesley James, a name that has long been respected among the underground. His book is not fluff, rehash or re-workings of existing handlings. Every one of the twenty-five plus items in this book adds something new, significantly improved, refined or innovative and powerful to the arsenal of card magic. Among these are six new four-as-four Elmsley-style counts. These counts and the manner in which they are presented are sure to change the techniques used in today's packet effects and should encourage the creation of new routines as well. The improvements to Marlo's Diminishing Lift Switch (The BRBD-DLS) and Hamman's Gemini Move (The Virgo Move) should revive and inspire new interest in these extraordinarily flexible techniques. Wesley starts the ball rolling with a powerful, humorous and highly commercial routine from his professional work, The Impeccable Follow-Up.
For those of you interested in completely new techniques, you'll find the Fake Reverse Reverse, Drop Cop Switch and T-Ace-T Test of tremendous interest.
Interested in heavy but practical techniques? Try the Torrales Bottom Deal and Sure Theory Second Deal.
If you are of a creative bent yourself, Assemblies - A Categorical Perspective is must reading. It should provide the starting point for innumerable Assembly/Disassembly effects that have been unexplored heretofore.
In sum, Pasteboard Perpensions is destined to become one of the seminal works of the 1990's. Order it today and you'll receive the two book set; 56 information packed pages in the main book and 82 clear, computer captured line drawings in the separate Illustration book; for a very reasonable price. Item 903 is a two book set which allows you to have the illustrations alongside the text wherever in the book you need them.
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