Saturday, August 28, 2010

#3 Double Tunnel

So here it is, I know a couple days later than the last two have been. But still during this week! This time we can enjoy (or just look, if you prefer) my handling of the Double Tunnel Change, which can be found in Jon Racherbaumer's fantastic book Card Finesse volume 1. There are only a few minor changes in the handling so I'm not claiming any credit here. It's an interesting idea however, so I thought I'd share it.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

#2 Everywhere and Nowhere

This is the second video and I still have 50 to do. Geez. This is my impromptu version of Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser's original "Everywhere and Nowhere" plot. This handling is a little bit busy and the performance is nowhere flawless as I spent most of the week working out the choreography of the whole sequence. I'm not entirely happy with this trick, but it is still kind of fun. Here it is:


Tuesday, August 10, 2010

#1: Daley's Switch

I literally put this together in 30 minutes and shot it right away. The quality isn't too great but you can still see what's going on. I will try to improve to quality in the next video. Anyway, here is the first video of the 52.

52 times...

My name is Miika Pelkonen and I will post a card magic related video every week for the next 12 months. That will make a total of 52 videos - just like there is 52 cards in a deck of cards. Check back every week for a new video and see how this project is doing.  This will most likely end up with 50 or so mediocre videos of mediocre card tricks, but hopefully at the end of the year I have at least one good piece that is worth something in the real world.

I have no idea if I will be able to do this nor have I prepared myself with any possible ideas in advance. As I'm writing this, I don't even have an idea what the first video will be. Hopefully we'll see it soon.