The Haberdasher's Puzzle is a geometric dissection generally attributed to the English puzzle expert Henry Ernest Dudeney (1857-1930), in...

The Paper Ladder and Paper Tree are classic paper stunts found in almost every modern book on paper recreations. Both are made from a...

The Testament de Jérôme Sharp (1786) by Henri Decremps was one of the first books to provide detailed descriptions of card tricks and...

When I did the Paper Buckle post last time I thought it would be nice to fill it out a bit by mentioning the related idea of the Playing...

Here’s an interesting little “paper recreation” which I’ve come across in two old books – an anonymous manuscript called La Magie du Pont...

What is a patent? A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a...

I’ve always enjoyed so-called “pure” origami, or simple folding without using scissors or glue. But there’s a whole other area of odd...