Folded Seed Packet
This is an old traditional fold, possibly of German origin, which is usually referred to as a Seed Packet. As with a lot of traditional...
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Edwin Corrie
Apr 5, 2023
Knife through Handkerchief
In two of my first blog posts just over a year ago I talked about a couple of very early paper tricks, one in Giovanni Battista della...
Edwin Corrie
Mar 1, 2023
Wallet revisited
Here's a minor variation on the Wallet that's included in the Diagrams section of my site. The original was from an A4 rectangle, whereas...
Edwin Corrie
Nov 26, 2022
Musical Cryptography Fold-In
The Testament de Jérôme Sharp (1786) by Henri Decremps was one of the first books to provide detailed descriptions of card tricks and...
Edwin Corrie
Oct 24, 2022
Playing Card Chain
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...
Edwin Corrie
Sep 24, 2022
Paper Buckle and Paper Chain
Here’s an interesting little “paper recreation” which I’ve come across in two old books – an anonymous manuscript called La Magie du Pont...
Edwin Corrie
Aug 31, 2022
Double Diamond and Artful Letter Closures updates
This monthly posting schedule is proving quite hard to stick to. I do have a new article which is almost complete, but for now this is...
Edwin Corrie
Jul 30, 2022
Double Diamond
It's the end of the month again and I haven't managed to create a new post, so I'm going to fill in with a couple of simple Diamond...
Edwin Corrie
Jun 27, 2022
Artful letter closures from 1831
This is heavily revised and updated version of my original post, with various corrections and additions made in the light of information...
Edwin Corrie
May 25, 2022
Nundo Grabbit
It’s been a busy month, and the new blog article I’ve been preparing is taking longer than expected, so just to keep things going I’m...
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