Home > Learning Center > Paper Magic

Paper Magic

Paper magic uses regular paper, or often specialized paper, to create illusions or objects. “Troublewit” is a type of perforated paper used to create objects such as hats and fans with clever folding. Harry Houdini included ways of using troublewit in his book “Paper Magic”. This type of magic is used in close quarters often with a story that accompanies the shape, entertaining the audience further.

Other types of paper magic involve folding or cutting a piece of paper to create an optical illusion. There are methods of folding and cutting paper that can produce some very interesting optical illusions, such as a paper dragon that is constantly looking at you, no matter where you move in the room. Other paper illusions play similar tricks on the eye creating three dimensional or even a seemingly fourth dimension at times.

Paper magic can be as simple as pushing a pencil through a dollar bill, but somehow leaving it intact to more complex paper tricks, such as the “clippo” trick.
For the clippo trick, the magician pulls out a long classified ad coupled with a story about how expensive such a long ad is. Then he begins cutting pieces of the ad out from the middle, but each time the ad remains intact, only shorter, and as the magician will say, much more affordable.

Magic Kits | Magic Tricks | Learning Center | Site Map | Links | Contact | Home

Copyright © 2008