The spectator selects a card and writes the number and suit on a sugar envelope. The magician opens the envelope, pours the sugar on the spectator's forearm and the selected card appears written on the skin. It is the old and great "ashes on arm"

1. Give the spectator a prediction. 2. Ribbon spread a deck of playing cards. 3. Ask the spectator to choose a number. 4. Count to the number chosen... After several months of work in collaboration with David Ferrari to refine this

I would like to you a story. In this story, you spread the cards and ask your audience to name any card. No force. You isolate their selection and put away rest of the cards. You turn the tuck case around to show them the brand name of the

Nick Diffatte's first hardbound collection is not jam-packed with oodles of tricks. What fills its pages are deceptive, engaging, real-world routines devised and developed by one of the hardest-working, laugh-provoking, multi-talented performers

John Stessel is a strikingly creative magician. On this DVD, he invites you to take an intriguing journey into his world. Abandon all preconceptions. Inside this mysterious realm, you won't encounter common effects produced by familiar methods.

Is magic an art? Magicians have been thinking about it in the wrong way for more than a century. If you feel that the question is merely academic, Brushstrokes explains the value for every magician, with examples from history and from current