Making Magic

SYNOPSIS:

Making Magic gathers 60 of Martin Lewis’s favorite routines developed over roughly five decades of performing, creating, lecturing, and publishing. The collection emphasizes practical, audience-tested magic rather than experimental ideas, with most of the material designed for parlor and stage performance and a substantial closing section devoted to close-up magic. Lewis explains not only the workings of effects such as CardiographicSidewalk ShuffleCouponsStrongbox, and Magician’s Poker, but also the construction of the specialized props many routines require. Detailed illustrations, templates, scripts, presentations, and performance advice make the book both a repertoire collection and a hands-on guide to building distinctive, commercial magic.

Making Magic by Martin Lewis

Book Details:

Author/Creator: Martin Lewis
Publisher: MagiKraft Studios
Edition: 1st
Publication Year: 2022
Subjects: Cards, Everyday Objects, Parlor Magic, Stage Magic
Pages: 330
Skill Level: Intermediate
Availability: Penguin Magic

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PARLOR AND STAGE

• Instant Coffee (p. 1)

• Nigel (p. 7)

• Threesome (p. 17)

• Improved Zens Envelope Switch (p. 23)

• Playing With Your Food (p. 25)

• Coupons (p. 31)

• Human Brain Vivisection (p. 39)

• Bank Job (p. 45)

• It’s Deja Chew All Over Again (p. 49)

• The Test (p. 55)

• Cardiographic (p. 61)

• Cardiographic Lite (p. 71)

• Rosepad (p. 77)

• The Wall (p. 81)

• Blue Moon (p. 85)

• Colossal Floating Card (p. 91)

• Two Sweet (p. 97)

• Crystal Gazing (p. 101)

• Bolt From The Blue (p. 107)

• Red Paper (p. 111)

• One Hand Spin and Catch (p. 117)

• Come-Back Card Comedy (p. 121)

• Pocket Technicolor Prediction (p. 127)

• Pocket Technicolor Prediction Envelopes (p. 132)

• Sidewalk Shuffle Parlor (p. 137)

• Making Giant Cards (p. 143)

• Strongbox (p. 145)

• U-Pick-Em (p. 151)

• Snacks Alive (p. 159)

• The Best Trick Ever (p. 161)

• The Grail (p. 167)

• Vanity (p. 175)

• Stop the Press (p. 181)

• What-SAT (p. 187)

• GOLF (p. 195)

• The Tarbell Bag (p. 205)

• Undivided (p. 209)

• Close-Up Cardiographic (p. 219)

CLOSE-UP

• Instasquare (p. 225)

• Re-Covered (p. 231)

• Shuffle, Shuffle, Shuffle! (p. 237)

• Magician’s Poker (p. 241)

• Ghostwriter (p. 249)

• Daydream Card (p. 253)

• Oil and Water Waltz (p. 257)

• The Cheap Cup (p. 261)

• The Stenoquist Stab (p. 265)

• Deja Chew (p. 269)

• Eye Opener (p. 273)

• It’s a Match (p. 277)

• Little Switch (p. 281)

• Teletop (p. 285)

• Space Force (p. 289)

• Spectator Fails Ace Trick (p. 291)

• Osaisen (p. 295)

• Poker Guide (p. 301)

• Spirit Painting (p. 303)

• The Whispering Joker (p. 309)

• Sidewalk Shuffle Original (p. 313)

• Sidewalk Shuffle Straight (p. 321)

APPENDICES

• Appendix A (p. 327)

• Appendix B (p. 328)

• Appendix C (p. 330)

INDEX

• Deja-Chew All Over Again.pdf

• Deja-Chew.pdf

• Instant Coffee.pdf

• It’s a Match.pdf

• Playing With Your Food.pdf

• Pocket Technicolor Prediction.pdf

• Re-Covered Envelope.pdf

• Re-Covered Policy.pdf

• Red Paper.jpg

• Spirit Painting Mona.pdf

• Spirit Painting Vermeer.pdf

• Strongbox.pdf

• TeleTop.pdf

• The Grail.pdf

• The Test.pdf

• Two Sweet.jpg

• U-Pick-Em Art.pdf

• U-Pick-Em Tickets.pdf

• Vanity.pdf

• What-SAT Box.jpg

• What-SAT Cards Sample.pdf

• What-SAT Drawings.pdf

• What-SAT Words.pdf

— APPENDIX B —

This is a list of magicians whose names appears in this book, even if just in passing.

• Abbott, Percy 162

• Ackerman, Alan 320

• Alan, Don 67, 85, 255, 261

• Allen, Lee 249

• Anderson, Harry 39, 223, 246

• Andrus, Jerry 50, 53

• Annemann, Ted 250

• Archer, John 191

• Bagshaw, Edward 253

• Baker, Roy 48, 97

• Bent, Mike 34, 185

• Berglas, David 167

• Biro, Pete 199, 234, 320

• Bloom, Gaëtan 203, 307

• Bongo, Ali 127

• Britland, David 84

• Brooke, Ken 320

• Butler, Ladson 309

• Bux, Kuda 246

• Castillon, Eugene 321

• Caveney, Mike 39

• Celma, Daniel 320

• Cervon, Bruce 235, 242, 245

• Charles, Kirk 288

• Chen, Lu 77

• Christopher, Milbourne 203

• Clarke, Sidney 203

• Close, Michael 277

• Collins, Stanley 255

• Copperfield, David 60, 209

• Crandall, Senator 235

• Curry, Brian 60

• Dale, Dick 262

• DeKolta, Buatier 7

• DeLand, Theodore 111

• Derman, Lou 249

• Devant, David 7

• Dingle, Derek 245

• Doty, Al 317

• Durham, Geoffrey 115

• Dyment, Doug 229

• Falanga, Louis 320, 321

• Farmer, Bob 288

• Foo, Ching Ling 111, 115

• Francis, Alan 26

• Fulves, Karl 52, 254

• Ganson, Lewis 87

• Garret, Dan 68, 229

• Germain, Karl 121

• Gertner, Paul 227

• Gibson, Walter B. 107, 223

• Harbin, Robert 17, 159, 192, 161

• Harris, Ben 84

• Haslett, Rick 285

• Hendly, Tom 188

• Henning, Doug 320

• Hofzinser, Johan 77

• Hull, Ralph 67, 73

• Jay, Ricky 15, 117

• Jennings, Larry 235, 257

• Jethwa, Rajesh 320

• Johnson, George 91

• Johnson, Jay 39

• Johnson, Roy 187, 309, 312, 320

• Jones, Lloyd 249

• Kalush, Bill 278

• Kaps, Fred 139, 142, 314, 316, 318, 320

• Kato, Hideo 237

• Kaye, David 63

• Kellar, Harry 111

• Kennaway, Eric 277

• Kientz, Mel 320

• King, Bob 320, 321

• Koran, Al 134

• Korem, Danny 9

• Kort, Milton 134

• Laurant, Eugene 7

• Leipzig, Nate 209

• Lenert, Tina 39

• LeRoy, Servais 7

• Lesley, Ted 310

• Lewis, Eric 23, 121

• Luka, John 320, 321

• Malini 91

• Mardo, Señor 196

• Martin, Ben 142, 314, 318, 320

• Marucci, Peter 84

• Maven, Max 129, 203

• McComb, Billy 58, 278

• McDonald, Jon 243

• Miller, Hugh 134

• Morris, Paul 295

• Neale, Robert 81, 84

• Neighbors, Dave 321

• Nielsen, Norm and Lupe 160

• O’Connor, Billy 274

• Okito 1

• Ortiz, Darwin 282

• Ose, Jay 118

• Pablo, Juan 321

• Pareras, Gabi 257

• Parrish, Robert 165

• Pipkin, Turk 39

• Plants, Gary 253

• Plate, Adrian 282

• Porstmann, Mike 127, 132

• Racherbaumer, Jon 321

• Rapp, Augustus 162, 165

• Rice, Harold 14

• Riding, Joe 320, 321

• Rogers, Terri 84

• Ross, Faucett 88

• Rothenberg, Fred 112

• Rotterberg, August 282

• Schön, E. Michael 320

• Sharpe, Sam 203

• Shenk, Christian 310

• Skinner, Mike 198, 222, 235

• Slydini 263

• Solomon, Ed 79

• Sperber, Burt 226

• Sperry, Dan 63

• Steinmeyer, Jim 121, 203

• Stenquist, Carl 265

• Sterling, Harold 196

• Takagi, Shigeo 29

• Tamariz, Juan 131, 310

• Tarbell, Harlan 7, 60, 195

• Taylor, Ken 320

• Thompson, Johnny 249

• Torino 320

• Turner, Richard 79

• Vernon, Dai 118, 209, 233, 235, 246, 265

• Wakeling, Alan 121

• Wayne, Doc 108

• Weber, Michael 84

• Werris, Snag 235

• Wheatley, Al 261

• Wonder, Tommy 9

• York, Scotty 314, 320

— APPENDIX C —

This is a list of the stories and whatnot scattered throughout the book.

• A Curious Coincidence (p. 325)

• About Cardiographic (p. 60)

• About the Sidewalk Shuffle (p. 320)

• Creativity (p. 203)

• Curry A La Kuda (p. 266-7)

• Dad and the Pendulum (p. 193)

• Dad on Tools (p. 95)

• Harry and the Animal Trap (p. 223)

• Lou Derman (p. 235)

• Nankin Tamasudare (p. 29)

• Pre-Show Ritual (p. 43)

• Rickey Jay (p. 15)

• S. S. God’s Waiting Room (p. 173)

• Teatro Heredia (p. 215)

• The Magic Album (p. 179)

• Vernon and the Pool Table (p. 246-7)

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