A couple of posts ago we looked at two tricks using folded paper in The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584) by Reginald Scot, under the title...

First of all, Happy New Year to my readers (yes, both of you). I've been struggling to learn how to use this blog thing, as well as...

This is one of the first paper stunts that caught my attention when I started going through old magic books – probably because it often...

Apart from origami my other main interest is magic, more particularly close-up magic, and especially particularly card magic. I’ve been...

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...