History

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...

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...

Edge dropping

Since today is Easter Sunday, I'll take this chance to draw attention to my Easter Chick model on the Diagrams page. He's actually been...

The Buddha Papers

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...

To Transform by Folding Paper

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...

The Three Scrolls

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

Paperfolding in old magic books

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

Paper Recreations

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...