Following Michael Ammar's revelation of coin matrix in the mid 90's, cardicians attempted to transpose the idea to floored packets of cards with various spectators surrounding the magician. I saw a beautiful routine in Chicago the underline principle for which appeared relatively simple...regardless, the effect was TRULY MAGICAL....What follows is a rough recostitution of the effect such as i remember it. I saw it in 1994 so please bare with me. I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE MIGHT KNOW WHO THE ORIGINATOR WAS, OR PERHAPS WHERE IT MIGHT BE FOUND IN PRINT?:
The magician attempts to find a chosen card on two separate occasions and and fails. After each failed attempt he places an x card on the floor such that he ends up with two cards face down lined up on the floor one behind the other. the magician now proceeds to wave his hands in a crisscross manner over the floored card nearest him..when the hands come into contact with the card they magically divide/slide into two cards.. each hand sliding a card to the left and the right hand side respectively. when the magician's hands come together for a second wave a third card magically appears between the other two . in the same motion the magician places his hands on the two outer most cards such that the third can be appreciated for its singularity and the distance that separates its from the two outer cards. we now have a T formation on the floor : three cards nearest the magician lined up horizontally and one card nearest the spectator. the magician turns the cards over one by one to reveal four of a kind with the outer most card having transformed magically into the spectator's selection. From the vantage point of a spectator looking down on the magician one truly has the impression of witnessing the magical division of one card into three.
I'd appreciate any input you guys might have. I remember somewhat vaguely that the placement of the second card on the floor involved a very unusual sleight--a jazzed up one handed double lift from directly off the deck--so if its in print or on some DVD i'd love to learn how to perform it properly. The magician i met at the convention let me in on the basic principle but we didn't have time to go over some of the finer points and subtleties . sorry for the length of this entry...i'll try and edit it down to size
sincerely
The magician attempts to find a chosen card on two separate occasions and and fails. After each failed attempt he places an x card on the floor such that he ends up with two cards face down lined up on the floor one behind the other. the magician now proceeds to wave his hands in a crisscross manner over the floored card nearest him..when the hands come into contact with the card they magically divide/slide into two cards.. each hand sliding a card to the left and the right hand side respectively. when the magician's hands come together for a second wave a third card magically appears between the other two . in the same motion the magician places his hands on the two outer most cards such that the third can be appreciated for its singularity and the distance that separates its from the two outer cards. we now have a T formation on the floor : three cards nearest the magician lined up horizontally and one card nearest the spectator. the magician turns the cards over one by one to reveal four of a kind with the outer most card having transformed magically into the spectator's selection. From the vantage point of a spectator looking down on the magician one truly has the impression of witnessing the magical division of one card into three.
I'd appreciate any input you guys might have. I remember somewhat vaguely that the placement of the second card on the floor involved a very unusual sleight--a jazzed up one handed double lift from directly off the deck--so if its in print or on some DVD i'd love to learn how to perform it properly. The magician i met at the convention let me in on the basic principle but we didn't have time to go over some of the finer points and subtleties . sorry for the length of this entry...i'll try and edit it down to size
sincerely
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