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MAKING MAGIC DVD Volume One
Six Stand-Up effects from Martin Lewis. This is strong, audience tested material, from his Cabaret act. Martin shows you, in a step-by-step hands on guide, how to make the “props” on your kitchen table quickly and easily with only basic tools and materials and needing no special skills. Then, in live performance, see how the apparatus is used to really make magic.
Includes artwork on disk, requires a computer with a DVD drive. BIG SWITCH
A great MC bit. Attempting to right a wrong the peformer shows the audience how to switch a card… Literally!
SNACKS, ALIVE!
Martin’s take on the classic vanishing bottle. The delayed climax provides a pleasing ending without insulting the audiences intelligence. Perfect for both children and adults.
COME-BACK CARD
A very visual card effect for the platform. A card keeps jumping to the face of a pack, which is out of the performers hands. Created by Martin’s father Eric Lewis.
TECHNICOLOR PREDICTION
A prediction effect with built in comedy that leads up to a suprising finale. Easy to customize for different audiences. Each time the outcome is different.
RIPSTIX
The classic Chinese Sticks never had much of a finish until now. This one leaves the audience really baffled.
CARDIOGRAPHIC
Yes you can make one, it’s easier than you think! For the first time on videotape Martin reveals all of the details and subtle touches that brings his sketchpad card rise effect into the miracle class. Subtitled in English, Deutsch, Francais, and Italiano. No region coding for worldwide viewing.
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MAKING MAGIC DVD Volume Two
Six more Stand-Up effects from Martin Lewis. This is strong, audience tested material, from his Cabaret act. Martin shows you, in a step-by-step hands on guide, how to make the “props” on your kitchen table quickly and easily with only basic tools and materials and needing no special skills. Then, in live performance, see how the apparatus is used to really make magic.
Includes artwork on disk, requires a computer with a DVD drive.
TWO COLOR TORN TISSUE
In this version of the classic “Torn and Restored Napkin” two different colored papers are used to explain how it works… But the audience is still no wiser.
COMEDY CARD STAB
At the end it seems like the magician stabs the wrong card, but instead ends up with a visual knockout!
CRYSTAL GAZING
A spectator slowly names the card that the audience is thinking of by gazing into a crystal ball. Martin’s method is as amazing as the effect.
HALVE-IT
The “Three and a Half of Clubs” is taken from being a close up gag to a brilliant stand-up routine. Along the way Martin shows a great way make giant cards.
HANDSCAN
Show the front and back of your hand slowly and produce a fan of cards. Absolutely no manipulation required.
CARD IN BOTTLE
The title tells all. Martin’s presentation of an effect created by Harbin. This is a real fooler, and a closer in anyone’s book. Worth it for the card vanish alone!
Subtitled in English, Deutsch, Francais, and Italiano. No region coding for worldwide viewing.
PRODUCED AND MADE IN USA
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SIGNATURE SKETCHPAD CARD RISE - "Cardiographic"
This effect used by JOHNNY THOMPSON, DAVID COPPERFIELD, WHIT HAYDN, MICHAEL WEBER and professional magicians worldwide.
This is Martin's classic effect in which a card rises from a drawing and is then handed out as a souvenir. This signature version is designed and made by Martin's Magikraft Studios. It's better, faster, and far mores durable than any other version ever. It includes DVD instruction on care, handling, and performance. Insights gained by 30 years of performing experience.
It features a hard wearing laminated cover and an extra heavyweight backboard. The oversize spiral makes the action fast and easy and the new plastic gimmick will never warp. Plus lots more improvements that come from those many years of real world performance. NEW: Comes now with refills for 12 shows !!!!
View the teaser
"...I think it may be one of the best platform tricks ever marketed."
Bryce Kuhlman
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CRYSTAL GAZING
The audience is invited to concentrate on a freely selected jumbo card. An onstage spectator who was not privvy to the selection, “divines” it’s name by gazing into a crystal ball. The apparatus is handcrafted to Martin’s strict specifications and is only available from Magikraft Studios.View a Performance.
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SIGNATURE SKETCHPAD REFILLS
For those who need more than the six that come with the effect. Here they are by the dozen. You get six each Five of Diamonds and Seven of Hearts. For those DIY fans who wish to make custom sheets we offer a blank package, also enough for twelve performances, same price.
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THE SENOR MARDO EGG BAG
Nowadays it seems that the egg bag of choice is the Malini Style. I offer my variation
of the Senor Mardo bag in my lecture as an alternative. My reasons for preferring
this style bag are threefold. It is easier to handle, the (you know what) is invisible
even upon direct inspection, and far more effects are possible, as well as some
novel moves. I also prefer the brighter coloring. Our Expert seamstress
makes these bags and I believe them to be the most practical and deceptive egg
bag available. NOW AVAILABLE IN XMAS SHINY CLOTH, BLACK+WHITE, WHITE+BLACK (see drop-down menu). We also offer the perfect
egg for this bag in the supplies heading, and an instructional DVD under the Video DVD heading.
View a Performance.
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The Eggs-Actly Egg
This is the egg I prefer for the Senor
Mardo Egg Bag they have the right weight and size, and look great. Eggs-Actly
eggs are made from REAL eggshells with a very durable inner coating which makes
them quite sturdy. They are impossible to distinguish from a REAL EGG even in
close-up situations.
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The Senor Mardo Egg Bag DVD
Martin Lewis performs and explains a handling for the Mardo, or
Sterling, egg bag
Martin Lewis performs and explains a handling for the Mardo, or Sterling, egg bag. In half an hour Martin talks about sleights, moves, routine, and presentation. The DVD includes a great comedy bit for the vanish of a watch, and a conversation with Gladys Lewis, Martin’s mum, who shows you exactly how to make a bag of your own.
Click here for one of her originals.
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POCKET TECHNICOLOR PREDICTION
This is my current choice of method for performing “Technicolor Prediction.” The effect plays the same as my full size version, described below, but fits in your jacket pocket. It can be performed anywhere and anytime from stage to close up‚ it has built in laughs and a surprise finish. This version uses Mike Porstmanns “Double Decker” envelopes, gaffed envelopes that have a wide variety of magical uses.
Updated version comes with 5 different envelopes (3 color for Technicolor Prediction Effect, Security Envelope and Manila Envelope)
In the accompanying Quicktime movie I show you how to construct these Double Deckers quickly and easily and in a variety of shapes, sizes and styles, including a Poker size pay envelope and a most innocent looking drug store “security lined” style. I then go over the Technicolor Prediction routine in both performance and handling, and also give many other ideas and routines for using these versatile envelopes.
The Package includes pre-made envelopes and Acrobat template files to allow you to print your own as required. You will eventually need a computer with a color printer to take full advantage of these files.
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THE COMEDY COMEBACK CARD
A deck of cards is shown, and cut to bring the Five of Diamonds (for example) to the face. It is then put into a clear holder to prevent any possibility of sleight of hand.
Now the Five of Diamonds is deliberately removed and pushed it into the deck leaving the Six of Spades (for example) showing. A handkerchief is flicked over the cards, and the Five of Diamonds jumped right back to the front. The Five is removed to show the Six of Spades is still there.
Following the popular six card repeat theme, the effect is repeated a second and third time, on the fourth try a Joker makes an appearance. Finally the Joker is put away and the Five jumps back for the last time.
An ideal Parlor or Club effect, the Come-Back Card comes complete and ready to perform. No complicated resets, good visibility, and strong visual impact make this an ideal item for your next seasons show. Complete with a suggested presentation and ready to perform.
View a Performance.
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OUT TO DINNER
An elegant answer to the ugly rubber bands.
The Out to Lunch principle is an ingenious method of switching one card for another without detection under close scrutiny. Its origins go back 150 years. The traditional method has a rubber band around the cards that hide a half card. It is a beautiful principle that has many applications.
For those of us who occasionally work an upscale crowd, the rubber band seems very...well, inelegant, for lack of a better term.
So a few years ago, Greg Wilson came out with the Stockholder wallet. This was a beautiful leather item with a band that accomplished the same purpose as the rubber band. At first, this looked like a solution to the "elegance" question. But no one I know carries a wallet like this, gimmicked or not, for business cards. So it turned out to be a kind of "magic proppy" looking thing.
Well, Rocky Mountain Magic and Tim Andrews has devised a simple, but elegant, stainless steel clip that holds about 6 business cards. This doesn't look like a prop, it looks like what it is...a simple clip that holds a few business cards together. It is a totally innocent looking thing that accomplishes the out to lunch principle perfectly without looking "proppy".
I use this with Business Card-iographic. Buy it along with this clip for a package deal of $40.
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BUSINESS CARD-IOGRAPHIC
WATCH THE VIDEO
You show an image of a deck, drawn on your business card. Slowly,
and in full view, a drawing of a selected card rises from it. You then
give it away as a souvenir. Business Card-iographic is a stunning
promotional giveaway, that your customer will keep for years.
The instructional DVD comes with Brian’s routine, which incorporates
ideas from Joel Givens, Bob Sheets and David Oliver. Also Martin
Lewis teaches his “Wino-graphic” routine, in which a drawing of a
wineglass magically fills with the spectators choice of beverage.
On the disk you will find all the necessary artwork for you to create
your own custom Business Card-iographic. Using these files requires
a computer running current Windows or Mac OSX and a color printer.
“What a great idea. If you are one of the thousands of magicians who have done Cardiographic on stage then this should be in your pocket!" Paul Gertner
“I have been watching Brian do this for years and silently wished I had it for my own shows. Now I do! A totally organic and motivated way to get your card out to the audience. Brilliant!” Bob Sheets
Although the Out to Dinner clip is not required, it makes a great addition - both Brian and I use it with this effect. Buy it along with this DVD for a package deal of $40.
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CLOSE-UP MIRACLES - THE DVD
The Martin Lewis Video is now on DVD
Contents: Queenie - Sidewalk Shuffle - The Odd Card - Specdeck - Stampede Second - Dice Propagation - Spelling Collins Aces - Point Of Arrival - The Computer Cards - Rabbit Test - Texas Money - The Impossible Miniature Card Rise - Colour Changing Pencil - Sinister Glimpse - Bridge Hand Steal - Tosser Coin Switch.
The DVD version includes the following; - Performances of Cardiographic, The Comedy Comeback Card, and - Technicolor Prediction
- Instant access to 33 scenes
- Superior video quality
- Dolby Digital sound
- Interactive menus
- Digitally re-mastered
- Multi-region encoding for worldwide viewing
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THE STAMPEDE SECOND
Deal an impossible second... From under a postage stamp! Magic with a gambling theme. This routine incorporates two separate effects. In the first you claim to find the spectators card form a "marked" deck by wearing special virtual light specs. Oddly everyone but you can see the marked card plainly. When you remove the glasses it's too late - the mark has disappeared. You then demonstrate a second deal to find another card, but not any old second deal, and impossible one... from under a postage stamp. A professional routine - 5 minutes of entertaining close up magic that's simple to do and has a remarkable, visual climax.
View a Performance.
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UNDIVIDED DVD
The "Torn and Restored Cigarette Paper" has been around for over a hundred years. Now Martin Lewis brings this classic into the 21st century with a new and exciting handling that relies on subtlety rather than dexterity. A handling that makes the effect clearly visible for two or two hundred! (Or 9 million if you have your own national TV special.) This video shows how you can perform this ultra clean restoration, which has consistently baffled magicians and laymen alike. Learn from Martin's 24 years of experience in performing this effect. ? The ideal materials
? How to prepare them
? The important displays
? The simple switch
? The visual restoration "Martin's version of this classic embodies it with balletic verve and visibility. It will thrill and delight everyone, as the carny barkers used to say, ...from 8 to 80, man, woman, child!" - Jon Racherbaumer "Martin is a Master Magical Artist in every sense of the word. He has taken a time-honored classic and turned it into a masterpiece. The video is clear and concise. I particularly like his "overview' section. This is a real winner!" - Dimmare "Notice how the hands perfectly display the effect, while professionally framing the performer? When combined with Martins deep understanding of powerful magic, this becomes the ultimate Packs small plays big effect!" - Michael Ammar Also available is a kit of required materials. Read the Mike Close review of this video from MAGIC Magazine.
View a Performance.
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S. U. M. Deck
S.U.M. has nothing to do with math, the initials stand for Set Up Marked. It is the stacked, marked, deck that needs no calculation or memorization whatsoever because the deck does all the work. You don't have to decipher esoteric markings or remember formulae, everything is literally spelled out for you.
2 The deck appears to be in completely random order.
2 There is absolutely no calculation or memorization required.
2 Can also be used as a normal marked deck.
These instructions contain six effects and routines using the S.U.M. Deck, although many more are possible and limited only to the imagination.
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MCABEE RINGS + DVD BOX
In this classic routine three gleaming bracelets are linked and unlinked according to your will, even while being held by a spectator! At the end of the routine the rings are handed to the audience for minute examination.
Many hours of thought and preparation have gone into the routine plus hundreds of actual performances to test its solidity. The serious student of magic will, at once, appreciate the built-in psychology and misdirection incorporated in the routine. See a quicktime movie presentation.
Fully illustrated instructions and ring storage box are supplied where noted. For a comparison between the standard set and the upgrade set please see our FAQ .
The rings are available in four combinations;
The DVD and Standard Ring package, $50
The DVD and Upgrade Ring package, $120
The Upgrade Rings alone, includes instructions and box. $95
The DVD alone. $25
THE GOLD EDITION Rings and DVD $ 50.00 Read the Mike Close review of this effect from MAGIC Magazine.
View a Performance.
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THE MCABEE SWITCH
For owners of the McAbee Rings. This clever switching device created by Danish magician Per Helmark, is designed for stand up performances. It works beautifully, it is smooth and silent in operation, and it is virtually angle proof. (OK, someone clinging to the ceiling might catch it...) If you want to perform the McAbee rings in a strolling, or restaurant situation this is for you. Comes two ways.
The CD has a quicktime movie presentation that shows how to make the device easily, on your kitchen table, from cardboard and paper. It includes printable templates to make construction easy.
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THE SIDEWALK SHUFFLE
Martin's classic effect, still used by magicians everywhere, after 30 years. This is in three phases. The first two are similar, but with variations in handling. The third phase has an unexpected "knock-out" finale. In the first two phases three blank cards and an ace are shown. A blank is placed aside facedown, and the ace put between the other two blanks. A spectator fails to find the ace because the three cards are shown one by one to be blank, and the ace is on the table. The third time the spectator usually guesses that the ace is on the table. But it is shown to be really a blank card, and the cards in the hand are shown to be ALL ACES!
View a Performance.
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