David Forrest - Card Through Window.pdf - Magic Tricks (Sztuczki Magiczne) - zznn

Introduction

Dear fellow magician,

Thank you for purchasing CTW. The card through window plot is something I’ve had rattling about in my mind for

quite some time. It is such an intriguing concept that I kind of consider it the Holy Grail of card magic. The first time I

heard the words Card Through Window I almost had to stop my brain from exploding by stuffing pillows into my

mouth. Card Through Window? How can that be done? I mean, if a magician, who's mind is jammed full of diabolical

and devious plots and ploys for use in the befuddling of the next lay person he meets, if we ourselves stop and say,

now that is a tough one! Then you're in a very special place, magically speaking. It's like the first time I heard the

term "Torn and Restored Card". I was all "ooh" and "hmmm" and "……." for a great deal of time, pondering over the

'how to's' and 'what fors' of it all. Tearing up a playing card, then magically joining all the pieces together again? That

kind of idea really makes you sit up and take notice because no obvious solution immediately springs to mind as it

would for a simpler problem like say, the transposition of two cards. So, the idea of "Card through Window" has been

safely filed away in the part of my brain which is labeled "Things to keep you awake at night". And it has. Just ask

my girlfriend who can often be heard asking at 2.46am "Are you thinking about bloody playing cards again? Try

sleeping you weird, weird individual." Bah! What does she know! Only that her boyfriend owns a plastic thumb and

refuses to tell her what it’s for! I'm going off on a tangent. So, as I said earlier, Card through Window has been my

own Holy Grail. It's my own little inner struggle, my personal quest, if you will. Some people do crosswords. Other

people play squash. Others dress up in rubber and lead other people around the room with a dog leash. Me? I lie

awake trying to figure out how to make it appear that a playing card has passed through glass. Which is weirder? I'll

let you decide.

So, I finally arrived at a solution to the problem that I was happy with and all my sleepless thoughts have become

CTW. I wouldn’t be so bold as to claim that this is the best way to achieve the effect but it is one way and I believe it

has some excellent features. Not least of which is that you don’t need to re-mortgage the house in order to give it a

try! I’m happy with CTW and believe that it deserves a place contending with the other versions of it’s genre. I hope

you try this version in a good few real life performances. I think you'll be genuinely pleased with the results and you'll

probably smile inside when you think you knocked it up with some fairly ordinary household materials.

I'd like to say my quest is over now but deep down I know it's not. The real Holy Grail would be a "Signed Card

through Window". Ooooh, the very thought of it. Or what about "Completely Impromptu Card Through Window". No

set up. Any window. How about that?

You see? It'll never end but at least, for a little while, I might get to sleep before the birds get up. Having said that, I'll

probably still be kept awake thinking about how to explain to my girlfriend just exactly why it is that I need a small tub

of wax!

'till next time,

Dave Forrest.

CTW Presentations

Effect 1: A spectator selects a card from a deck . A corner is torn from the card and given to the spectator as a

receipt. The magician claims he will make the card completely disappear and, after some by-play does exactly that!

"D'you know where it went?" he asks. The spectators confess that they do not. "Look over there, d'you see what's

taped to that window?" The spectators turn around to find their selection taped firmly to a nearby window, the corner

receipt matches perfectly! "That's pretty weird how I made your card appear there isn't it?" The spectator agrees. "I'll

show you what's even weirder though……" The magician passes a fan of cards over the selection and it very visually

jumps right through the window! "…….how I made it travel right through the glass!" The tape is removed and the

spectator can remove the card from the other side of the glass. The corner still matches perfectly!

Effect 2: A spectator selects a card from a deck. A corner is torn from the card and given to the spectator as a

receipt. The card is placed face up into the middle of the deck, the deck is bound with a rubber band and the specta-

tor holds it between her palms. The magician leads the spectator to a nearby window where a small 'curtain' bearing

a large question mark is seen. He explains that earlier on in the day he taped a playing card on to the window as a

prediction, the tape is seen to be protruding from either side of the curtain. After a suitable build up the magician lifts

the curtain and a card matching the spectators selection is seen to be taped firmly to the window. The magician

points out that his prediction card also has a corner missing and asks the spectator to go through the deck and find

his face up selection. The spectator finds that his selection is gone! The corner receipt is compared to the card on

the window and they are seen to be a perfect match! Here comes the best bit! The magician remarks "That's pretty

weird how I made your card appear there isn't it?" The spectator agrees. "I'll show you what's even weirder

though……" The magician passes a fan of cards over the selection and it very visually jumps right through the win-

dow! "…….how I made it travel right through the glass!" The curtain is removed and the spectator can remove the

tape and the card, which really is on the other side of the glass, and examine everything. The corner still matches!

The CTW Gimmick.

The CTW gimmick is a device which allows the disappearance of a card which is apparently taped on to a window.

A card fastened to the other side of the window then comes into view giving the illusion of the card passing through

the glass. The gimmick is made up of two parts, the 'slide' and the 'card'. There is an additional prop, the ‘curtain’,

that may be used for one particular presentation ( Effect 2 , above) in which the spectator can remove the tape him-

self. This PDF contains details on the construction of these gimmicks as well as two complete routines and some

additional thoughts and ideas.

For the construction of the slide and the card you will need:

Two brand new duplicate cards. Eg. King of Hearts.

Masking Tape.

Duct Tape. 1

Clear Plastic Binding cover. 2

Scissors/Craft Knife.

Spare advertising cards. 3

A length of ribbon. 4

Super glue.

Cutting templates. (Provided at the end of the document, you must print these pages out.)

For the construction of the curtain you will need:

Stiff card.

Spray adhesive/glue stick.

Double sided sticky tape.

Masking tape.

Cutting templates. (Provided at the end of this document, you must print these pages out.)

1. Duct tape comes in many different colours and sizes. Interestingly enough, a browse on the internet will uncover a

secret world of Duct Tape fanatics. People are making hats and wallets out of this stuff! I kid you not. The width of

tape you will need is probably the most common - 50mm/2". The colour you use is completely up to you. I use the

fairly standard 'silver' coloured tape.

2. This is a thin clear plastic sheet used in offices as a protective cover when binding presentation documents. It is

widely available from most good stationery stores.

3. These are the advertising cards you always find in Bicycle decks. Any ordinary playing card can be used but the

card must be brand new and in perfect condition.

4. The ribbon should be very thin and no more than 8mm wide. When purchasing ribbon keep in mind that you want

it to be as thin as possible. Generally I’ve found that cheaper ribbon is more suitable than ribbon which is of a higher

quality as this means it is usually thinner.

I would urge you not to overlook these small details as what may seem like a negligible thickness could start to look

pretty bulky when the gimmick is constructed. When designing this gimmick my aim was to make it as thin as possi-

ble. It is in your best interest to do the same.

Constructing the Gimmick.

Part 1 - The Slide.

Step1

Cut out the templates marked Front Panel and Back Panel from the template sheet entitled SLIDE provided at the

end of this PDF.

Fold the templates where indicated and use

the masking tape to attach them to the corners

of the plastic binding cover as shown in

FIG 01 . Cut around both templates. Do not

remove the templates yet. These two panels

will make the front and back of the slide.

FIG 01 .

Step 2

Cut out the template marked Ad Card from the

template sheet entitled CARDS and, using

masking tape, attach it to the advertising card. Cut out the thin strips

marked 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 . These strips of card will be referred to as ‘run-

ners’ .

FIG 02 .

Step 3

Use super glue to fix two of the runners onto the back of the Front

Panel. FIG 02. The template which is still attached to the Front Panel

will show you exactly where to position them. Use the super glue spar-

ingly so as not to allow any beads of glue to appear around the edges of

the runner.

FIG 03 .

Step 4

Repeat Step 3 with the Back Panel , attaching two runners where indicat-

ed by the template.

Step 5

You must now attach the Back Panel to the Front Panel as indicated in

FIG 03. You will notice that the Back Panel is two shorter than the Front

Panel . When they are attached, two of the long sides on both panels will

be flush with one another. On the opposite long sides there will be a

small ‘step’ due to the fact that the Back Panel is two milimetres shorter.

To position the Back Panel correctly, line it up and hold it in position at

one end with masking tape. This will allow you to open it up like a book

and apply super glue to the backs of both runners on the front panel. FIG

04. Now, by simply letting it fall shut it will be glued in the correct position.

Remove the masking tape. The slide is now complete. FIG 05.

FIG 04 .

FIG 05 .

Constructing the Gimmick.

Part 2 - The Card.

Step 1

Take both duplicate cards and, making sure they are perfectly squared, tape them together

with masking tape as in FIG 06. Now tear a corner from both cards simultaneously. The

approximate size and shape of the torn corner is indicated by the red area in FIG 06.

FIG 06 .

Discard one of the corners you have torn off. Remove the masking tape and you will find that

the corner you have kept matches one of the Kings perfectly but is also a VERY close fit for

the other King. It is because of this that the corner matches both before and after the card

passes through the glass. Place the King with the matching corner somewhere safe, you’ll

need these later. You will construct the card part of the gimmick from the other King, the one

who’s corner you discarded.

Step 2

Cut out the template marked Card Parts 1 & 2 from the CARDS cutting template and attach it to the face of the King

with masking tape making sure the section of the template marked Card 1, the larger section, incorporates the torn

corner. When you have fixed the template in place cut out the sections marked Card 1 and Card 2. You can discard

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