Animation

74 entries in Paper / Animation

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	La figurine dans la main	Figurine put in the spectator's hand begins to move		1786	Testament de Jérôme Sharp	33	Paper / Animation Illusions / Animation / Miscellaneous
	La figurine dans la main expliqué	Figurine put in the spectator's hand begins to move, from p. 33 explained		1786	Testament de Jérôme Sharp	81	Paper / Animation Illusions / Animation / Miscellaneous
	The Dancing Sailor	cardboard head danced between legs, thread		1876	Modern Magic	323	Paper / Animation
	Die dressierte Spinne	fly stuck to bottom of paper spider, spider moves around, gag, also with other paper figures		Feb. 1895	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 2)	28	Paper / Animation Animal / Spider
	Die nach dem Takte der Musik tanzenden Pappfiguren	paper figures dance, thread across stage		Aug. 1897	Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 2)	28	Paper / Animation
	Indische Gaukelei	tissue paper crumpled into a ball, clings to hand or finger or floats for a moment, thread from head to wax ball which is attached to a chair		Sep. 1897	Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 3)	41	Paper / Animation Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Antonio Molini	Der kleine Springinsfeld	paper figure on cork on card on top of full glass, suddenly jumps up		July 1898	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 7)	109	Paper / Animation Scientific Amusement
	Der schwimmende Papierfisch	No. 2, paper fish moves forward on water, oil		1900	Der Amateurzauberer	157	Paper / Animation
	Das geheimnisvolle Papierfähnchen	No. 12, piece of paper with grain and apple moves by itself, experiment		1900	Der Amateurzauberer	162	Paper / Animation Food / Grain Food / Apple Scientific Amusement
	Shark in the Fish-pond	non-magical science experiment		1902	The Modern Conjurer	291	Paper / Animation Scientific Amusement
	Perpetual Motion	non-magical science experiment		1902	The Modern Conjurer	299	Paper / Animation Scientific Amusement
Alphonse Wunnenburger	Eine elektrische Spielerei	paper sticks to hand		Mar. 1902	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 3)	45	Paper / Animation Scientific Amusement
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli	IV. Mimikry	routine with tissue paper and hat 1. Die Papierfabrik in der Hand (paper ball changes to confetti with fan, snow storm) 2. Vergehen und Erstehen (paper ball travel to cone inside a hat) 3. Die sich vermehrenden Bälle (ball multiplies under hat and inside balls are presents for spectators) 4. Das japanische Schmetterlingsspiel (butterflies are formed from paper and they start to fly with the aid of a fan, thread on forehead)		1903	Moderne Magie	86	Paper / Animation Paper / Miscellaneous Paper / Snow Storm Paper / Traveling Fan Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
	Just a Cigarette Paper	cigarette paper balanced on hat, nose and sleeve, with Cinquevalli anecdote		1937	The Magic Annual for 1937	17	Paper / Animation Cigarette/Cigar / Miscellaneous
	The Three Cigarette Papers	paper with dead name moves by itself		1938	Greater Magic	832	Paper / Animation Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
	The Butterfly on the Shoe	butterfly from paper flaps its wings		1938	Greater Magic	832	Paper / Animation
Ralph W. Read	Static	paper sticks to things, apparent magnetism		1940	The Jinx (Issue 118)	694	Paper / Animation Paper / Miscellaneous
Tom Sellers	The Shooting Pellet	signed paper jumps from tin		1941	Condensed Conjuring	2	Paper / Animation
U. F. Grant	Ghost	living and dead people's names written on slips, slip with dead person jumps in the air		Jan. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 27)	114	Paper / Animation Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
Tom Sellers	Ashes of the Sun	four strips of different-colored paper, they are burned one by one but the chosen colored strip floats up		1943	Twenty Tricks	4	Paper / Animation Ashtray & Ashes / Miscellaneous
	Lemon Bug	napkin moves eerie over table	Also published here Creepy Crawly Creature (John Carney, 2011)	1949	Over the Coffee Cups	18	Paper / Animation Paper / Paper Napkin / Table Napkin
	Rising Cigar Wrapper			1949	Over the Coffee Cups	19	Cigarette/Cigar / Animation Paper / Animation
	Jumping Cigar Band	from finger to finger		1949	Over the Coffee Cups	20	Paper / Animation
Don Tanner	The Dead Card Rise	living dead test with the dead person rising out of a box, "Bakerize Box"		May 1949	Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 8)	14	Paper / Animation Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
Bill Nord	Ex-straw-dinary	paper from a straw twists like a snake when water is dropped on it, then when touched with a cigarette it vanishes		July 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 234)	937	Straw Paper / Animation Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
Al Baker	Magnetisn't	with animation	Also published here Magnetisn't (Al Baker, 2003)	1951	Pet Secrets	90	Paper / Animation Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
Norman Houghton	Shears	invisible scissor is used to cut off two strips from a piece of paper, sight gag, two applications: design of chosen card is cut from newspaper ribbon in change bag is cut invisibly into as many pieces are the spectator chooses	Related to Satan's Scissors (Peter Warlock, 1939) Tip for "Shears" (Jack Avis, 1957)	Sep. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 11)	4	Paper / Animation Rope / Miscellaneous Paper / Miscellaneous Silk & Handkerchief / Ribbon / Topological Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Scissors Paper / Cut-up Paper gets Design
Jochen Zmeck	Die schwebende Jungfrau	close-up Aerial Suspension, paper figure balances on two needles, then one is removed 2. Methode 3. Methode		1961	Mikro-Magie Ganz Gross	17	Paper / Animation
Morty Rudnick	Hair, There and Everywhere	imaginary invisible thread is used to animate various things	Variations Imaginary Thread (Tomoya Horiki, 2018)	1972	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7	294	Paper / Animation Thread / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Animation
Theo "Okito" Bamberg	The Butterfly Trick	tissue paper is torn and pieces placed in small chest, then paper butterflies fly through the air and back into the chest, with a fan		1973	The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs	55	Paper / Animation
Patrick Page	The Revolving Snake	How to Make a Fascinating Novelty Paper snake on wire is put on lamp and starts to spin as long as the lamp is alight		1974	Tricks with Paper	9	Paper / Animation Paper / Miscellaneous Scientific Amusement
	The Magic Tipper	paper fold that moves by itself	Variations He Does Tricks (Martin Gardner, 1975) Also published here "Magic Tipper" (Origami in Action, Eric Kenneway)	May 1975	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 7)	961	Paper / Animation Paper / Origami Effects
Karl Fulves	The Dead Awake	billet with dead person moves		May 1975	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 7)	962	Paper / Animation Paper / Origami Effects Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
Martin Gardner	He Does Tricks	presentation for Tipper	Inspired by The Magic Tipper (1975)	May 1975	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 7)	962	Paper / Animation Paper / Origami Effects
Jack Bridwell	PSI-Q	lead of pencil in crumpled paper, named number appears, paper moves		1976	Magick (Issue 160)	798	Paper / Animation Paper / Appearing Writing/Photos... Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Pen/Pencil / Nail Writer / Swami
Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner	Psychic Motors	"Curiosities" piece of paper spins on the tip of a needle Martin Gardner's Method (Scientific American, April 1975) Streamlined Psychic Stop/Reverse		1978	The Chronicles (Issue 11)	1168	Paper / Animation Scientific Amusement
Karrell Fox	King "Toots" Tablet	scribblings on cardboard visible move to name or selected card		1979	Another Book	275	Paper / Animation Paper / Appearing Writing/Photos... Words & Letters / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery MC / Compere Bits of Business
	The Twirling Cigarette Paper	spins on tip of finger, physics		1979	Elastrix	38	Paper / Animation Cigarette/Cigar / Miscellaneous Scientific Amusement
Karl Fulves, Thomas Kovachevich, Martin Gardner, Jerry Andrus	The Real Thing	small paper parts come to life above hot water source, various ideas, see also p. 236		1980	Interlocutor (Issue 43)	169	Paper / Animation
Karl Fulves	More Real	more ideas with the paper animation idea, flash paper application, fortune telling fish		1980	Interlocutor (Issue 43)	170	Paper / Animation Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
Karl Fulves	Stop & Go	No. 11, paper card with holes slides down a string and stops on command		1980	The Children's Magic Kit	11	Paper / Animation
Russell Sharp	Magie aus Japan	tissue paper torn and crumpled up, it animated up and down in glass, then is shown restored, then a phase with paper streamer, then snowstorm	Also published here Pentagram, Mar. 1958	Mar. 1980	Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 1)	26	Paper / Animation Paper / Snow Storm Paper / Torn & Restored Paper / Paper Streamers and Mouth Coils
	The Psychic Motor	No. 46, piece of paper on a pin sticks in a cork, starts to turn by itself		1981	Self-Working Table Magic	56	Paper / Animation Cork Mental Magic / Effects / Psychokinesis
Mike Yin	Diviner	part of a paper is ton away, rest can bend up as a dowsing device		Nov. 1981	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 7)	125	Paper / Animation Divining / Dowsing Rod
Paul Harris	Fan Dance	spectator's initials on small piece of cardboard, it moves up and down a fan and vanishes, initials appear on selection		1984	Close-up Seductions	50	Paper / Animation Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Spectator's Name on Card
	Living Doll	No. 28, paper figures move on cloth that is over hot steam		1985	Self-Working Paper Magic	53	Paper / Animation
Jerry Andrus	Moving Writing	cut-out paper letters are filmed, they move around and end up in perfect configuration		1985	Self-Working Paper Magic	54	Camera Paper / Animation
Eric Kenneway	Hungry Dog	No. 38, design folded from square stands up		1985	Self-Working Paper Magic	67	Paper / Animation Paper / Origami Effects
Karl Fulves	The Educated Rabbit	No. 43, paper rabbit on glass flaps ears to answer questions		1985	Self-Working Paper Magic	78	Paper / Animation
Dr. Dan J. Alessini	One-Man Seance	seance style routine, paper balls with names of songs, one starts to float and tune can be heard name appears on index card handkerchief moves (Glorpy)		Apr. 1986	Magick (Issue 368)	1837	Paper / Animation Paper / Appearing Writing/Photos... Paper / Out to Lunch Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Terri Rogers	Self-Inflating Plastic Bag	with large sponge ball as gimmick	Also published here Riesen-Schaumgummiball (Terri Rogers, 1989)	1986	Secrets	76	Paper / Animation Spongeball / Sequences
Terri Rogers	Riesen-Schaumgummiball	self-inflating plastic bag	Also published here Self-Inflating Plastic Bag (Terri Rogers, 1986)	July 1989	Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 4 & 5)	181	Paper / Animation Spongeball / Sequences
Gordon Jeppesen	Turning Point	paper tube is balanced on two glasses, one glass moves away then, paper tube turns to audience		Mar. 1991	The Minotaur (Vol. 3 No. 1)	7	Paper / Animation Glass / Miscellaneous Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Karl Norman	The Polish Rocket	tissue paper starts to lifts off into the air when lighted, gag		1995	40 Years at the Forks	71	Paper / Animation
Karl Fulves	Snake On A Tape	"Unsolved Mysteries" calculator with paper tape, it comes out straight up and has a snake printed on it, posed as a problem		1996	The Fine Print (Issue 4)	77	Paper / Animation Calculator
Jon LeClair	Defying Death	paper with living person levitates		1997	The Art of Invisible Thread	89	Paper / Animation Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Martin Gardner	Psychic Motor	Martin Gardner's Corner paper balancing on needle spins, heat		Sep. 1998	Magic (Vol. 8 No. 1)	74	Paper / Animation Scientific Amusement
Barrie Richardson	Mental Motor	paper napkin unfolds by itself	Also published here Club 71, Mayday 1991	1999	Theater of the Mind	57	Paper / Animation Paper / Paper Napkin / Table Napkin Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
R. Paul Wilson	The Camel's Back	standing paper falls by itself, three phases, with straw in which air is apparently stored		2001	Omerta	12	Straw Paper / Animation
Al Baker	Magnetisn't	with animation	Also published here Magnetisn't (Al Baker, 1951)	2003	The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)	438	Paper / Animation Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
Al Baker	Magnetisn't	billet with special name on it moves, air through tubing in sleeve	Also published here marketed 1931	2003	The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Instructions)	562	Paper / Animation Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
Alain Nu	Post Bent	spoon drawn on post-it note, paper bends, ends clean	Related to The Bending Card (Guy Bavli, 1995) Also published here Post Bent (Alain Nu, 2022)	Feb. 2004	Magic (Vol. 13 No. 6)	70	Paper / Animation
Tom Stone	Dachebox	various unfinished ideas for Stewart James' Sefalaljia	Also published here DacheBox (Tom Stone, 2011)	2007	Sleapless in a Pipedream	9	Paper / Animation Glass / Miscellaneous Silk & Handkerchief / Traveling / Twentieth Century Silks
Patrick Martin	Dreams in Barcelona	paper moth torn from napkin moves in glass, is burnt, and napkin shown restored	Related to Creation (Patrick Martin, 1996)	May 2008	Genii (Vol. 71 No. 5)	65	Paper / Animation Paper / Torn & Restored Paper / Paper Napkin / Table Napkin Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves	Drawing Straws	straw wrapping paper moves away and towards straw, static electricity		2009	Prolix (Issue 6)	368	Straw Paper / Animation
Karl Fulves	Zombie For Kids	rolled up paper napkin clings to hand		2010	Prolix (Issue 8)	550	Paper / Animation Paper / Paper Napkin / Table Napkin
Tom Stone	DacheBox	various unfinished ideas for Stewart James' Sefalaljia Silks from Another Century Wired (featuring idea for Ted Lesley's "Mind Bender") Ceiling Thoughts Shivers Vanishing Sefalaljia	Also published here Dachebox (Tom Stone, 2007)	2011	Maelstrom	29	Paper / Animation Glass / Miscellaneous Silk & Handkerchief / Traveling / Twentieth Century Silks
John Carney	Creepy Crawly Creature	napkin moves eerie over table	Also published here Lemon Bug (1949)	2011	Mr. Mysto's Wizard Academy	32	Paper / Animation Paper / Paper Napkin / Table Napkin
Hiroshi Sawa	ピアノ・トリック (The Piano Trick)	Mini piano keyboard is constructed from pieces of white and black paper. Music is heard when you play on the paper keyboard.		2013	Magic of Dr. Sawa (澤浩の奇術)	61	Paper / Animation Paper / Miscellaneous
Mike Caveney	Snake Charmin	strip of toilet paper levitates à la dancing handkerchief Stripping Thread Thread Management Animating the Snake Cleaning Up the Thread Making Thread Invisible Broken Thread		2013	Wonders	314	Silk & Handkerchief / Animation Paper / Animation Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
	The Technique Wherein a Heihku Moves on its own	paper ornament moves on its own Dan Sherer (additional comments)	Also published here Hōkasen, 1764	May 2016	Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5)	78	Paper / Animation
	Nested Paper Cup Animation	two paper cups are nested, the inner one moved up and down		Mar. 2017	Genii (Vol. 80 No. 3)	11	Paper / Animation
Allan Zola Kronzek	Creepy Crawly	crumpled straw wrapper moves	Also published here "Grandpa Magic"	Dec. 2018	Genii (Vol. 81 No. 12)	97	Straw Paper / Animation Scientific Amusement
Alain Nu	Post Bent	spoon drawn on post-it note, paper bends, ends clean	Also published here Post Bent (Alain Nu, 2004)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	267	Paper / Animation