Wood

35 entries in Wood
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To make a shoale of goslings drawe a timber log some geese draw a log of wood, vague, probably thread
 		1584
The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXX)
192
The Bundle of Firewood hollow bundle
 		1890
More Magic
287
The Paper Ribbon and the Barber's Pole long paper coil from hat, then pole (paper, switched for wooden pole by assistant)
 		1890
More Magic
300
Bland A Barber's Pole from an Egg paper spiral "pole", later switched for wooden one
 		1890
More Magic
340
Samuel "St. Roman" Thiersfeld Der Großpapa und sein Enkel No. 34, small and large wooden cone penetrate table under cone cover
 		1899
Jedermann Zauberkünstler!
98
John Willmann Das Archimedes-Brett floating piece of wood in front of performer's body, attachment to sort of belt
 		Aug. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 8)
123
Louis F. Christianer The Wandering Block and Flying Silks two cardboard tubes, one closed on both ends, the other filled with solid wood block, silks vanish and are found in tube that had the wood block in it, block is in other tube
 		1919
Original Deceptions
3
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant The Lindbergh Kidnap Ladder board with holes and nails, different spectators claim having seen a different number of holes and the nails in different positions
 		1935
They're Off
10
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant The Folding Half Dollar a piece of wood transposes with a half dollar
 		1935
They're Off
28
A Surgical Operation splinter pulled out by spectator from performer's hand becomes long hair, gag
 		1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
96
Tony "Doc" Shiels Mandragora root figure placed inside a jar starts moving up and down
 		1967
Thirteen!
13
Karl Fulves Parablox paper box used to take props from it, at the end it changes to solid block of wood, posed as problem, see also p. 402 for solution by Bill Taylor
Related to
  • "Boxes or Blocks" (The Magic Wand, June-Sep 1933)
Variations 		Nov. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 1)
374
Jochen Zmeck Der J. Z. Kartenbalken stick of wood with card suits and values, finger are moved together and where they meet the suit and then value are found to match a previous selection
Inspired by
  • version in Magie and "Das große Buch der Magie"
 1974
Das Zmeckt!
20
George Weisensel Weisensel's Famous Splinter from the Hand as splinter is removed from hand by spectator, it is several inches long
 		1975
Another Close-up Cavalcade
152
Stephen Minch Turn of the Century Tiltings and Tappings balsa wood tear shape under glass dome starts rocking, then screwdriver moves under the jar
 		1975
Mind & Matter
43
Al Mann The Falling Block block of wood falls, discussion on different methods
Related to
  • Ed Mellon's MentalWise, Vol. II #12 and Vol. III #1, and George Arrowsmith's idea with playing cards "Arrowsmith's Assorted Myseries", Tom Fitzgerald's "A Block from the Wall of Jericho" in Sam Dalal'
 1981
The Shattered Chalice
11
Jeff Busby Poltergeist Block Robert Harbin's "Tippler", credit information
 		Jan. 1983
Epoptica (Issue 3)
126
Frank Cleaver Block Off block with hole slid in box, fixed with wand, it slides free
Related to 1988
The Chronicles (Issue 34)
1400
Jonathan Cooke Pivot Point as Jonathan C., Stonehenge presentation for John Fedko's Block of Fu Manchoo, wooden block falls
 		Nov. 1989
Magick (Issue 431)
2153
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Color Vibes on of different colored wooden stick is placed inside a plastic pipe, and pipe sealed with caps, color is divined
 		Dec. 1989
Magick (Issue 432)
2160
Gianfranco Turchi Incredible Enigma wooden blocks in box are arranged by spectator and order divined by performer
 		1991
Class Act
110
Sid Fleischman Five Minutes of Voodoo presentation for block that falls over (shifting weight)
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
43
Christian Chelman Scarab block of wood is tipped over by scarab
 		1993
Capricornian Tales
24
Shawn McMaster The Fox Sisters' Table piece of wood falls over by itself and animates out of a glass jar, then it starts to burn for a short while
 		June 1994
The Lemniscate (Vol. 1 No. 1)
2
David Berglas Do-It-Yourself one spectator hammers some nails in a piece of wood, a second drills some holes and a third has to saw off a piece, prediction matches
 		2002
The Mind & Magic of David Berglas
91
P. T. Selbit Mislaid Eggs three cylinders, four eggs put in one of them, solid wooden block in another one, eggs travel into cylinder with wood, wood into third one
Also published here
  • P. T. Selbit, The Magical Entertainer, 1906, p. 36
 2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
174
Harry Houdini Cone and Egg hat with plate on table, egg on hat, covered with paper cone, a wooden cone vanishes under handkerchief, under paper cone is now wooden cone, egg produced from elbow, egg-cone sequence, wooden cone reappears in hat
Also published here
  • Harry Houdini, Houdini on Magic, ed. Walter B. Gibson and Morris N. Young, 1953, p. 188
 2002
The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic
177
Jay Sankey Family Tree half of a pencil changes into wooden branch with twigs
 		2004
Sankey Unleashed
65
Steve Skomp Wood Wonder block of wood is removed from card case, wood changes into deck
Also published here Dec. 2008
MAGIC (Vol. 18 No. 4)
73
Tom Stone Wooden Sign "signed card" with isolated card stapled to piece of wood
Also published here 2009
Fuzzy Logic
5
Tom Stone Wooden Sign "signed card" with isolated card stapled to piece of wood
Inspired byAlso published here 2011
Maelstrom
178
Ryan Schlutz Fing-Jit-Su spectator breaks small wood with finger, then flicks deck at selection
Related to 2011
Making the Cut
51
David Regal The Fairest One of All any card in borrowed deck is reversed, a card from another deck is placed in a chosen envelope and stapled to block of wood, the cards match, with prop comedy
 		2019
Interpreting Magic
292
Mike Pisciotta Proustian Omens stop trick using a falling Telekinetic Pen/Timber as stopping sign
 		2020
As Above, So Below
31
Steve Skomp Wood Wonder block of wood is removed from card case, wood changes into deck
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
812