Close-Up Magic

Close-Up Magic

Close up magic uses sleight of hand tricks, like vanishing coins and card tricks. The appearance that an item has vanished (or been produced) can be achieved by a sleight in which the item is held in such a way that it is not visible to the audience and the hand appears empty.

There is a wide range of basic sleights described in literature for vanishing, producing, and switching small items. Magicians today seldom resort to hiding things up their sleeves, which has become a cliché.

Sleights require a good deal of practice to perform convincingly. You can find many close up magic tricks on video from the Ellusionist web site.

Unlike most shop-bought gimmicks, which are usually obvious to the audience for what they are, David Blain videos can have you doing slight of hand card and coin tricks that wont be obvious to your audience if you are willing to practice, practice, practice.

Professional magicians do use hardware gimmicks, but tend to base their acts on skill with sleight of hand as the main foundation.

Many magicians see gimmicks and sleight of hand as a means to an end, and most use a combination of both.

Close up magic tricks are usually the first tricks a budding magician learns. He or she can begin to develop their magic acts and learn the art of audience distraction without having to spend thousands of dollars on equipment.

Since close up magic is performed with the audience close to the magician, sometimes even in physical contact with the magician, it is a good place for beginners to start to hone their art.

Some of the more popular slight of hand or close up magic tricks are making a coin vanish and naming a card that a member of the audience has chosen.

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