Robert Harbin (1909-1978) was a hugely important figure in the worlds of both origami and magic, and really needs no introduction from me...

This is an old traditional fold, possibly of German origin, which is usually referred to as a Seed Packet. As with a lot of traditional...

In two of my first blog posts just over a year ago I talked about a couple of very early paper tricks, one in Giovanni Battista della...

Here's a minor variation on the Wallet that's included in the Diagrams section of my site. The original was from an A4 rectangle, whereas...

The Testament de Jérôme Sharp (1786) by Henri Decremps was one of the first books to provide detailed descriptions of card tricks and...

When I did the Paper Buckle post last time I thought it would be nice to fill it out a bit by mentioning the related idea of the Playing...

Here’s an interesting little “paper recreation” which I’ve come across in two old books – an anonymous manuscript called La Magie du Pont...

This monthly posting schedule is proving quite hard to stick to. I do have a new article which is almost complete, but for now this is...

It's the end of the month again and I haven't managed to create a new post, so I'm going to fill in with a couple of simple Diamond...

This is heavily revised and updated version of my original post, with various corrections and additions made in the light of information...