
Impossible Playing Cards
- TheWaddler
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Re: Impossible Playing Cards
where do you get all these designs from?? do you just copy them from others you have seen then work out how to fold them yourselves?? i like the last two you posted Ralf, very pretty 

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Re: Impossible Playing Cards
where do you get all these designs from??
95 of the designs are from my freind Allen Rolfs and other Friends from Japan and China.
Only 5% are my very own Designs.
It´s funy. I invented so many magic Tricks you could buy around the world but it´s difficult for me to make my own Designs
95 of the designs are from my freind Allen Rolfs and other Friends from Japan and China.
Only 5% are my very own Designs.
It´s funy. I invented so many magic Tricks you could buy around the world but it´s difficult for me to make my own Designs

Re: Impossible Playing Cards
As a change from cards, I had a go at making a couple of braided bills. No glue or tricks. The bills are intact with just two slots cut in each. It is tricky, especially the last move - these are my first efforts:
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Re: Impossible Playing Cards
they look great man, good first efforts
i need to get making these, they're great to look at, so i assume they'd be great to make as well (cos i do enjoy origami as well!!!!) 


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- TheJuggler
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Re: Impossible Playing Cards
Nicely done. I didn't have a dollar bill handy (I never seem to have cash ... must be what happens when you have kids ...)
I did cut myself a 'bill substitute' and managed to replicate the braid ... I've been meaning to do it for a while but just never got round to it!
Looks great, and for a first attempt, not to shabby!
I did cut myself a 'bill substitute' and managed to replicate the braid ... I've been meaning to do it for a while but just never got round to it!
Looks great, and for a first attempt, not to shabby!
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Nice work Joe,
I tried those with two-coloured paper, not with real bills yet.
I am still baffled by the impossibly interlinked dollar bills that James showed us earlier this month. Totally clean and unfolded bills, a few holes cut in them, and then they are inter-linked. Impossible!
Besides that, I also cannot stop thinking about the 'really impossible' ones that James showed us...what a surprise that was!
And that Harry Eng bottle with a bolt through 3 decks of cards... I must conclude that bolt has apparated right there into that bottle!
I tried those with two-coloured paper, not with real bills yet.
I am still baffled by the impossibly interlinked dollar bills that James showed us earlier this month. Totally clean and unfolded bills, a few holes cut in them, and then they are inter-linked. Impossible!
Besides that, I also cannot stop thinking about the 'really impossible' ones that James showed us...what a surprise that was!
And that Harry Eng bottle with a bolt through 3 decks of cards... I must conclude that bolt has apparated right there into that bottle!
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Re: Impossible Playing Cards
Nice one Joe, these look brilliant and I hope to see them at MPP.
Also I am very lucky to have an amazing 'a-maze-ing folded card' card.....
Louis you are a gent!
Also I am very lucky to have an amazing 'a-maze-ing folded card' card.....
Louis you are a gent!
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Re: Impossible Playing Cards
Thanks guys.
Louis, those interlinked bills, or sheets of paper are still bothering me too.
And those 'really impossible' ones...
Yes, I'll bring some to MPP. I can show you how to fold one from scratch, if you like.Alimorris wrote:I hope to see them at MPP
Louis, those interlinked bills, or sheets of paper are still bothering me too.
And those 'really impossible' ones...
Yes, I need more practice - the last move is quite hard on the bill....TheJuggler wrote:Looks great, and for a first attempt, not to shabby!
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Re: Impossible Playing Cards
The last move does take some head scratching! Here's my attempt ...
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Re: Impossible Playing Cards
Next attempt... A real 100 dollar bill! 

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