Impossible Playing Cards

[TheWaddler]

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

[Ralf]

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

[BarnDoor]

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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[TheWaddler]

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!!!!)

[TheJuggler]

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!

[a-maze-ing]

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!

[Alimorris]

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!

[BarnDoor]

Thanks guys.

I hope to see them at MPP

Yes, I'll bring some to MPP. I can show you how to fold one from scratch, if you like.

Louis, those interlinked bills, or sheets of paper are still bothering me too.
And those 'really impossible' ones...

Looks great, and for a first attempt, not to shabby!

Yes, I need more practice - the last move is quite hard on the bill....

[TheJuggler]

The last move does take some head scratching! Here's my attempt ...

[Rdroege]

Next attempt... A real 100 dollar bill!