Description
Winston Freer was a Genius! What an incredible miracle this effect is! Very different in method from anything similar that I have seen. This is based on a principle developed by Paul Curry called the Curry Paradaox c. 1953. However Freer adds an ingenious allowance for the area lost by redistribution which allows you to show the area to be EXACTLY THE SAME, before and after the removal of three tiles.
Effect: In a nutshell the effect is this: a puzzle fills a frame and is made up of 10 different sized pieces with 7 x 9 = 63 squares. On 3 successive tries a single tile is removed. Each time the puzzle can be quickly reassembled and each time there are 63 squares. In the end, the puzzle is put back into the frame, and even though 3 squares are missing it still fits the frame precisely the same as when you started. You can also do it in the reverse and add 3 squares one at a time. Your creativity and patter will determine which way you want to present this curious phenomena.
Winston Freer was born in St. Albans, Vermont. In 1926, at the age of 16, Freer saw Howard Thurston perform and became interested in magic. He grew up to be one of magic’s cleverest inventors. In the 1930s, Freer worked at Abbott’s Magic in Colon, Michigan and performed under the name Alladin and later Doc Maxam.
Now for the good news, nothing is added or taken away, the props and moves look clean, and there are no false compartments or slides. It really is as clean as it looks and reset is as easy as counting from 1 to 10! Learning to actually do the moves will take five minutes or so, however, performing it will take a little longer so that the presentation flows nicely with the amazing effect.
(Notice: Does Not Include: DVD (or similar) Instructions. Just a page with the different steps is supplied and a link to YouTube video )
Mitch –
Dear Mitch,
I have had the opportunity to share the puzzle several times over the past week, and I’ve discovered you were correct. Those little areas of imperfection are not the focus, and so the mystery still grabs people and holds on tight.
I must have seen John Rogers perform it five times before I caught on to what he was doing, even though the result still fascinated me and I had to watch a YouTube video or two to fully understand the mechanics of it.
Your 3-D print is beautiful, and produced at a cost that finally enabled me to share this mystery with others. I could never have justified the $400 price tag of Rogers’ version; I wouldn’t have that much opportunity to use it. Thanks again for producing this.
Have a magical day!
Sincerely,
Carrie Rostollan
Helping You Find The “Possible” in Impossible!
http://www.proximityillusions.com