The Wiz Kids'

PVC Pipe and Dollar Store Illusions
for the REALLY, REALLY CHEAP Illusionist!
by Jim Gerrish

Book 4 - Coming on line!

1 Backdrop Illusion Screens
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 This article is about backdrops that are also illusions. Because the biggest request I have been getting is for appearance illusions which can be performed solo (no assistants at all) I have included two examples.
1. Tri-Fold Transformation Screen
2. Bryce’s Six-Fold Solution
3. Solo “Victory” Appearance Screen
4. Spiderweb Solo Appearance Screen		  

2 Descent Illusion
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Descent is a "poor man's Elevator Illusion," made from PVC pipe and inexpensive fabric covers, but with no need for a platform and capable of being performed "solo," although adding assistants would certianly make the act look bigger.

3 Materiaization
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 Materiaization is based on an idea put forward by Louis S. Histed, the inventor of the Square Circle. Don't let his other invention mislead you, however; there is no connection between that illusion and this one. The Effect is simple: A couple of screens of white paper are mounted on a platform by the magician and an optional assistant. A light is turned on behind the screens showing nothing hidden. Gradually a shadow materializes, becoming more and more solid. A live (required) assistant then bursts through the paper. Performed correctly, the audience has no clue as to how the person materialized. The screens were all shown on both sides beforehand, formed into a cabinet on top of the extremely thin and tiny aluminum platform (source given for a $35.00 platform) beneath which they can see at all times.

As a bonus, Jim adds his De-Materialization Illusion, which can act as a vanish OR better yet, as a Transposition in which the assistant vanishes from one set of screens to the second set of screens.

4 Hi-Strung
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Hi-Strung is based on an Okito/Fu-Manchu collaboration written up in The Sphinx in 1941. I took the basic idea and adapted it for my Wiz Kids, making the cabinet out of PVC Pipe with foamboard sides, and turning it into an amazing clown appearance, rope penetration, and levitation all in one illusion. It also has the advantage of rolling in and out on its own caster platform.

5 Rip Van Winkle - Revisited
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The Rip Van Winkle Illusion was invented by Edwin Brush (c.1940), and is an excellent one-man vanish. reappearance/ quick-change Illusion that works on the smallest platform stage up to the largest theatre stage. It is easily transported and assembled and requires no assistant to make "both" characters appear in the playlet.

Jim has redesigned it to be made from PVC Pipe, as well as making other "improvements" to bring it up-to-date. He notes that Brush's original theme of "Rip Van Winkle" may be out of date, so he proposes using it instead for a variety of modern themes, described in the e-Book, that are better suited to today's audiences.

First Three PVC Pipe Illusion Books:

BOOK 1 - BOOK 2 - BOOK 3


Order ALL 3 Books at once: $90.00 ($30 per book, less than $3.00 per Illusion)
The 3 books can also be shipped to you on a CD-ROM instead of being e-mailed. You will need to give us a shipping address if you choose this option.

PVC-1-2-3 COMPLETE SET OF THREE

$90.00

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