{"product_id":"digital-effects-the-thimble-magic-of-joe-mogar-steve-beam-richards-estate","title":"Digital Effects The Thimble Magic of Joe Mogar - Steve Beam - Richards Estate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComment\u003c\/b\u003e: This is an excellent book on thimble magic. Productions, vanishes, routines, flourishes, and lots more. Written with a sense of humor and uses well done illustrations. A must-have for thimble workers. Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13 Introduction. Thimble magic in general\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e17 Part 1: Getting Started\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17 How to Read This Book: how to practice\u003cbr\u003e19 The Care \u0026amp; Feeding of Thimbles: and why Joe's thimbles are recommended\u003cbr\u003e20 A Word about Words: presentation\u003cbr\u003e24 The Hand: and how the fingers are referred to in the book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e27 Part 2: The Basics\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e27 Palms, Grips, Holds, and Clips\u003cbr\u003e30 The Basic Vanish \u0026amp; Reproduction\u003cbr\u003e33 Cleaned: both hands shown empty\u003cbr\u003e34 The Vacuum: \"pop\" goes the thimble\u003cbr\u003e35 Thimbles - It's an Attitude Thing: essay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e39 Part 3: Moves\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e39 Multiple Palm\u003cbr\u003e42 Lock \u0026amp; Load: from a stack\u003cbr\u003e43 The Explosion Move: stack to 4 fingers\u003cbr\u003e46 The 2nd Explosion\u003cbr\u003e48 Implosion: Fingers to stack\u003cbr\u003e49 Switching Channels: Bobo switch\u003cbr\u003e50 Bait \u0026amp; Switch: another switch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e53 Part 4: Productions\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e53 Duck \u0026amp; Tuck: production from bare(?) hands\u003cbr\u003e55 The Grabber: grabbed from the air\u003cbr\u003e56 Power Thimbles: appearance of 4 thimbles\u003cbr\u003e59 Simple Silk: production under a silk\u003cbr\u003e60 Rag Production: 4 thimbles from silk, Joe's favorite\u003cbr\u003e65 The Deep Squat Production: handful of thimbles from handkerchief\u003cbr\u003e66 Milking the Silk: any number of thimbles\u003cbr\u003e68 Bare handed: from silk\u003cbr\u003e70 Super Star: 5 thimbles one at a time from the air\u003cbr\u003e73 The Thimble Monster: expansion of Super Star\u003cbr\u003e75 TNT Production: 4 at the fingertips one at a time\u003cbr\u003e76 It's a \"Guy Thing\": essay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e79 Part 5: Vanishes\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e79 The Volley: coin type move\u003cbr\u003e80 The Macho Vanish: 4 thimbles vanish one at a time\u003cbr\u003e82 The Belcher: Thimbles tucked into fist vanish\u003cbr\u003e84 Declining Balance: as above\u003cbr\u003e85 Double Declining Balance: as above\u003cbr\u003e86 You Can Call Me Al: Strong \u0026amp; easy vanish from right fingertips\u003cbr\u003e87 Protologist Vanish: from under silk\u003cbr\u003e89 Meat \u0026amp; Potatoes Vanish: under silk\u003cbr\u003e90 A Fistful of Nothing: Thimbles tucked into handkerchief vanish\u003cbr\u003e91 Stack \u0026amp; Steal: similar to above\u003cbr\u003e92 Tuck, Tuck, and Away: tucked into silk and vanish\u003cbr\u003e93 Tuckered Out: locking feature\u003cbr\u003e94 Tubular Steal: Dye Tube type method\u003cbr\u003e95 The Death Vanish: tucked one at time into fist and vanish\u003cbr\u003e97 The Testosterone Vanish: bare handed vanish\u003cbr\u003e99 Four by Four: Easy multiple vanish\u003cbr\u003e101 Sucker Punch: as above\u003cbr\u003e102 Thimble Apocalypse: another as above\u003cbr\u003e103 One Way Vanish: vanish from the fingertips\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e107 Part 6: Color Changes\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e107 The Wave\u003cbr\u003e109 The Big Dipper. Bare bones color change\u003cbr\u003e111 Thumb Screws: Big Dipper follow up\u003cbr\u003e113 The Paintbrush: Brushing thimble with silk changes color\u003cbr\u003e114 Back Stabber: Color change while hand turns\u003cbr\u003e116 The Lineup: White on 4 fingers, change to red 1 by 1 and all vanish\u003cbr\u003e117 Finger Painting: multiple color changes\u003cbr\u003e120 Isolation Change: straightforward change of thimble on extended index finger\u003cbr\u003e122 A Tribute to Mr. Hugard: humorous discussion of Hugard's Thimble Magic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e125 Part 7: Singularities\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e125 The Drill: thimble penetrates silk\u003cbr\u003e127 Silk Starters: Starting a routine with a silk, several ideas\u003cbr\u003e128 Stolen \u0026amp; Recovered: Lightning quick vanish and restore with silk\u003cbr\u003e129 Poker: Another penetration of thimble through handkerchief\u003cbr\u003e131 Powdered Thimbles: thimbles are ground into confetti\u003cbr\u003e132 The Peakcock Production: instantaneous production of four thimbles on fingertips\u003cbr\u003e133 A Card Trick (finally!): 4 thimbles produced behind cards\u003cbr\u003e135 Presidential Opener: Starter; producing a thimble from a dollar bill, and instant multiple climax.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e141 Part 8: Gimmicks\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e141 Gimmicks: discussion\u003cbr\u003e143 Half a Trick: Bare handed production and vanish: almost too perfect\u003cbr\u003e145 Toasted: Thimble melted\u003cbr\u003e146 Hanging Around: gimmicking a thimble for a complete vanish\u003cbr\u003e147 Thimbles Lite: using glowing thimbles\u003cbr\u003e148 Holding Your Own: a discussion of holders\u003cbr\u003e150 Smell Shocked: Use of shells\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e152 Part 9: Flourishes\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e152 Up The Arm: thimble travels through arm to finger\u003cbr\u003e153 Killer Thimbles: Flourish: thimble caught on fingertip in mid air\u003cbr\u003e154 The Chorus Line: Four thimbles on left, jump to right one by one\u003cbr\u003e156 Overdrive: Thimbles jump from hand to hand in a different manner\u003cbr\u003e159 Leapfrog: Thimble jumps from finger to finger under a silk\u003cbr\u003e164 The Travelers: Magician tries to remove thimble but it jumps to other fingers\u003cbr\u003e166 As four thimbles are placed on the fingertips, a rubber finger drops from one\u003cbr\u003e167 Reproduction Finesse: recovering four thimbles one by one\u003cbr\u003e168 The Chaser: Thimbles jump from finger to finger in patter about digits\u003cbr\u003e171 The Trapdoor: How You Know They Don't Like Your Show\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e175 Part 10: Sound Effects\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e175 Sound FX: making the sound\u003cbr\u003e176 Snapper: thimble production with a snap\u003cbr\u003e177 The Dismount: thimbles pop as they are removed, last needs a shake\u003cbr\u003e179 Pop Test: another method of the above\u003cbr\u003e181 Wind Up: using the watch winder\u003cbr\u003e182 Feedback: suggestions for sounds in other routines\u003cbr\u003e183 Popping Off: Basic vanish with sound\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e187 Part 11: Sleeving\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e187 Sleeving: a discussion\u003cbr\u003e188 Sleeving Thimbles: A primer\u003cbr\u003e189 The Black Hole Vanish: vanishing a stack\u003cbr\u003e190 Silk Sleeve: retrieval, changeover, deposit in other sleeve\u003cbr\u003e191 Silk Opener: recovering a stack\u003cbr\u003e192 Flash Production: hands shown clean, one thimble appears, then many\u003cbr\u003e194 The Dirty Dozen: using sleeving to link effects into a routine \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e199 Part 12: Routines\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e199 Easy Opener: Thimble produced from silk, vanished, produced and jumps around\u003cbr\u003e200 The One Two Punch: Four thimbles jump to opposite hand one by one, then all back again\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e203 Part 13: The Big Pocket:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e203 The Big Pocket: a Topit type accessory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e207 Part 14: Leftovers\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e207 The Complete History of Thimble Magic (Revised, and then revised again): as unwound in the Electronic Grymoire...\u003cbr\u003e213 Subscriber News Service: FISM officials looking for zinc steroids before card competition...\u003cbr\u003e215 Thanksgiven: Deserved thanks\u003cbr\u003e217 Thimble Magic: Suggested Reading (lots of references)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e221 Part 15: Routine Builder\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e221: A table of items, type of effect, and ending position to help you build a routine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stevens Magic Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47930664124468,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/1461\/6628\/files\/20260623_124220__1_-removebg-preview.png?v=1782240788","url":"https:\/\/stevensmagic.com\/products\/digital-effects-the-thimble-magic-of-joe-mogar-steve-beam-richards-estate","provider":"Stevens Magic Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}