This was produced by John Palfreyman for his Northern Magic Circle Presidential Dinner/Weekend on 23 and 24 October 1999. This one was for John Davenport.
Novelties, Toys, Games & Jokes
Sometimes toys and games can also be considered as puzzles. If you are interested in these, also try searching the Puzzles section.
Published by Workman Publishing, New York, 1999.
This is an amazing illusion in which, as you walk around a room looking at the dragon, it turns its head so that it appears to be following you. The design was downloaded from the web and constructed by John Davenport circa 2008. The design was originally produced for Gathering for Gardner 3 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA 16-18 January 1998. Copyright 1998 Binary Arts Corporation. It was inspired by the work of Jerry Andrus.
This book has itself an interesting design feature. The book was the catalogue for a touring exhibition from The Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. The tour started in Glasgow on 10 October 1998 and finished in Cheltenham in November 2000. The catalogue includes a brief but good introduction to moveable and pop-up books over the centuries.
This book is full of pre-punched cardboard pages, printed in colour, from which the box shapes can be pressed out and folded. Published in 1998 by Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH.
This book contains pop-ups and moveable pieces. This edition published for Dealerfield Ltd, 1997.
This is from page 130 of Robert E Neale’s book ‘Folding Money Fooling’. The book is Copyright 1997 by Robert Neale. Published by Kaufman and Company. John Davenport folded this bunny from a £10 note. See the book for the folding details and how you can make the rabbit apparently appear in the hat.
This is from page 46 of Robert E Neale’s book ‘Folding Money Fooling’. The book is Copyright 1997 by Robert Neale and published by Kaufman and Company. John Davenport folded this heart from a £10 note. See the book for the folding details and the story which this heart allows you to tell, as you make it change its orientation.
Copyright 1996 by Robert Sabuda. Published by Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, New York.
This is a moveable book that does tricks. Copyright 1995. Published by Hazar Publishing, London.
This novelty amazes people who see it for the first time. Made in unpolished oak by Barrowdale Marketing, England.
First published in Great Britain in 1993 by Heinemann Young Books, an imprint of Reed Children’s Books limited, London. Copyright 1993 Jan Pienkowski.