Ganson, Lewis & Geissler-Werry: A Fantasy In Thimbles Werry's
Fantastic Thimbles ©1979 The Supreme Magic Co. Ltd., Devon, England Softcover, saddle-stitched, 8x10", 33 pages Also available as an e-Book from Lybrary.com |
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Comments (Lybrary.com):
Routines for the Werry Nesting style thimbles. Vernet also makes
nesting Thimbles.
This was part of the famous Ganson Teach-In series originally
published by Supreme Magic Inc. Rights are now owned by Martin
Breese.
Contents (from book, updated Dec 2018):
4 Introduction: about the Werry Fantastic Thimbles and their
nesting property
5 The Basic Moves
5 - The Lifting Move: one Thimble to two
6 - A Complete Vanish: of one thimble
7 A Simple Routine: uses the sleeves as a servante
8 A Novel Opening: alternate idea for using the routine as a
opener
9 Thimble Through Silk (Werry): thimble penetrates a silk
11 Push-Thru Pull-Thru (Ken De Courcy): a thimble is pushed
through a silk, and then the silk is pulled down over the thimble
15 Thimble Dye (Werry): color change
17 Technicolour Thimbles (Werry): production of four
different-colored thimbles at the fingertips
20 Uncle Henry's Thimble Trick (Ken de Courcy): thimble vanishes,
reappears, changes color and more
24 Dean Metcalfe: B&W Photo of Dean
25 Dean Metcalfe's Fantastic Thimble Routine
25 - Introduction
26 - Effect: thimble appears in silk, penetrates silk, vanishes,
then multiplies with 8 thimble climax
26 - Requirements: four thimble pairs, silk handkerchief, holders
27 - Presentation
27 - Performance
33 - Additional Climax
353 Conclusion