Clair Obscur

2025
Written by Geoffrey Cheminot
Work of Geoffrey Cheminot
123 pages (Hardcover), published by Studio 52
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
22 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Nic Tarasewicz A Foreword
6
Benjamin Earl Another Foreword
9
Geoffrey Cheminot Prologue
10
Geoffrey Cheminot The Triangle model for designing and evaluating an effect
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Geoffrey Cheminot Paradox unknown card is pocketed, another known card is held with finger of left hand above deck, pocketed card is shown to be known card which seems to have vanished from its position
 		21
Palm Change while holding Deck deck in left hand
 		22
Geoffrey Cheminot Ghost discrepant spectator cuts to the Aces
Inspired by 30
Geoffrey Cheminot A Switching Lesson presentation for Ace assembly as demonstrating pseudo-switching techniques
Inspired by 43
Geoffrey Cheminot Tempus one coin travels from hand to hand in different ways, date on coin changes
Inspired by 56
Bill Simon, Benjamin Earl Gone Steal Handling brief
Also published here 64
Geoffrey Cheminot The Invisible Transposition card under card case transposes with card between spectator's hands
 		71
Rub-a-Dub Vanish under Case
72
Geoffrey Cheminot Card Under Case Drop palmed card is dropped as case is lifted from table
 		72
Geoffrey Cheminot Synaesthesia named card is torn up and restored in performer's hands
Inspired by 80
Luis H. Trueba Pieces locked in Rosette so the torn pieces can be handled as one unit
 		82
Geoffrey Cheminot Spiral signed card torn in quarters seems to visually fuse back together
Inspired by 93
Under-the-Spread Force of culled card
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Geoffrey Cheminot Switch of Torn Pieces without Deck pick-up switch from hand
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Geoffrey Cheminot Switch of Torn Pieces with Deck under deck
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Geoffrey Cheminot Epilogue "Magic is better at night."
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Geoffrey Cheminot Thanks
121
Nicolas Nargeot Contrast poem by photographer of the book
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Data entered by Denis Behr, April 2025.