Ralf Rudolph was born on 5th August 1976 in Hannover. Since 1996 he does magic primarily stand-up and close-up. Since 2010 he is producing his impossible bottles and other impossible objects.
He has produced two DVDs (Bionic Coin and TSCTW) and many individual marketed effects.
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Rise in FrameRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph A new way to create an impossible souvenir. A card is selected. Show a small photo frame. Draw your prediction, which turns out to be wrong, but ... it turns into a correct one. The selected card rises out of the drawing. You can sign it and hand out the drawing as a souvenir, the frame, too if you want. The construction of the gimmick requires arts and crafts. The clean-up, to get rid of the gimmick, uses a black art principle and thus requires a table with a black cloth or some other appropriate surface.
1st edition 2022, video 38:20. | $15 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Visual LinkRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Two card frames, made from one card, visually link and unlink. You will also learn how to make a permanently linked version which you can hand out as a souvenir. Ideal for your social media feed or wherever you need a first-class visual miracle.
1st edition 2022, video 31:15 | ★★★★★ $12 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
F.C.O.C. (Fairmagic's Card on Ceiling)Ralf (Fairmagic) Rudolph An interesting evolution of the classic "card to ceiling effect". Two cards are involved. The first card appears on the ceiling as in the classic card to ceiling effect. A little later, a second card is selected from which a corner is torn off. This card is now suddenly on the ceiling where the first card was before. Alternatively, you could use a wall or a pane of glass.
1st edition 2022, video 38:38. | $12 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Impossible Foldings ReloadedRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph In this latest download you learn all the important techniques from all volumes plus variations. Examples:
1st edition 2021, video 1 h 11 min. | $12 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Visual Card in BottleRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph A spectator selects a card (yes, this is a force) and magically the card appears inside a sealed bottle. The bottle can be handed out as souvenir. Ralf explains in detail how the gimmick is made, works, and is deployed. You will need some supplies you will likely not have lying around the house, but these are all easy to get. This is meant for parlor or stage use. You will need about 3 meters distance to the spectators.
1st edition 2021, video 24 min. | ★★★★★ $14 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Ghost RiserRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph A selected playing card rises out of a packet that is inside a bottle. The rising takes about 8 seconds. The rising card can be handed out as a souvenir. The bottle can be inspected before the rising takes place.
1st edition 2021, video 40 min. | $20 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Initial FoldRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph The master of the 'impossible' folded card reveals how you can incorporate initials into your designs, allowing you to personalize these unique one-of-a-kind give-aways. The special folded cards include the initials of you or your spectator or anybody else for that matter. Create an impossible gift you can hand out as a souvenir. You get the video instruction and the templates (see the digital shelf). Ralf also teaches you how to change the initials seen in the templates. Below you see one design example.
1st edition 2020, video length 31 min. | $15 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Coin in LollipopRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph A marked coin appears in an ungimmicked lollipop. This can also be done with a corner of a playing card, bills, and other small flat objects. You will also learn an impromptu version. The gimmick can be made in a few minutes.
1st edition 2020, video length 34 min. | $12 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
On and OffRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph A spectator signs a playing card which you link to the stem of a borrowed wine glass. The card can be moved while it is linked to the glass. Eventually it is unlinked. Both glass and card can be inspected by the spectator before and after the linking/unlinking sequence.
1st edition 2020, video 30 min. | $12 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Linked ForeverRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph You will learn how to prepare a special card which you can later magically link to the stem of a wineglass. To achieve this you do not need to fold the card, which means there will be no creases in the card. The preparation of the gimmicked card takes a good amount of time, about 15 minutes. You can hand out the card linked to the glass as souvenir.
1st edition 2020, video 44 min. | $15 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
1 Dollar Card Through WindowRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph A playing card missing a corner melts through a window glass pane. Once the card has melted through the glass the spectator can touch the glass. This method is very quick and cheap to make, about $1, and thus the name of the trick. Works with any glass pane that is not too thick. [Note: The $1 cost statement assumes you have common supplies available when it comes to gaffing cards, such as double sided tape, invisible thread, etc. If you do not have these available then it will cost you more, because you will likely have to purchase more than you actually need for this one gimmick. Also keep in mind that most will incur shipping costs to stock up on these supplies.]
1st edition 2020, length 21 min 48 s.... | $10 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Framing WashingtonRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph This is similar to Framing the Queen except you do it with a one dollar bill. A dollar bill is shown from both sides. Performer tears out two small rectangles from the inside of the bill. One of these rectangular tear-outs has its center removed to create a little frame, which is freely shown. Magician folds this little frame over the center beam of the larger bill frame and eventually the little frame clearly hangs from the center beam of the larger frame. How did it get on there? Note that it is not easy to prepare the gimmick. It is much easier to do this with a playing card. With a bill it will require... | ★★★★★ $18 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Real WarpedRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph A Card Warp effect that ends with an 'impossible' signed card with half turned face-out and the other half back-out. Effect: A playing card is folded and then signed by a spectator. This folded and signed card is inserted between another folded card, just like in the classic Card Warp effect. Then the inside card is pushed from left to right and from right to left. First the direction of the white border of the card's back switches position. Then one half of the card turns face outward. At this point the folded and signed card can be handed out as souvenir to the spectator. It will have one... | $10 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Framing the QueenRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph A playing card is shown from both sides. The spectator initials the face of this card. Performer tears out two small rectangles from the inside of the card. One of these rectangular tear-outs has its center removed to create a little frame, which is freely shown. Magician folds this little frame over the center beam of the larger card frame and suddenly the little frame clearly hangs from the center beam of the larger frame. How did it get on there? This card, with linked little frame, can be handed out or given away as souvenir. The performance is easy and does not require any complicated... | $12 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Tangled CardsRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Ralf teaches how to make seven impossible looking cards. He came up with a better way to teach these folds by using colored templates. You can download all templates from your digital shelf.
1st edition 2020, video 26 min | $14 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Pocket Riser 3.0: Rise and ChangeRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph After the card rises it changes instantly. Pocket Riser 1.0 and Pocket Riser 2.0 have been feature creations of Ralf. These are effects he is particularly known for. Version 3.0 goes another big step further by introducing a second totally visual climax. The card rises as in the earlier versions from a drawn packet of cards, and then suddenly changes. The change is so fast and comes totally unexpected.
There is some arts and crafts involved in making the gimmicked note pad, but it is more than worth the effect. Everything is explained and demonstrated in a detailed video. You will also receive print templates in... | $15 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
TensegrityRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Build an "impossible" floating object from six playing cards and display it on your book shelf.
1st edition 2020, PDF 7 pages. | $12 to wish list | |||
Tensegrity (German)Ralf (Fairmagic) RudolphBau dir ein "Unmögliches" schwebendes Objekt aus sechs Spielkarten und stelle es auf dein Bücherregal oder in deine Vitrine.
Erstausgabe 2020, PDF 7 Seiten. | $12 to wish list | |||
Smooth LinkRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Two card frames, which can be handed out for examination at the begin and end of the performance, are linked and unlinked in a clean and visual way as often as you wish.
1st edition 2019, length 29 min. | $15 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
5 CardsRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Five 'impossible' cards with a detailed video explanation and PDF templates.
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TrumorRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Make two cigarettes from one. Magically and visually the filter of a cigarette splits into two. Tear the cigarette at the location of the new second filter and you now have two smaller cigarettes each with a filter. Hand one half out to share your cigarette.
1st edition 2019, length 19 min. | $12 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Floating MatchRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Ralf Rudolph takes on the challenge to let a lighted match float. He explains in detail how to make the gimmick, and how to perform the effect. You need to perform this under somewhat dimmed lighting conditions with some distance to your audience. It is best performed off-beat when nobody expects you to perform a magic trick. For example, it has become dark and you want to light a candle. Take a box of matches, light a match, and suddenly the match floats for 2-3 seconds. Then you light the candle with it. 1st edition 2019, length 15 min. | $10 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
No Move Crazy Man's HandcuffsRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph So crazy this may sound, Ralf has come up with a method to do the classic unlinking of two linked rubber bands which does not use sleight-of-hand - no moves. Watch the demo video.
1st edition 2019, length 11 min. | ★★★★★ $12 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Inside-Out Banknotes 2Ralf (Fairmagic) Rudolph More and more complicated, but also better looking, and even more impossible looking banknotes. You will also be able to download a PDF to print out the image of the banknote design Ralf is using (see your digital shelf). 1st edition 2019, length 52 min. | $10 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Card on CapRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Have a spectator select a card (for one version it is a free choice, for a second version it has to be forced), have it signed, apparently loose it in the deck, and then you either spring the cards onto your baseball cap, or fan the cards before the cap and the previously selected card will appear to be attached to the top knob of your baseball cap. Ralf explains how you have to gimmick the cap, and he will demonstrate several ideas and handlings of how you can perform this routine. 1st edition 2019, length 30 min. | $6 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Inside-Out Banknotes 1Ralf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Ralf teaches a new method to create inside-out banknotes which allow you to do more complex variations. First Ralf revisits the old inside-out fold which he already taught here Impossible Foldings Volume 1. Then he explains a variation of the old fold. And then he explains the new method, which allows more complex and even more impossible looking banknotes. You will also be able to download a PDF to print out the image of the banknote design Ralf is using (see your digital shelf). 1st edition 2019, length 49min. | $10 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Floating StrawRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph A straw floats from a cup or can into your hand. The method goes back to Joseph Dunninger. Ralf explains the gimmick, setup and performance in detail in his video. 1st edition 2019, length 15min | $7 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
ImpuzziblesRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph You will learn the secrets and get detailed video instructions of how to make four impressive 'impossible' objects.
The Fork on Card will impress... | ★★★★★ $12 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Twist LinkRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Learn how to fold three beautiful cards. Included are templates and detailed video instructions. Particularly the Twist Flap is interesting, because it has a 'reveal'. You show the card which does not immediately look particularly impressive or impossible. You then lift a flap to expose a much more difficult situation that will impress everybody.
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Card Corner in PhoneRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Effect: The performer shows a video that displays various card values. A spectator mentally selects one, then mentally tears off a corner of the selected card, and that card corner appears in the phone. To perform this effect all you need is a phone that can play back an MP4 video. This is not an app and can therefore be performed on pretty much any modern smart phone. Please note that in most cases the card corner will appear in the video that is played back. In some cases the card corner will materialize as actual card corner. 1st edition 2019, length 7:41 | $8 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Kartenecke im HandyRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Effekt: Der Künstler zeigt ein Video in dem die verschiedensten Kartenwerte aufgezeigt werden. Ein Zuschauer wählt davon einen gedanklich aus, reisst davon gedanklich eine Ecke ab, und diese erscheint im Handy. Sie brauchen für diesen Effekt lediglich ein Handy dass ein MP4 Video abspielen kann. Es ist also keine app und kann damit auf jedem moderneren Handy vorgeführt werden. In den meisten Fällen erscheint die Kartenecke im abgespielten Video, in anderen Fällen materialisiert sich die Ecke und erscheint als tatsächliche Spielkartenecke. Erstausgabe 2019, Laufzeit 9:27. | $8 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
LinxedRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Apparently link two cards in an ad hoc impromptu appearing fashion. Effect: You take two cards and openly tear from each two rectangular windows. This leaves a frame and a center beam in each card. Then you magically link them at the center beam. At the end you separate them again and hand out both cards as souvenirs. The cards will show no tear in the center beam or around the frame. Everybody will wonder how you were able to link them. There is no secret exchange of cards. The two cards you start with are the two cards you end with. This effect is best done in an off-hand impromptu setting... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Impossi-Bill TwistRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph You show the old gag where with two folding actions a dollar bill is turned on its head. You now have the spectator sign the bill and repeat the folding actions. However, now only the front of the bill is upside down, the back is not upside down. In other words, only one side of the bill turned. How is that possible? You give the dollar bill as souvenir to the spectator who can keep this impossible bill for the rest of his life in his wallet. Remember that this is not some fake misprinted bill. Ralf will teach you how to prepare a real genuine dollar bill for this effect. This also works... | $30 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
FalschzählmethodenRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Hier werden die wichtigsten Falschzählmethoden genau und Schritt für Schritt erklärt. Jeder kann diese Griffe mit etwas Übung erlernen. Darin Enthalten:
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Back to the Basics (German)Ralf (Fairmagic) Rudolph In diesem Video wird alles erklärt was ich und meine "Schüler" über Karten wissen müssen. Keinerlei Ziegriffe wie Fächer oder umständlich Cuts. Darin Enthalten:
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The Smallest Card Through WindowRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph A corner of a spectator selected and signed card (no force, no exchange of the card or corner) penetrates the glass of a wrist-watch. The effect and the method of this trick are incredible. Normally you would think that an effect like this would involve a forced card, or a secret exchange of the torn corner. But this effect uses neither. You start with a completely fair and free selection of a card. The card can be signed and marked all the way into the corner that will be torn off. Then the magician tears off a corner of the card. And that corner will penetrate the watch glass. The corner... | $10 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Bionic CoinRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph This is an exceedingly clever and versatile way to gimmick a coin to create a stunning and visual effect. It works with many coins including US quarters, half dollars and dollars, some Euro coins, as well as many other coins from various countries. Effect: You ask a spectator for a coin. The spectator or performer marks or draws something on the coin. You show your hands empty and you show the coin clearly from both sides. At this point there is no secret second coin involved. You simply move your finger across the face of the coin and the drawing instantly changes, either vanishes or transforms... | $10 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
The LeafRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Magic is mostly performed with man-made products - cards, coins, silks, ropes, ... Why not perform magic with items nature provides? This is even more powerful, because there is inherently no suspicion of gimmicked objects. Ralf has created a stunning miracle that is easy to perform during a stroll in the woods, or during a garden party, or other places where plants are in reach. All you need is access to leaves growing on a tree or a shrub and a pen to sign a leaf. Effect: You and your spectator collect a couple of leaves. The spectator tears one in half, and signs it. Miraculously the torn... | $7.95 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Visual Coin in BottleRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph This is a wonderfully visual effect. Take a coin throw it at a water bottle, can or other liquid container, and have the coin visibly penetrate the bottle and sink to the bottom.
1st edition 2019, length 17:27 | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listMP4 (video) | |||
Lost Pieces 2Ralf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Seven 'impossible' cards. Some but not all do require hidden cuts. Ralf teaches you how to best hide the cuts. Everything is explained in his meticulous way. For each one you will get PDF cutting templates.
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Lost Pieces 1Ralf (Fairmagic) Rudolph Ralf teaches four of his famous 'impossible' card designs. Everything is explained in his meticulous way. For each one you will get PDF cutting templates.
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Ghost CornerRalf (Fairmagic) Rudolph A corner of a playing card is torn off. The magician pretends to grab the card at the missing corner. Despite the fact that he is not touching the card he can still lift and turn the card while holding on to this missing corner. The effect goes back to Lubor Fiedler. However, Lubor's method is completely different and had the disadvantage that you couldn't show the back of the card. With Ralf's solution you can show both front and back while you are holding the card at the missing corner. 1st edition 2019, length 16:47 | $10 to wish listMP4 (video) |
