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Learn from a Magician In Progress
Ryan invites you to follow along on his 25-years-and-counting journey of making magic. Watch ideas develop from some dusty old pages to playing big on stage as he shares his creative work from start to finish.
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Print and make packet trick envelopes to enhance your presentations. Free download with multiple designs to choose from.
September 7, 2021
In this course Ryan digs into a collection of sleight-of-hand card techniques suited for a casual, relaxed performance. Everything you need to level-up your card magic skills.
June 4, 2024
Inspired by Robert Harbin, this close-up production box packs flat as a pancake.
December 27, 2023
Lessons learned from teaching magic. Some good tricks to start with. Keep it simple to keep it fun!
November 20, 2020
A playing card has been quarantine for showing signs of unusual behaviour. Take a look at David Acer's trick from his book Random Acts of Magic.
June 18, 2026
Musing on the relative unimportance of the actual trick you choose to do in your performance, and what does matter.
January 27, 2026
An eye-popping visual routine using only two standard dice, from The Phoenix magazine in 1948.
October 28, 2025
Jerry Andrus was a magician of relentless originality and uncompromising honesty.
April 24, 2025
Learn the techniques to creating inspired moments of comedy, and engaging your audience with the spark of spontaneity. Including four stand-up magic routines, forged in the fires of improvisation, to turn a passive crowd into active participants.
A brain-bending topological illusion where nothing seems to stay the same size.
Ryan's 2023 lecture notes with eleven tricks, from close-up to stage tricks, and short essays to encourage you to turn your presentations up to eleven!
A series of lessons with both classic and original ideas for making magic with a piece of rope. Nearly three hours of video instruction, split into multiple topic-focused tutorials.