The Topit is a versatile prop devised to assist the performance of magic effects. It is a large pocket which is secretly fastened to the inside of your jacket. You will be able to make everyday items vanish and reappear before the very eyes of spectators. There is something very powerful about making an item that a spectator has touched and used, disappear in front of him. Here you will learn how to exchange a die for another one. To buy a classic Topit (“Escamoto (Topit)”) click here.  

Le Double Fond opened its doors on June 1st 1988. This exceptional archive allows you to (re)discover Dominique Duvivier, Gaetan Bloom and Quoc Tien Tran in a few performances from that time. These extracts have been divided into ten parts. Not to be missed under any circumstances! Episode 1 : Dominique Duvivier et Gaetan Bloom Episode 2 : Gaetan Bloom Episode 3 : Dominique Duvivier et Gaetan Bloom Episode 4 : Dominique Duvivier et Gaetan Bloom Episode 5 : Dominique Duvivier et Gaetan Bloom Episode 6 : Gaetan Bloom Episode 7 : Dominique Duvivier et Gaetan Bloom Episode 8 : Dominique Duvivier et Gaetan Bloom Episode 9 : Dominique Duvivier et Gaetan Bloom Episode 10 : Dominique Duvivier et Quoc Tien Tran  

Imagine the following technical challenge: how to display 4 backs... ... when you have FOUR of them: no problem ... when you only have THREE of them: Elmsley Count ... when you only have TWO of them: Duvivier 2 for 4 Count ... when you only have ONE of them: Flushtration Count (for example). ... when you have NONE of them: Dominique Duvivier found the solution by creating this trick! The icing on the cake is that the trick is based on an "off the beaten track" scenario! A must... not to be missed under any circumstances!  

This balloon sculpture will allow you to discover one of the bases used to make animal heads (here, the "bear" base), as well as the "pinch twist", a small bubble which is used quite often and is very important. Balloons needed: - One 260 balloon; optional: three 160 (or 260) balloons or one heart balloon. The techniques used: - The "bear" base for the head - “Pinch/ear twist”: first described by Roger Siegel in Roger's rubber Jungle, 1973 (?) - “Apple/tulip twist”: created by Henry Maar in 1931 and first described in Don Alan's Rubber circus, 1958. The idea of the tulip bouquet in the bear's paws is described in "Double Decker" by Michael Decker, 1995. To buy “Modeling Balloons” click here.  

The Topit is a versatile prop devised to assist the performance of magic effects. It is a large pocket which is secretly fastened to the inside of your jacket. You will be able to make everyday items vanish and reappear before the very eyes of spectators. There is something very powerful about making an item that a spectator has touched and used, disappear in front of him. Here you will learn how to make a coin disappear using the Okito Box. To buy: - a classic Topit (“Escamoto (Topit)”) click here. - a Standard Half-Dollar click here.  

How to magically change the dots of one side of a die, which is handed out for examination.  

It's a trick that goes back to the origins, I read it in the Dhotel book when I was a teenager. I just had the idea to adapt a less suspicious and more natural object, given the context. It is one of the rare olfactory illusions that I know. You mime, on a real gas camping stove, the making of an omelette with invisible products, using the usual utensils: spoon, whisk, bowls, etc… And progressively, you smell something like an omelette, coming from the pan which had been handed out for examination beforehand. And then finally, the little omelette is served on a plate! Really fun for everyone! To taste… without moderation!  

The Topit is a versatile prop devised to assist the performance of magic effects. It is a large pocket which is secretly fastened to the inside of your jacket. You will be able to make everyday items vanish and reappear before the very eyes of spectators. There is something very powerful about making an item that a spectator has touched and used, disappear in front of him. Here you will learn how to make a coin disappear combining the Topit and the Retention Pass. To buy: - a classic Topit (“Escamoto (Topit)”) click here. - a Standard Half-Dollar click here.  

The Topit is a versatile prop devised to assist the performance of magic effects. It is a large pocket which is secretly fastened to the inside of your jacket. You will be able to make everyday items vanish and reappear before the very eyes of spectators. There is something very powerful about making an item that a spectator has touched and used, disappear in front of him. Jean-Pierre Crispon explains how a ball can change color several times before disappearing completely! To buy a classic Topit (“Escamoto (Topit)”) click here.  

The "Linking Rings" close-up version, with three bracelets... that are handed for examination at the end of the trick! A killer!  

The Topit is a versatile prop devised to assist the performance of magic effects. It is a large pocket which is secretly fastened to the inside of your jacket. You will be able to make everyday items vanish and reappear before the very eyes of spectators. There is something very powerful about making an item that a spectator has touched and used, disappear in front of him. Jean-Pierre Crispon introduces the " Reverse Topit ", a method he developed to eliminate angles when using the Topit Classic. To buy a classic Topit (“Escamoto (Topit)”) click here.  

The Topit is a versatile prop devised to assist the performance of magic effects. It is a large pocket which is secretly fastened to the inside of your jacket. You will be able to make everyday items vanish and reappear before the very eyes of spectators. There is something very powerful about making an item that a spectator has touched and used, disappear in front of him. Here you will learn how to make a coin disappear combining the Topit and the Reverse Topit technique. To buy: - a classic Topit (“Escamoto (Topit)”) click here. - a Standard Half-Dollar click here.  

There are few tricks with a message... Olivier Bridard offers us his version of the rapprochement of the nations of the world, through a coin routine that is easy to perform, but so effective. A beautiful moment of magic poetry and utopia? To buy: - some Standard Half-Dollars click here. - some Chinese Coins click here.  

Dominique Duvivier performs one of Eddy Taytelbaum's wonders (no explanation). A small yellow die, trapped between two other dice inside a small chimney, disappears and reappears inside a small hat shown empty beforehand.  

The Topit is a versatile prop devised to assist the performance of magic effects. It is a large pocket which is secretly fastened to the inside of your jacket. You will be able to make everyday items vanish and reappear before the very eyes of spectators. There is something very powerful about making an item that a spectator has touched and used, disappear in front of him. Here you will learn how to make a coin disappear combining the Topit and the “Upward Topit” technique. To buy: - a classic Topit (“Escamoto (Topit)”) click here. - a Standard Half-Dollar click here.  

Thanks to this move you will have in your bag of techniques another way to control a chosen card to the top of the deck, while you give the illusion of losing it in the card fan. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.