Urban Illusions

Urban Illusions is a stunning collection of professional illusion designs from one of the most prolific illusion designers in the world. Besides being one of Asia's most successful illusionists, J C Sum represents a new generation of illusion thinkers.

The book explains 10 cutting edge illusions that are modern in design, building methods and materials. There are no conceptual illusions, ideas or notions detailed in the book; only practical and prototyped illusions that can be built.

J C Sum and his onstage partner, 'Magic Babe' Ning, perform many of the illusions in their live shows and on TV across the world. As "Asia's Most Famous Illusionists" (The Straits Times) and "one of the very top illusion teams in the world" (magicseen magazine), J C & Ning are known for their cutting edge style and modern urban illusions.

This book details the methods and detailed building plans for some of their most well known illusions such as "Crystal Metamorphosis" and "Revollusion".

"It is rare that illusionists will share the wealth of knowledge and insight that J C does in this book. For those who wish to use illusions in their work this book is simply invaluable.

Urban Illusions is a much-needed collection of modern illusions for today's audiences and J C provides an essential new voice in the area of illusion design."
- Franz Harary

Urban Illusions is a 110-page book with full illusion plans, descriptions, colored photos and presentations of 10 original illusion designs including:

Seven by Half V.2.0
A multi-cut divided lady illusion reinvented & improved

Revo-llusion
A spectacular appearance illusion from a giant industrial fan

Crystal Metamorphosis
A transparent sub trunk designed for speed

Dekolta's Dilemma
A super-fast dekolta's chair that can be performed anywhere

Benchmark
A new standard in instant surrounded appearances

Fortress
A New-Age Metamorphosis Illusion

Slicing Through
An innovative presentation through broken glass bottles

VIP Trunk
A simple but effective appearance of a VIP

6 Inches
A practical approach to passing through a steel plate

Wind Passage
Walking through a giant industrial fan

Bonus: Purchasing this book will entitle you access to J C's secret 'Backstage' section that contains free illusion ideas and four illusion methods for car appearances. Many have said that these ideas alone are worth the price of the book.

Note: This edition of Urban Illusions does not include "The Impossible Teleportation" mega illusion that was previously available in the edition direct from J C Sum.

Pages: 120 - Softcover - Perfectbound - 8 1/2" x 11" - color photos and black and white illustrations.

"The thinking in the book is really nice...The illustrations and few photos will get your brain racing. " -Christian, MyLovelyAssistant
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"Mr. Sum is a successful, working illusionist, so he knows what he’s talking about...for the professional illusion worker, there is much here of interest..." -Matthew Field, The Magic Circular Magazine

"Sum has taken classic illusions and applied his ingenuity and creativity to effectively make them his own...The book goes hand in hand with the “Behind the Illusions” DVD. For those who are looking to get into illusions, I recommend ‘Urban Illusions.'" -Wayne Kawamoto, Magic.About.com
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