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A special thanks to:
Angus Lavery : Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant. A puzzler and creator of many "classic" impossible card designs, Angus is legendary for sharing his card designs at puzzling conventions and meetups. I've never met him, but would love to chat with him someday about his experiences with these cards.
Ian Rowland : One of the primary popularizers of these cards and creator of many brilliant original designs. He formerly called his cards "Reflexions" or "WoW Cards" but now calls them "Ian Cards".
He is on Facebook and just launched a new website where you can actually purchase some of his designs.
Ralf Rudolph : A definitive source on cut and folded and/or braided playing cards and impossible bottles. A magician himself, Ralf has a sizable collection of impossible playing cards, impossible dollar bills, and impossible bottles. He began as a collector but has also created some of his own designs and sells them from his website.
For some weird reason, he keeps creating and then deleting his websites and social media pages every few months so I don't know what to link to...
Luc de Smet : Wrote a chapter for the book "Puzzlers' Tribute - A Feast for the Mind" about Impossible Foldings and the "Trapdoor" card.
Allen Rolfs : At one time wrote a much sought-after document about the making of these cards. You can see some screengrabs of this rare book at the link below.
puzzlemuseum.tistory.com/260
Adam Kirby : Awesome playing card photographer and artist that I met through Instagram. He makes incredible skateboard decks featuring cards and has also made some kirigami cards. Definitely worth checking out if you're into playing card art.
Instagram
Paul Hughes : Another person I met through Instagram. He took to replicating many impossible card designs to challenge himself and give away to his friends. He then got absorbed into the world of impossible bottles and got really amazing at doing that too. He's got a lot of great stuff on his Instagram.
Winarto Huang : Paper cutting and folding
Instagram
Harapan Ong : A talented magician and playing card enthusiast
Instagram
Simon Colonel : Magician and tinkerer with "Quasi-Impossible Cards"
www.thingsbysimon.com/quasi-impossible-card-sculptures/
Instagram
Allard Walker : Puzzle enthusiast.
allardspuzzlingtimes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/thats-impossible.html
Glen Rhodes : Magician and Impossible Card Enthusiast
Instagram
Tom Frame : "Avid student, performer, and creator of card magic for over 40 years"
https://www.tomframe.com/gallery
A special thanks to:
Angus Lavery : Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant. A puzzler and creator of many "classic" impossible card designs, Angus is legendary for sharing his card designs at puzzling conventions and meetups. I've never met him, but would love to chat with him someday about his experiences with these cards.
Ian Rowland : One of the primary popularizers of these cards and creator of many brilliant original designs. He formerly called his cards "Reflexions" or "WoW Cards" but now calls them "Ian Cards".
He is on Facebook and just launched a new website where you can actually purchase some of his designs.
Ralf Rudolph : A definitive source on cut and folded and/or braided playing cards and impossible bottles. A magician himself, Ralf has a sizable collection of impossible playing cards, impossible dollar bills, and impossible bottles. He began as a collector but has also created some of his own designs and sells them from his website.
For some weird reason, he keeps creating and then deleting his websites and social media pages every few months so I don't know what to link to...
Luc de Smet : Wrote a chapter for the book "Puzzlers' Tribute - A Feast for the Mind" about Impossible Foldings and the "Trapdoor" card.
Allen Rolfs : At one time wrote a much sought-after document about the making of these cards. You can see some screengrabs of this rare book at the link below.
puzzlemuseum.tistory.com/260
Adam Kirby : Awesome playing card photographer and artist that I met through Instagram. He makes incredible skateboard decks featuring cards and has also made some kirigami cards. Definitely worth checking out if you're into playing card art.
Paul Hughes : Another person I met through Instagram. He took to replicating many impossible card designs to challenge himself and give away to his friends. He then got absorbed into the world of impossible bottles and got really amazing at doing that too. He's got a lot of great stuff on his Instagram.
Winarto Huang : Paper cutting and folding
Harapan Ong : A talented magician and playing card enthusiast
Simon Colonel : Magician and tinkerer with "Quasi-Impossible Cards"
www.thingsbysimon.com/quasi-impossible-card-sculptures/
Allard Walker : Puzzle enthusiast.
allardspuzzlingtimes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/thats-impossible.html
Glen Rhodes : Magician and Impossible Card Enthusiast
Tom Frame : "Avid student, performer, and creator of card magic for over 40 years"
https://www.tomframe.com/gallery