Synopses & Reviews
Clear explanations and over 70 illustrations demonstrate how to position your hands to make lifelike shadows of a lumbering dinosaur, a pair of playful monkeys, an eagle taking flight, a cat scratching itself, a howling wolf, a neighing horse, a dog that eats a rabbit, and many other figures.
Synopsis
Making hand shadows on the wall is an age-old pastime that has provided countless hours of entertainment for children and adults alike. In this entertaining how-to book, a master of the art goes far beyond the basics to reveal his secrets for creating realistic, lifelike hand shadows.
With practice and patience, you too can soon learn how to arrange your hands and fingers to form shadow images of a lumbering dinosaur, a pair of playful monkeys, an eagle slowly taking flight, a cat scratching itself, a howling wolf, and a neighing horse. You'll also discover how to create profiles of Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, and other notables; and how to make recognizable silhouettes of churches, a pagoda, the Eiffel Tower, and more.
Clear explanations and over 70 illustrations show precisely how to hold your hands in order to make the shadows seem lifelike. You'll also find expert advice on finger exercises to make it easier to produce hand shadows, and even how to organize a performance of your own shadow art. Ideal for children, this book will also appeal to adults, especially to magicians and other stage performers.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Preliminaries
and#160; The Tools You Need
and#160; Technical Instructions
and#160; How to Produce Shadows
Animals
and#160; The Crab
and#160; The Rabbit
and#160; The Rabbit and the Dog
and#160; The Jacket
and#160; The Wolf
and#160; The Horse
and#160; The Donkey
and#160; The Camel
and#160; The Elephant
and#160; The Kangaroo
and#160; The Deer
and#160; The Fawn
and#160; The Duck
and#160; The Swan
and#160; The Roosting Hen
and#160; The Peacock
and#160; The Cow
and#160; The Giraffe and the Monkey
and#160; Two Monkeys
and#160; The Dinosaur
and#160; The Eagle
and#160; The Panther
and#160; The Cat
People
and#160; The American Indian
and#160; Vatican Prelates
and#160; Baseball Player
and#160; Farmer
and#160; Cowboy
and#160; Abraham Lincoln
and#160; Stalin
and#160; John F. Kennedy
and#160; De Gaulle
and#160; Ben-Gurion
and#160; Richard M. Nixon
and#160; Gamal Abdel Nasser
and#160; Fidel Castro
Plants and Flowers of the Desert
Buildings
and#160; Eiffel Tower
and#160; Churches
and#160; Tower
and#160; Pagoda
Conclusion