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Blogcast #6: Houdini Optical Illusion on National Geographic Brain Games

By Tom Interval In 2013, National Geographic’s Brain Games commissioned artist Pete Fecteau to create a Rubik’s Cube mosaic of the Houdini two-face optical illusion I made that year. I wrote about it at the time, and that’s the subject of today’s blogcast. Hope you … Continue reading

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The Houdini Bronze that Almost Was

By Tom Interval When sculptor Mel Zapata set out to create a full-length, 14-inch-high statue of Harry Houdini, he had no idea the figure would never be cast in bronze and offered to the public as he intended. But Zapata … Continue reading

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Houdini Jack-o’-Lantern 2011

Carved this last night. Happy Halloween on the 85th anniversary of Houdini’s death. Tom Interval

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