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Robert Harbin (born Edward Richard Charles Williams; 12 February 1908 – 12 January 1978) [1] was a South African-born magician and author. He is noted as the inventor of a number of classic illusions, including the Zig Zag Girl .
Harbin was frustrated by his illusions being pirated by other magicians, and this inspired him to publish the method in his book The Magic of Robert Harbin (1970). The book was limited to 500 copies, [ 3 ] and owners of the book were granted permission to build or have built the Zig Zag Girl (or indeed any other of the items in the book).
The Aztec Lady is a stage illusion designed by British magician Robert Harbin. It is a classic "big box" illusion that involves an assistant in a cabinet and is probably best categorised as a restoration-type illusion.
Samuel L Randlett (January 11, 1930 – July 2023) was an American origami artist who helped develop the modern system for diagramming origami folds. Together with Robert Harbin he developed the notation introduced by Akira Yoshizawa to form what is now called the Yoshizawa-Randlett system (sometimes known as Yoshizawa-Randlett-Harbin system). [1]
Akira Yoshizawa in Japan and Ligia Montoya in Argentine had explored new techniques of folding; Gershon Legman, had done extensive research; Robert Harbin had written the book [Paper Magic]. But without more, paperfolding might still have withered and relapsed into obscurity once more. Paperfolding required someone with the energy, enthusiasm ...
January 12 – Robert Harbin, South African-born author of books on magic (born 1908) March 1 – Paul Scott, English novelist, playwright and poet (born 1920) March 24 – Leigh Brackett, American science fiction writer (born 1915) April 14 – F. R. Leavis, English academic literary critic (born 1895)
A visually striking period drama from Woo Min-ho, “Harbin” follows Korean independence activist Ahn Jung-geun (Hyun Bin) as he plans the assassination of Japan’s Prime Minister in 1909 ...
Garibi is folding origami from a young age. During his sixth grade, he learned to fold from the book “Origami 1” by Robert Harbin, and later on from the other three books in the series. [2] During 2006 he joined the Israeli Origami Center, where he managed the folders' club between 2009-2011.