Saturday Night - Roundtable with Michael Herp

[j.bayme]

We just started shooting with Michael Herp for his debut cardistry DVD entitled SOLO. SOLO is a collection of beautiful, organic card flourishes from the newest theory11 artist. You can see Michael and Calen Morelli taking a break from production and having a flourish-off HERE.

Maybe some of you have never heard of Michael. You might not have seen his work. Tonight's your chance to get to know him a lot better.

Tonight, you have the opportunity to ask up to 3 questions for him to answer live in a podcast later this evening. It can be about how he got started in Cardistry, his influences, his motivations, and of course - SOLO. You name it. Remember, only 3 questions per member!

Submit your questions in response to THIS forum thread by 11:00pm EST. After 11, we will record a podcast with Michael answering as many questions as possible. One member will be selected at random to win a deck of Brown Wynn's, as used within the SOLO DVD.

Learn a little, win a lot - very excited to hear your questions and looking forward to a great discussion tonight.

UPDATE :: The podcast has been posted! Listen to it now here.

[Pat Duff]

Hey michael my name is patrick and i wanted to ask you these questions.

1. What is your creative process when making a flourish?
2. Who inspires you to flourish?
3. Why did you name your DVD Solo?

[tricksandflourishes]

is there an event that inspire 1 of your flourishes?
do you flourish whyle you study
is there a deck of cards that you most prefer for flourishing?

[Ang]

what got you started with flourishing rather than card magic?

who is your inspiration in your art?

what will you do to try and top yourself in the future?

[magicpowder]

1. What happened to project one?
2. How did you come in contact with T11? As in how did you begin to collaborate ect.
3. Best advise for flourishers whether your new or advanced?

[mehar]

What led to the motivation of SOLO?
Which magician was your idol when you first began cardistry?
How has cardistry affected your lifestyle?

[Salsa]

1- What magicians have influenced your work?
2- What got you into magic?
3- With what process do you create your flourishes

[CardMagician12]

Who is your favorite magician?
Do you just do cards are do you do other genres of magic?
Who is your favorite Theory11 artist?

[Silver]

This is something I've always wanted to ask.

What makes you want to flourish? I guess more specifically - Do you get to perform your flourishes, even semi-regularly, for people other than magicians/card flourishers? Or is it just a fun activity to do in your spare time?

[Cardmaster211]

1. As a flourisher, do you have the need to out do other
flourishes created by other cardists you've seen, in the creative process?

2. What is the deck of cards, that gives you the best feeling of handling, fanning, flourishes and magic?

3. How do you feel you have changed the community yourself, how you inspired other people?

Thanks, Michael.

- Jaryn