I am 37 years old and live in Qingdao, China. I started studying magic as a teenager and worked as a magician as an adult. I mainly did tricks using cards, coins and everyday objects. In 2015, I was making magic props with a glass plate when it shattered. I fractured my little finger on my right hand, and the tendon on my index finger was severed. I lost dexterity in that hand and realised that my career as a magician could not continue.
That’s when I started stacking cards, without glue, tape or tools, as therapy to recover movement in my hand. Even now my index and little finger can only bend halfway. At first this was just a way to rehabilitate my hand – but as time passed, I fell in love with it.
