How to do Magic tricks

By James Wong

Have you ever seen the magic trick which the magician magically produce a handkerchief inside a transparent decanter? By using the same principle, we can do amazing magic tricks, too. We start off by using different objects, like a picture instead of a handkerchief. You can use whatever things to do the trick, but the object would decide what you can do with it. You would also need a proper hiding place for it, too. Like a picture, it can be rolled up and hide in the edge of a photo frame.

The picture is pulled by a thread. And the action to pull the thread can be incorporated in the action of turning the frame, like what Orrin does in his Spider Web Trick. The turning of the frame would provide a tension to pull the thread. We could decide whether to turn it vertically or horizontally.

The thread is attached to the picture. This is brought into view as the frame turns. Some experiment might be necessary to determine the best hiding place. More experiment will determine the proper type of rotation. Other details, such as insuring that the picture will not be caught, construction to insure smooth passage, stiffness of the picture stock and other' matters will develop the best general plan.

Methods of pulling the thread other than turning the frame would be using assistant or counterweight or some sort of mechanical device. The thread could be tied on a chair on stage and the magician holds the picture frame in hands. When he desires to execute the trickery, he can simply walk forward and the thread is tightened and the picture is pulled into view.

Or go back to the milk bottle. Use that instead of a decanter. Put it on a turntable. Provide a method of fastening the bottle so it will not fly off. Then spin it. This could cause a handkerchief, a flag, even a flower to appear, pulled into view quickly from a pocket concealed within the turntable top.

This thread pulling device can be applied to more than stage props. You can setup the system on your body and make things like handkerchief or cards to appear at your finger tips. Secure a thread on the object you want to produce. Fix the other end on a place like your belt. The object then can be hidden within your clothing. When you want to produce the object, hook your thumb onto the thread and extend the hand quickly to cause the object to fly into your hand.

Using this device, you can make a silk, a rose or other props to appear in your hands and get into another magic routine. - 30290

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