Where is the water? Where are the confetti from? Effective trick and its solution

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There is an unfolded magazine on the table, next to which there is a jug filled with water and a glass cup with wide edges for water. The magician, approaching the table, takes the magazine, leafs through it and, shaking it and turning it over, shows that nothing is included in it. Having folded the magazine, the performer inserts the index finger of his left hand into the middle of it, takes a jug and pours water from it in a thin stream (Fig. 116).

Focus Where is the water? Where are the confetti from?
Fig. 116

Viewers see a thin stream of water pouring into the magazine. Smiling, the illusionist stops pouring water, puts the jug on the table and, raising his right hand to the magazine, carefully unfolds it and opens the pages. Then, having folded the magazine, he turns it upside down, shakes it sharply - and confetti falls out of the magazine. Having looked at the magazine, the magician turns it sideways, and then brings it to its normal position and, going up to the table, tilts the magazine over the cup and pours water from there in a thin stream. Having poured out the water, he turns it over again and, turning the pages, shows the audience that the magazine does not contain any devices.

Having folded the magazine, the performer inserts the index finger of his left hand into the middle of it, takes a jug and pours water from it in a thin stream

Props:

Prepared journal.

Glass jug with water.

Wide glass cup for water.

Focus secret:

The secret of the trick lies in the preparation of the magazine. In Fig. 117 schematically shows the structure of a polyvinyl chloride water bag. The bag is inserted into the magazine and glued to the top with BF-2 glue or simply sewn on with white thread using wide, sparse stitches. The bag is divided into two parts: A and B - and the wide side A is turned upward, where water is poured from the jug. Water flows to the bottom of the bag and when it is turned in the direction of arrow B, it enters compartment B. Now you can turn the bag of water upside down, and water will not spill out of it. This is the whole simple secret.

Focus Where is the water? Where are the confetti from?
Fig. 117

Confetti is poured into a bag made of thin tissue paper, which is glued inside magazine pages. To prevent the confetti from spilling out prematurely, the top of the bag is also sealed. All you have to do is tear through the tissue paper with your finger and turn the bag over, and confetti will pour out of it.

A PVC bag, as we said, is attached to one of the sheets of the magazine, then covered with a second sheet, and both sheets are glued together at the bottom.

They are free at the top, and you can easily pour water there. Polyvinyl chloride bags measuring 32x23 mm are made from ordinary commercially available ones. To make a strip (seam) separating compartment A from 5, you need to draw the edge of a hot iron along the line previously drawn on the bag. From this, the sides are firmly connected and “welded” together. The iron should be heated no more than 70 degrees. If you overheat it, the bag will melt. When ironing, be sure to place paper on top and bottom.

It is good to mount a bag of the specified size, for example, in the Ogonyok magazine, where it is perfectly camouflaged.

When performing a trick, you should not make sudden hasty movements. It's good when the number goes at a slow pace. Only after all the water has poured out of the magazine can you quickly show the audience that it is empty and does not contain any devices. You can roll the magazine into a tube, insert your finger inside and, opening the upper edge of the bag, pour water into it, pretending that the water is being poured into the middle of the tube. Viewers will think that in the middle of the magazine there is some kind of device into which water is pouring. After this, the performer, straightening the magazine and starting to leaf through it, proves the error of their assumptions.

Author: Vadimov A.A.

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