| Have you ever watch a close up magician produces a | | | | an object has been produced. It is said that the hand is |
| coin in front of your eyes? That is one of the most | | | | quicker than the eye, but in fact that is impossible. |
| magical effect I have ever seen. But how did he do | | | | Some sort of help is used to achieve high speed like |
| that? The most common and powerful way to | | | | that. |
| produce an object is by misdirection. The magician | | | | Many kinds of mechanical devices have been used by |
| pretends to produce something out of thin air, but in | | | | magicians to provide the thrust they need. The most |
| fact he secretly loads the object while spectator's | | | | common types are pulling thread, elastic pull and the |
| attentions are directed away. Let's look at the cigar | | | | spring pull. These are convenient tools which are silent |
| multiple production effect as an example. | | | | and compact. Other larger illusions can use the help of |
| The magician secretly conceals a cigar in his left hand. | | | | electric motor, counterweight or even steam engine. |
| He then brings the attention to the cigar holding publicly | | | | As long as the device can provide the suitable amount |
| in his right hand. He apparently puts the cigar from right | | | | of force and speed that enable the object to appear |
| hand to left hand and at the same time he secretly | | | | at lightning speed, magicians are happy to try them out. |
| puts the concealed cigar from left hand to the right. | | | | Usually a thread is used to pull out the object. An |
| The right hand then produces the new cigar. The | | | | perfect illustration would be the appearing handkerchief |
| principle can be applied to unlimited number of effects. | | | | effect. The handkerchief is tied by a thread that runs |
| The method can be used to produce many many | | | | from the neck of a bottle to the inside and through a |
| different objects like cards, coins, pens, glasses, CD, | | | | hole at the side to an assistant or a machine. The |
| rings or anything you can think of. You can try it out. | | | | bottle is put on a table and the handkerchief is hidden |
| Do experiments. Use different objects to apply the | | | | inside a secret pocket in the table. The assistant or the |
| principle and produce a trick of your own. | | | | machine then pulls the string at the appropriate |
| The next most common way to produce an object is | | | | moment extremely quickly to produce the |
| to use speed. The magician brings out something so | | | | handkerchief inside the bottle or container. |
| fast that spectators' eyes are fooled and thinks that | | | | |