[Light and Heavy] by Stewart James
I recently gave a talk at a local magical society (The Zodiac Magical Society) on Stewart James, to commemorate his death ten years ago. Early in "Stewart James in Print", I found the following gem. This is more of a "gotcha" than a magical effect, but is of interest to me because I quite like the idea of giving the spectators something to take away with them that is intrinsically puzzling even when they perform it themselves.
The effect involves a heavy and a light object (i.e. a bunch of keys and a kitchen match or a kitchen mug and a key) which are tied together by about a yard/metre of string. The string is draped over a pencil. When you let go (with the items held as James instructs), the string unexpectedly wraps itself around the pencil, preventing either item from hitting the ground.
I notice that Stewart James in Print is available once again from Hermetic Press at an incredibly reasonable $100 (less than 25c per trick!). Buy it while you can!
posted by Alexander Crawford @ 8:56 AM
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