Magic Tricks How to Vanish
With enough creativity and magical performance knowledge, one is able to make the illusion of vanishing something under certain conditions. There are many different principle used in doing vanish kinds of magic tricks. Let’s discuss an important one now.
The two most common yet powerful magic the gathering effects are appearance and vanish. They are the two faces of the same coin, in the sense that the reverse of one can be used as the other one. The main difference that prevents the direct application of the reverse of a principle is the factor of anticipation. For vanish, the object to be vanished exists from the spectators’ perspective, and therefore they are anticipating any move to be executed on it. This adds difficulty to vanish tricks than production tricks.
The use of misdirection can help magicians to handle the difficulties met in vanishing an object. If the audience focuses on something else rather than the real object itself, the magician will have the required opportunity to execute his moves. The use of a form of the object does the trick. For instance if a glass is to be vanished, a form of it can be a ring form of the same diameter of the glass hidden inside a covering handkerchief. That way when the ring is held, it is perceived that the glass is held.
One way to achieve the vanish can be similar to the following. First, the magician covers the glass with the gimmicked handkerchief. Then, the ring form is position on the rim of the glass. His left hand holds the ring while the right hand clips the stem with the curled second and third fingers. This is all under cover of the handkerchief.
The ring is placed on a frame to stand and appear to be the standing glass. Now the right hand opens the fingers and let the glass be hung upside down between the fingers.
When the magician wants to present the vanish effect, he takes the illusionary glass which in fact is nothing more than a handkerchief and a ring with his left hand. At this moment, his body is turned to the left a little bit to provide the necessary cover for the right hand to dispose the real glass inside the secret pocket between the coat and the vest. Immediately, the right hand come up and takes the corner of the handkerchief. It is shook and the glass vanishes into thin air apparently.
It is taught that magicians should never notify the spectators about the magic effect he is going to perform, because the spectators will be looking for any signs of movement that is possibly involved in the effect and therefore any tells would ruin that trick. But by misdirection, we can direct their attention to someplace else so that the real work is not seen.

