Penlusion by Israel Ramos Ball pre-show work

pre-show work

these extraordinary pieces are more than mere props—they are heirlooms of wonder

While the apparatus is pretty enough to place on a shelf or desk top

Both tubes are always in sight and the spectator himself seals both tubes before the bill is shown to have vanished

Through the decades

Penlusion by Israel Ramos Ball pre-show workEFFECT: The once straight body of the pen creaks and shifts, inching towards a sharp right angle as if it were a living entity submitting to the performer's will. Gasps echo through the crowd as they witness the impossible; the pen now a perfect geometric shape at right angle to its original shape, an emblem of wonder suspended between the realms of reality and illusion. The pen is immediately handed out with no clue as to how it could bend. The hands