does anyone know of a site selling impossible objects? - I'm thinking of things along the lines of the late Harry Eng's bottles.
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Re: Impossible Objects
Jamie Grant sells a deck-in-bottle on his website. I saw these at Magic Live and they are beautiful.
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This website http://www.impossibottle.co.uk gives a very nice overview of things impossible, their makers and sellers.
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Hiya Pete!
Thanks for the plug and the kind words- that is too kind. The other site for the "Anything Is Possible" bottle is:
www.whatizit.net
if anyone's interested.
Thanks!
jamie d. grant
Thanks for the plug and the kind words- that is too kind. The other site for the "Anything Is Possible" bottle is:
www.whatizit.net
if anyone's interested.
Thanks!
jamie d. grant
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is it possible to blow and shape a bottle inside a bottle?
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Jonathan Townsend wrote:is it possible to blow and shape a bottle inside a bottle?
Hiya Jonathan!
I'm sure you could, but it wouldn't be considered an Impossible Object (in my opinion) anymore as blowing glass is against the "rules"~
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A bottle with one or more bottles inside is against the rules?
IMHO it's kind of like the bottles with fruit grown inside so wondering what's the objection (beyond the techincal work of shaping the bottle(s) and letting them cool safely).
IMHO it's kind of like the bottles with fruit grown inside so wondering what's the objection (beyond the techincal work of shaping the bottle(s) and letting them cool safely).
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It would be interesting to see, but these "rules" Jamie is referring to doesn't want people thinking it's a feat of glass blowing but rather a real "impossibility" of a solid inside another solid.
I've seen some pretty ornate liquor bottles (Grappa or Vodka perhaps?) with internal blown glass art. Compared to that, shaping the internal part into a bottle should be rather easy.
I've seen some pretty ornate liquor bottles (Grappa or Vodka perhaps?) with internal blown glass art. Compared to that, shaping the internal part into a bottle should be rather easy.
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Re: Impossible Objects
I have an unpublished (I think) Harry Eng method for putting a light bulb inside a wine bottle. Unfortunately it's not a real light bulb; I have always heard Harry used only real objects in his bottles, which may be why I've never seen a picture of this one.
I had an idea to put a cigarette lighter inside a light bulb. The goal was to have a wooden base with a light bulb socket attached to it, and the light bulb screwed in to that. Ultimately I want a switch on the base that when you flip it, the lighter lights up.
I want a lot things.
I had an idea to put a cigarette lighter inside a light bulb. The goal was to have a wooden base with a light bulb socket attached to it, and the light bulb screwed in to that. Ultimately I want a switch on the base that when you flip it, the lighter lights up.
I want a lot things.
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Re: Impossible Objects
I have a method for putting Harry Eng in a light bulb.