Transformation

125 entries in Liquid / Transformation
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
The Bowl of Ink changed to clear Water, with Gold Fish Swimming in it
1876 Modern Magic 372
The Coffee Trick Coffee berries changed to Hot Coffee, White Beans to Sugar, and Bran to Hot Milk, prop heavy
Variations 1876 Modern Magic 388
The "Coffee Trick" - Improved prop heavy
Inspired by 1890 More Magic 371
Wine or Water - Another Method chemical
 		1890 More Magic 380
The Wine Proof red wine changes into sherry, then into water
 		1890 More Magic 383
Der Wunderkrug oder "Das Wasser zu Cana" water poured from pitcher into glasses, makes water, ink, wine, color changing liquids, chemical
Related to Nov. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 11) 174
Der Wunderkrug oder "Das Wasser zu Cana" three more methods method, chemical
Related to Dec. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 12) 188
Die Geisterquelle Chemische Kunststücke
water poured from pitcher into glasses, makes water, ink, wine, color changing liquids, chemical
Related to Sep. 1895 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 1) 14
Das Wunder zu Cana "Chemische Experimente"
water poured from pitcher into glasses, makes water, ink, wine, color changing liquids, chemical
Related to Dec. 1895 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 4) 60
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die alte und neue Tintenkarte ink changes to clear water, a card is used to proof that it's ink
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 159
F. Henning Der Weinfälscher water pitcher and five wine glasses, in some glasses the water changes to wine, changes back, chemical
 		Nov. 1896 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 3) 45
The New Ink Card ink changes to water, card dipped into "ink" proves that it's ink
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 256
H. F. C. Suhr Das magische Aquarium glass with goldfish vanishes from under silk, ink and water transpose visibly
Related to Feb. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 6) 83
H. F. C. Suhr Das magische Aquarium second part of explanation
Related to Mar. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 7) 100
Der Wirt im Keller water to wine transformations with multiple phases, chemical
 		Apr. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 8) 122
Samuel "St. Roman" Thiersfeld Wie Einer aus der Tinte kommt No. 37, silk put in tube, taken out of glass with ink in dry condition, ink becomes clear water
 		1899 Jedermann Zauberkünstler! 105
Ein neuer Tintenpokal No. 8, ink in glass transforms into clear water, mirror glass with one side of mirror painted black, with spoon convincer
 		1900 Der Amateurzauberer 128
Julius Kupka Rotwein, Weisswein und Wasser in einem Glase water changes color, chemical
 		July 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 7) 109
Changement verschiedenfarbiger Flüssigkeiten
  • I. Ausführung
different colored liquids remain separate in glass cylinder, then become clear
Related to Aug. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 8) 123
Antonio Molini Changement verschiedenfarbiger Flüssigkeiten
  • II. Ausführung
second method
Related to Sep. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 9) 136
Dr. G. Runschke Zum Changement verschiedenfarbiger Flüssigkeiten chemical recipes for color-changing liquids
Related to Oct. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 10) 154
Rosenliqueur und Wasser chemical liquid transformation in glass bottle
 		Dec. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 12) 185
Emil Clauß Der neue Tintenpokal - oder: "Die moderne Fischzucht" first ink changes into clear water, then fish appear
Related to
  • Willmann's Salon-Magie, p. 390
 Dec. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 12) 189
Noll Marcellin Wein- und Wasser-Kunststück wine and water liquid transformation routine, chemical
 		Jan. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 1) 7
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die Tinte der Verliebten "Vorträge von J. N. Hofzinser"
patter for ink goblet, ink card
 		Dec. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 12) 184
Carl Willmann Tinte in Wasser zu verwandeln ink to water
 		May 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 5) 74
Zum Tintenpokal "by H. C.", ink to water
 		Aug. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 8) 124
Hänsel Kastner Der Tintenpokal fin de siècle ink to water
 		Sep. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 9) 140
Joseph Michael Hartz Fish and Ink Trick
1903 Later Magic 48
Chameleon Water water poured in glasses changed color, "The King of Chemical Tricks"
 		1903 Later Magic 519
Rainbow Water water poured in glasses changed color
 		1903 Later Magic 522
Carl Willmann Der Zauberkünstler als Cafétier confetti put in coffee jug changes to coffee, in another jug into milk, coffee in a cup changes back to confetti
Related toVariations June 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 6) 87
Carl Willmann Willmann's magische Kaffeetasse coffee poured in cup on saucer transforms into confetti or something else
Related to July 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 7) 104
Carl Willmann Zum "Zauberkünstler als Cafétier"
Inspired by July 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 7) 110
Carl Willmann Die unerschöpfliche Weinquelle four glasses and water pitcher, various changes from water to wine, chemical
 		Nov. 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 11) 167
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli X. Heureka! (Wein- und Wasserkunststück), several glasses filled with water and red wine, water to wine and vice versa
 		1903 Moderne Magie 124
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli XXIII. Totentanz
  • 1. Das erscheinende Papp-Skelett (paper skeleton appears behind silk)
  • 2. Ein Ballett (skeleton starts to dance on table)
  • 3. Der zersprungene Spiegel (broken mirror is restored)
  • 4. Der Doppelgänger (mirror image from skeleton starts to become real and dances as well)
  • 5. Verwandlung von Milch in Tinte (glass of milk changes to ink, back to milk and then to water)
 		1903 Moderne Magie 204
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli XXIV. Ein magisches Mirakel
  • 1. Die Puppentücher (silks change into ribbon)
  • 2. Eine gelungene Reparatur (ribbon vanishes and appears as normal silk in a glass)
  • 3. Der Flüchtling (silk placed back inside glass, both vanish unter handkerchief)
  • 4. Wiederkunft (glass filled with red wine appears under handkerchief)
  • 5. Farbenwechsel (red wine changes into white wine)
  • 6. Der unsichtbare Abfluss (liquid vanishes from bottle)
  • 7. Pariser Zuckerbäckerei (bran placed inside glass, changes into candy)
 		1903 Moderne Magie 209
Die prismatischen Wasser coloring water as it is poured into a bowl over some coloring substance
 		Nov. 1904 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 11) 170
Wilhelm Zimmermann Ein Tuchkunststück in verschiedenen Variationen long routine combination, silk splits in two, one put in paper cone, borrowed handkerchief put over glass vase, in cone are now flowers, water in vase changes to ink, glass with handkerchief vanish under silk, handkerchief reproduced from spectator's pocket
Related to Dec. 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 1) 8
Joseph Michael Hartz Bran to Wine
1911 Later Magic 699
Joseph Michael Hartz The Witches' Kettle and Magic Punch Bowl
  • hanging kettle filled with water, changes into ducks or similar
  • punch appears in empty bowl
Also published here 1911 Later Magic 700
Joseph Michael Hartz Bran to Wine
1911 Magical Titbits 158
Joseph Michael Hartz The Witches' Kettle and Magic Punch Bowl
  • hanging kettle filled with water, changes into ducks or similar
  • punch appears in empty bowl
Also published here 1911 Magical Titbits 159
Oswald Rae A Visible Coffee Tranistion conical glass filled with confetti, changes to hot coffee
 		1926 Between Ourselves 57
Martin Sunshine Candle to Drink
1936 The Jinx (Issue 18) 97
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Diminutive Wine and Water chemical
 		1937 The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin 57
Oscar "Oscarelli" Rey Brennendes Wasser published as ORU, water in bowl starts burning, chemical
 		1939 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 2) 12
Shaman Bartender's Nightmare water to wine, glass of wine vanishes
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 107) 640
Albert Russell, Theodore Annemann Separate Liquids different colored liquids remain separate, then become clear
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 119) 700
Harry Bertall Les Couleurs Magiques water changes color when poured in glasses
 		Apr. 1941 La Baguette Magique (Issue 4) 2
Lloyd W. Chambers New Wine and Water cups and pitcher of water visibly change from water to wine and back
 		1941 Original Ideas in Magic 16
Charles-Emile "Prof. Rex" Sauty Mon Café express water changes to coffee, using wand
 		Jan. 1942 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 1) 6
Alban's Le lait, l'encre l'eau et le vin milk changes into ink, water and wine
 		Feb. 1942 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 2) 6
G. Gloria Flüssigkeit-Zauber coffee and milk are poured in a paper tube and vanish, confetti is placed in second tube and changes into the liquids, liquid in balloon for production
 		Aug. 1942 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 8) 1
Joseph Ovette The Waterless Tube water in can changes to ribbon streamers, then baby chicken appear
 		1944 Tricks and Illusionettes 6
Lu Brent A Paper Cone, Silk N' Water red silk put in cone, water is added, red water an white silk result
 		1945 My Best 222
E. D. Wolff Refund milk poured in paper cone transforms into coins and bills
 		1945 My Best 277
Hen Fetsch "My Best" Flash Opening milk in paper cone transforms into a dove
Also published here 1945 My Best 303
Laurie Ireland Drink Your Milk milk pitcher routine, milk to candy
 		1946 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946) 12
Laurie Ireland Wine to Beer - A Chemical Trick with milk pitcher
 		1946 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946) 13
Hen Fetsch Rice Silks or Beer milk is poured in bottle changes into rice silks or beer
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 8
Hen Fetsch Liquid Flowers milk poured in cup turns into bouquet of flowers
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 8
Hen Fetsch Rice Silk cup is filled with milk and from the liquid a silk is produced, then milk changes into confetti
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 9
Hen Fetsch Snow Time milk poured in paper cone changes to confetti, with fan
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 10
Hen Fetsch Can It milk poured in can changes into paper streamer and flowers
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 12
Hen Fetsch Curtain to Finale milk poured in cone changes into silk with two flower bouquets
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 14
Hen Fetsch Blooming Beauty milk poured in cone changes into silk with two flower bouquets, blooming type
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 14
Hen Fetsch Coffee Cream milk poured in cone changes to small cream bottle
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 15
Hen Fetsch Milk Stream milk changes into streamer, in combination with the "Confetti Streamer Bowls"
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 15
Hen Fetsch Juggling Joker gag, bowl filled with milk is balanced on a pole then apparently thrown into audience, liquid transforms into rice or confetti
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 16
Hen Fetsch Dove Flash milk poured into paper cone, cone is ignited and changes into dove
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 17
Hen Fetsch Cream Conjuring milk poured in cup, child shall hold it over head and turn it over, changes into ice cream
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 17
Hen Fetsch My Best Flash Opening milk transforms into dove, with flower bouquet and paper cone
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 19
Hen Fetsch Bouncing Milk milk transforms into ball, inside paper cone
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 20
Hen Fetsch On Head milk changes into rice, over spectator's head, comedy routine
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 26
Hen Fetsch Your Move red and black liquid change into checkers, inside paper cone
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 27
Hen Fetsch Circus Conjuring lemonade poured in bag changes into peanuts
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 28
Eugene Gloye Magic in Milk Containers ideas with milk container, gaffed
  • A Gag I Call "As You Wish, Sir"
  • The Milk Man has a hard Time
  • Passe Passe Bottles with a Milk Bottle
  • Very Best Cake in Hat
  • Dove Bottle ala Milk Carton
  • A Lota Effect
  • Topsy Turvy Bottle
  • Perfect Passing Glass of Milk
 		1947 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1947) 28
Frage + Antwort
  • how to build a silk tube (Wernoli)
  • how to build a ink transposition
 		1947 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 1) 11
George Braund Stout Fella content of two beer bottles change places, then glasses are covered with handkerchiefs and both become the same kind of beer
 		1948 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 155) 624
U. F. Grant Color Splash white silk produced, changes to red, water changes to red water and is poured in paper bag, red silk vanishes and is produced from paper bag in place of water
 		Oct. 1948 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 1 & 2) 11
U. F. Grant Wine and Water Trick water poured into glasses, water becomes colored, performer drinks the glasses, then makes wine and beer for the audience
 		Dec. 1948 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 3) 8
Ed Reno Ink to Water
1948/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5 57
Theo "Okito" Bamberg Okito's Tea, Milk and Sugar Mystery paper transforms into tea, milk and sugar in cans and cups
 		1948/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5 364
Sidney Mayer Dollar Bill Stunt water poured in bill tube turns green
 		1949 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949) 35
Jack Yeager Wine, Milk and Ink. milk is poured into glass of wine and liquid changes into ink
Also published here
  • Jack Yeager's "Second Portfolio of Tricks"
 1951 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951) 9
Bob Fisher The Melting Silk handkerchief in fist changes to liquid
 		1953 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1953) 40
Joseph M. White Thumbs Up Liquid Dye three glasses with water are covered with three different colored silks, then color of liquid changes to math silks
 		1957 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1957) 26
Oran Bailey Dent Candliquo candle is rolled in paper and transforms onto liquid
 		1957 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1957) 34
Oran Bailey Dent Metapour ink changes to water and to other liquids, with silks
 		1958 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958) 7
Charlie Miller, David Devant A Lesson in Magic with assistant, one claims to teach "handkerchief to lemon", handkerchief changes to small pieces, to ribbon, then to lemon, handkerchief inside, center cut out of two handkerchiefs, mismade handkerchief restoration, handkerchief to liquid, restored handkerchiefs reappear
 		1961 An Evening with Charlie Miller 41
Ali Bongo Blooming Assistant cup is filled with milk and placed on spectator's head, milk changes into flowers
 		1966 The Bongo Book 57
Ernesto "Ernest" Pracchia Confetti Mágico confetti in bowl changes to water
 		1967 Toda la Magia Moderna en un Pañuelo 54
Billy McComb The Wine, the Water - and a Character on Chris van Bern's Water & Wine, chemical
  • Wine and Water - Williamised!
 		1972 McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser 71
Neal Thomas 5¢ Coke coin dropped in shot glass under handkerchief cover, coin changes to coke, squirting nickel
 		Oct. 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 12) 677
Jack Gwynne The Invisible Rainbow glass with water, colors are selected and the water turns into those colors, for stage
 		1974 The Conjurors' Book of Stage Illusions 28
Stephen Minch Black Thoughts water instantly turns black, chemical details, yellowish variation
Inspired by
  • "Think Ink" (Orville Meyer)
 1975 Mind & Matter 51
12. Agua y Tinta water changes to ink and back to water
 		1977 Magicolor 108
Stephen Minch Dreams in the Witch-House water turns to blood (chemical) and back to water when stirred with a bone, coin travels to cloth bag in locked box, case moves on table uses Joseph Fenichel's "The Crawler"
Also published here 1979 Lovecraftian Ceremonies 27
Water To Confetti water poured in vase changes to confetti
 		1982 Further Classic Magic With Apparatus 68
Confetti Cup water poured into cup changes into confetti, different models
 		1982 Further Classic Magic With Apparatus 69
Coffee, Cream And Sugar Trick cotton placed in coffee pot changes into coffee, confetti into cream and silk into sugar
 		1982 Further Classic Magic With Apparatus 71
Karl Fulves Liquid to Silk red silk arranged in glass to look like red juice
 		1987 Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part One 3
Liquid to Silk colored silk in glass looks like liquid
 		1988 Self-Working Handkerchief Magic 10
Rocco Silano Cigarette to Rose and Freezing Water cigarette changes to long stem rose, cigarette reproduced from its petals, rose put in vase with water, water changes into ice cubes in vase
 		1990 If it fits... Sleeve it! 71
Wine and Water chemical liquid transformation
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 45
Andrew Mayne Rain water changes into confetti
 		1998 Mad Mojo 59
Andrew Mayne Ice Nine water changes to ice, in cup
 		1998 Mad Mojo 62
Stanley Best Silk Squeeze glass with milk covered with red silk, white silk appears and vanishes, in glass is now shot glass with white silk inside, lead-in for Chanin's TV Production
 		1999 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 1) 11
Ellis Stanyon The Ink Card No. 26, ink to clear water with card inside glass, one side black to simulate ink in glass of water, more elaborate versions
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 171
Okitoglas water becomes red in glass, then silk produced
 		1999 Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2) 69
Karl Fulves, U. F. Grant Freeze! on liquid/water to ice effect, metal statue travels across (melts at room temperature)
Related to 2000 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 3) 57
Tony Garza Glass Hypnosis milk in glass changes into rolled-up white paper
 		2000 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 4) 84
Tom Johnston Water to Wine six bottles with water, one chosen with calculation and counting procedure, it contains wine, "did not appear in the first edition of this booklet"
Also published here
  • Alchemy, Vol. 2 No. 1
 2000 Ten Mysteries 24
Arthur Setterington Egg Flip wine poured in paper cone, egg comes out of cone, egg put in glass, changes into wine and is then taken out of pocket
Also published here
  • Abracadabra, Vol. 3 No. 64, Apr. 1947, p. 168
 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 166
Bob Ostin Bamboozled water changes to beer
 		2005 Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions 145
Stephen Minch Dreams in the Witch-House water turns to blood (chemical) and back to water when stirred with a bone, coin travels to cloth bag in locked box, case moves on table uses Joseph Fenichel's "The Crawler"
Also published here 2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 69
Patrick Page A Con Trick milk transforms into confetti, gag
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 289
Christian Scherer Die Legende vom Schnee in der Wüste routine with Yoshimoto Cube, story of snow, cube vanishes from a silk and water in a little bowl turns to snow
Inspired by 2014 Schlaglichter 127
Jeff Prace "Strawesome"
  • Left-Handed
performer drinks coke from paper cup that is visible through transparent straw, it changes to orange soda
 		July 2015 Genii (Vol. 78 No. 7) 28
John Gaughan Ink to Goldfish
  • The Chamber of Secrets
mechanical
 		Feb. 2016 Genii (Vol. 79 No. 2) 18
Jeff Prace Straw Ingredient
  • Left-Handed
cherry drink dissects into raw ingredients: cherry, water, dry sugar
 		July 2016 Genii (Vol. 79 No. 7) 50
Kieron Johnson Iced Tea hot tea suddenly freezes in mug
 		2018 The Time Traveller 45
Vinny DePonto Tea Time traveling back in time theme, tea bag removed from hot water and vanished, it is found in paper wrapping again and tea in cup is only water
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2009
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