My team and I have been working very hard lately on some new illusions that have been in the works for a long time. The process of creating new magic and getting it to the stage is a very long one. It all starts with an idea and takes off from there. We take those ideas and sit around and have lengthy conversations about them and literally dissect every possible option. What will it do, how will it look, in what order will things happen, how can we make those things happen, etc. Then we turn to my good friend Ryan to provide us a 3D rendering of the illusion so we can look at it from every angle and actually watch it prior to it ever being built. It's amazing what technology allows us to do!

Breaking new ground is always a challenge b/c you have to go through a lot of trial and error to find what works and what doesn't. It can be frustrating at times but I always think back to a great quote I heard years ago. Someone said to Thomas Edison while he was inventing the light bulb "You failed over 2,000 times" and his reply was "Of course not, I just discovered 2,000 ways it wouldn't work!" Nothing could be more true. The same goes when creating magic illusions.

We currently have 4 projects in the works right now. Three of these projects are actually fabricated and one is working 100% and will be added to the line up very soon. We're still working out the little details on the other two but with a few more weeks of shop time we should have them all figured out soon.

It's very rewarding seeing these things come together after the investment of so much time. Be on the look out for these new effects in our tour this fall.

-BB3

(here's a shot of one of our new illusions being tested this past weekend)