Show a round shaped mirror on a stand and tap it on the face of the mirror from all its side to prove it to be a regular one. Show a silk handkerchief and move it around the face of the mirror in a circular manner and you magically make the silk to penetrate through the solid mirror. Spectators can see the silk slowly penetrating the mirror from front to back. Finally, you remove the silk from the back, and show the mirror to be a regular one!

• The pedestal, made of fine teak wood, measures 23 (w) x 8 (d) cm. The diameter of the mirror is 29 cm. The silk is not supplied.