Could be an adhesive spot on his head, could be he has an actual dimple on the top of his head like people are joking about, the ball could be weighted at the bottom to prevent rolling, that sort of thing.
It's a great performance! Us not knowing how he does it and feeling amazed is the point. 😅
If you look at the little golden ball carefully it looks like it is hanging from a thread conneted to his forehead/nose/mouth, he remains leaning over it the entire time it is levitating and does not move his head.
When he passes his index finger around the ball, every time his finger passes between the ball and his head, he points his index finger up in such a way that it doesn't quite pass through that gap where a thread may be hanging. You have to go frame by frame to spot it, he's smooth as fuck about making it look like he's passing his index finger through the space where the thread would be.
Then when he places the crystal ball in the air he continues to keep his head still and keeps a space for the "thread" passing down to hold the golden ball in place. He holds the crystal ball in his right hand and passes his left hand (on our right from our perspective) around where the thread would be. Then he pulls his hands apart in a way that makes me pretty confident there are threads between his hands holding the crystal sphere in place. Again, if you go frame by frame you can see him pass his left hand's fingers between his right hand's fingers in a way that would collect any threads there. He also doesn't move his hands far away from the ball becaue those threads probably don't have a lot of elasticity to them if they can support the sphere.
Then when he levitates the golden ball away from himself to catch it, he puts his right hand through the space where the thread would be hanging from his head, which guides the golden ball under his hand so he can catch it.
I'm speculating about his prep but I'm wondering if, when he placed the crystal ball on his head, this was him sticking the thread that is connected to the golden ball to the top of his head, because he removed it immediately before doing the trick with the golden ball.
It's incredible but it's one of those things where the explanation is usually that the trick is very simple and it's his performance and polish and skill that is transforming it into something astonishing to watch.
Glass ball never leaves his hands, his thumbs are touching the back of it. Gold ball is attached to a thread which is hanging from his head. The balancing on the head might be pure skill, however since he’s bald he could easily apply adhesive to his head to help keep it in place.
It’s contact juggling. He’s not actually making it levitate, just making it appear by using his thumbs in a very specific way. You can find tons of videos on YouTube
There are ways to make glass magnetic tho. Either by embedding nano sized particles or by changing the crystal structure to include atoms with unpaired electrons.
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u/Kizzle_McNizzle 1d ago
I thought it was magnets but then I can’t explain the glass ball