Compression by Daniel Lachman video DOWNLOAD

Make a Bic pen visibly shrink to half its original size, then let your spectator examine it and see that it still writes. Compression by Daniel Lachman is a downloadable video teaching an effect that ends cleanly and can leave your audience with the pen as a souvenir.

What You’ll Learn

• Practical performance: Perform surrounded, reset in seconds, and keep the effect ready for different performance settings.
• Quick to make: The effect can be made in under 15 minutes and is described as extremely easy to master.
• Video instruction: Lessons include a demonstration, introduction, simple explanation, construction, and detailed handling.
• Bonus material: More than 15 minutes of performance tips, ideas, and special handling.
• Bring your own pen: Use a disposable Bic “White Barrel” pen; pens are not included with the video.

Once you’ve learned it, you can carry this compact visual surprise for close-up moments, strolling sets, or other performance settings—and leave a spectator with a souvenir they can write with.