So, what's this all about?
For those of you who have got here by accident or who are just curious, a few words of explanation are important.
Impossible bottles have been around for many years but were popularised by Harry Eng. Harry Eng (1932-1996) was a magician, inventor, school teacher and educationalist by trade but he will be best remembered for his passion for making people think. This is demonstrated best by his impossible bottles, some of which have sold to collectors for thousands of pounds.
Harry put all manner of objects into bottles, almost all bigger than the neck of the bottle. The bottles were always undamaged and everything went in through the neck of the bottle. Coins, decks of cards, padlocks, books, shoes, scissors all featured in one or more of his designs. His trademark was his ability to tie knots inside bottles, often so large that they touched the sides of the bottle, and certainly too big to pass through the neck.
When Harry died, he took many of his secrets with him. However, nowadays a small group of people worldwide are following in his footsteps and learning the art of impossible bottle making. It is a difficult and frustrating process and much secrecy surrounds the methods used.
The links page contains links to the websites of impossible bottle (and other impossible object) pictures which I have come across. Please let me know if you are an impossible bottle maker who would like your website included in the links, or if you have pictures of your own you would like to see on the site.
Impossible bottles have been around for many years but were popularised by Harry Eng. Harry Eng (1932-1996) was a magician, inventor, school teacher and educationalist by trade but he will be best remembered for his passion for making people think. This is demonstrated best by his impossible bottles, some of which have sold to collectors for thousands of pounds.
Harry put all manner of objects into bottles, almost all bigger than the neck of the bottle. The bottles were always undamaged and everything went in through the neck of the bottle. Coins, decks of cards, padlocks, books, shoes, scissors all featured in one or more of his designs. His trademark was his ability to tie knots inside bottles, often so large that they touched the sides of the bottle, and certainly too big to pass through the neck.
When Harry died, he took many of his secrets with him. However, nowadays a small group of people worldwide are following in his footsteps and learning the art of impossible bottle making. It is a difficult and frustrating process and much secrecy surrounds the methods used.
The links page contains links to the websites of impossible bottle (and other impossible object) pictures which I have come across. Please let me know if you are an impossible bottle maker who would like your website included in the links, or if you have pictures of your own you would like to see on the site.