SPOON-BENDER Uri Geller is used to being surrounded by cutlery.
The Israeli illusionist already has a Cadillac covered in 3,000 spoons in the garden of his Sonning home.
Now he is to add a “throne of spoons” to his collection, based on the iron throne in Game of Thrones.
The specially designed seat is made out of more than 2,000 spoons, including some from Uri’s own collection of gifts from celebrities.
The throne was commissioned by Kellogg’s as part of a new pack promotion to send off for a free, personalised spoon.
It took Uri and a team of designers two months to build.
Uri, 68, says: “I was approached by Kellogg’s but the throne was my idea and it took us quite a long time to build.”
The throne will be unveiled at a free “spoon-bending breakfast” event tomorrow (Saturday) at the Westfield shopping centre in London.
Uri will attempt to bend his one millionth spoon and teach members of the public the secrets behind his ability. Fans can also have their picture taken on the throne with the man himself.
Uri rose to fame in the Seventies when he used to collect spoons from celebrities including Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Robin Gibb and Mick Jagger. He says: “I made it a policy that whenever I met a celebrity I would bend a spoon and then I would ask for their own spoon.
“I also bought spoons — I have George III’s spoon, ones from James I, Rasputin, the Dalai Lama... the list goes on.”
The most precious spoon in his 4,000-strong collection is one which was supposedly used by a Pope, although Uri will not elaborate on how he came by it.
The throne will join Uri’s collection of cutlery and some other unusual chairs. He says: “I have Yves Saint Laurent’s chair and I have an original Eames chair and two glass chairs made for me by [sculptor] Danny Lane.”
However, he will not be using his latest piece, explaining: “It is not comfortable to sit on — it is made from spoons!”
He is also looking forward to meeting Sonning’s latest celebrity resident, George Clooney, who played Uri in the 2009 film The Men Who Stare at Goats.
“I’ll definitely get a spoon,” he says.
Meanwhile, Uri himself is set to leave the village where he has lived since the Eighties.
In an interview with the Telegraph, he said: “We’ve been very happy here but my wife Hanna and I have decided that very soon we will go back to my homeland to live. It’s an enchanting place.”
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