A spirited journey through the world of collectible artisan puzzles
Pairing craft cocktails with crafty puzzles
Box of the Celts
How do you fit all the “Gauls, Celtiberians, Gallaecians, Galatians, Britons, Gaels and their offshoots” (Wikipedia) into a little box? That stunt would take some gall, I imagine.
The Tippenary Mystery Tour
Goodbye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square! It's a long long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there. – Jack Judge and Harry Williams, 1912
Abraham’s Well
Beersheba, in the Ottoman Empire at the time, was the site of a pivotal battle in World War I.
Bassackwards Box
Abraham Lincoln might have appreciated the newest creation from Ryan Hughbanks, his finest effort to date and one of the most enjoyable puzzle boxes of the year, in my humble opinion.
Sequential Discovery Cubed Box
It’s adventure time again as we head to the outback and visit with the brilliant Junichi Yananose from Australia. Juno is well known for his complex and unusual interlocking puzzle designs which come in many styles, shapes and sizes.
Dabbit Invasion!
This story arguably starts back in 1892, in a German satire magazine called Fliegende Blätter (flying leaves / loose sheets), where the first published illustration of these ambiguous animals appeared with the caption “Rabbit and Duck”. Was it a rabbit, or a duck?
CORVI 2020
Of course everyone responds to a pandemic in their own way. If you happen to be an Australian dentist with lots of drills and no teeth in sight, you start dreaming about a virus puzzle.
Small Cabin
Benno de Grote has been tinkering with his puzzling ideas since he was a little boy, and despite limited access to materials and tools, has been able to produce quite a number of puzzle boxes which many will recognize.