Boxes and Booze 3/2/19 Boxes and Booze 3/2/19

Club Case

It’s getting clubby here at Boxes and Booze this week as we continue the card suit case series from Juno with the Club Case, his second in the series.

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The TAO

Let’s take a walk. The path for this is a bit unclear, but I have been assured that if we keep an open mind we will find our way.

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Heart Case

The idea for this puzzle was in Juno’s mind for more than twenty years, fully formed, but was far too difficult and time consuming to produce even as a prototype.

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Diamond Case

Junichi Yananose is a well-known puzzle designer and crafter who for many years collaborated with Brian Young in Australia.

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I’m Home

Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam

Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home – John Howard Payne

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My Dog

Kakuda evokes the love felt for our fond companions and describes the scene of this dog jumping and prancing in anticipation as her dinner is set down.

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Dovetail Jewel Box

The Dovetail Jewel Box is truly a puzzle jewel of a puzzle box, one that pays homage to so many great puzzle boxes that came before it.

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Checkmate Box

This is no ordinary chess themed box. The Stickman No. 14 Puzzle Box, aka the Checkmate Box, represents the evolutionary development of a modern day renaissance artist in his chosen medium.

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Walking with the Moon

I’m facing the new year with this sense of wonder, walking with the moon, if you will. Yoh Kakuda captures the sentiment beautifully in this piece, which is closer in style to his automaton work where the movement is the beginning and the end.

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Pineapple Secret

Hiroshi Iwahara’s Pineapple Secret is one of the most strikingly beautiful pieces he has created and is an incredible achievement from this master of the Karakuri Creation Group.

A spirited journey through the world of collectible artisan puzzles