Boxes and Booze 7/20/19 Boxes and Booze 7/20/19

Tracy's Box of Tricks

It’s been a while since I featured something from Tracy Wood Clemons, an American woodworker who, when asked how she became so talented at designing intricate and complex wooden puzzle boxes, can honestly say, “well, that’s my middle name, after all”.

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Bloom-Box

“Ignorance is like a delicate fruit; touch it, and the bloom is gone.” – Oscar Wilde

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Plugged Well

“My formula for success? Rise early, work late, strike oil.” - John Paul Getty

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Corkscrew

Perry, as many know, is a master woodworker who creates some of the most surprising and beautiful puzzle boxes featuring incredibly complex and elegant mechanisms.

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Color-colo

“Life imitates art far more than art imitates life” – Oscar Wilde, 1891

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Ze Bomb

Stephen likes to take complex interlocking polyhedral objects, such as the humble cube, and “turn” them into practically impossible objects by spinning them on his lathe to create spheres, footballs, apples, and in this particular case, bombs.

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Multiball

Eric Fuller has got some balls. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a new puzzle box design from the curator of finely crafted puzzles and master of mischief.

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Bovalis Lock

This unique creation comes from the mind of Greek American Constantine Bovalis, a mechanical design engineer from Illinois. Constantine notes that the inspiration for his puzzle creations comes in a roundabout way from traditional Japanese puzzle boxes

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Present for You

Let’s start with a present, shall we? For me? Really? There can’t be many better puzzle boxes for this occasion than the “Present for you” box by Karakuri Creation Group artist Shou Sugimoto.

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Toilet

I’m jumping on the pop culture bandwagon this week with a themed offering, although I’m doing it in my own special way. As everyone who has been paying even the tiniest fraction of attention in the world knows, Game of Thrones has become a global obsession.

A spirited journey through the world of collectible artisan puzzles