Cocktails
This cocktail should immediately be poured down the sink before it is too late.
- Harry Craddock
Clover Club
This perfectly Patrick’s Day worthy puzzle box is one of Japanese master craftsman Tatsuo Miyamoto’s most famous works. His “A Chance Encounter” is truly elegant.
The Cuba Libre
We are going back to Cuba again here on B+B. In July, 2015, the United States and Cuba resumed diplomatic relations after over 50 years of silence. Perhaps this year we will see the long standing embargoes lifted. Time will tell, as they say, but rather than wait, let’s get puzzling.
Dark and Stormy
Lest I be made to walk the plank for insubordination, I present the Pirates Box by Tatsuo Miyamoto of the Karakuri Creation Group. He explains that a pirate ship wharf mural on the wall of the new Sekisyo Karakuri Art Museum in Hakone Japan, the home of the Karakuri group, inspired him to create this puzzle box.
The Lost Word
Akio Kamei of the Karakuri Creation Group (inspirer of many fine boxes and booze) made a series of special book puzzles with differing designs. Some have geometric patterns with classic Yosegi marquetry wood inlay, some have cute stripes in alternating colors, and some have a beautiful “Zougan” style wooden inlay depicting lovely cranes.