When I first arrived in North Carolina, I worked out of an artists cooperative called Antfarm Studios in the Boylan Heights area of Raleigh. I met Lucas there, and he is a very talented craftsman who works exclusively in the custom blacksmithing field. I stopped by the other day to say hello and was very impressed with his latest sculptures, so I offered to list them here because I think they are right up a puzzle collectors ally! <P> The pictures pretty much speak for themselves. Th...

<h1>Knot Mass</h1><ul><li>design by: <b>Oskar van Deventer</b></li><li>made by: <b>Pacific Puzzleworks (<i>Lee Krasnow</i>)</b></li><li>size: <b>36mm</b></li><li>material: <b>5-ply maple core / maple top hardwood laminate</b></li><li>quantity available: <b>25</b></li></ul><h3>PRODUCTION PRE-RELEASE SALE!!!</h3><p>Over t...

Stewart Coffin's Queer Gear puzzle (STC #92) made of Blue Mahoe. This puzzle has 6 dissimilar pieces that assemble in only one way to form a Star of David prism. This puzzle has a nice fit and finish. It also bears my maker's signature. Taken from my personal collection.Stewart only made a few of these in 1985. An uncommon puzzle with and untraditional sliding axis. Stewart wrote an interesting article many years ago on Blue Mahoe. It is a very scarce wood from Jamaica. The boards I purchas...

Another early Eric Fuller work. This is harder to put together than to take apart. The puzzle has not been taken apart. The woods used were very high quality. All of these early Fuller puzzles were made with just one or two copies for trades that Eric and I did, and were not made for sale.

This is a wooden version of a type of interlocking puzzle, involving 6 sticks that intersectinside the wooden cube. It has a solution, designed and presumably made by Simon Nightingale..

This puzzle is one of many in the Q-Cube project from IPP21It was made by Steve Strickland of Puzzlecraft.com out of SatinwoodIt is a four-piece, serially interlocking puzzle, and comes with solution

Another early Eric Fuller work. This is harder to put together than to take apart. The puzzle has not been taken apart. The woods used were very high quality. All of these early Fuller puzzles were made with just one or two copies for trades that Eric and I did, and were not made for sale.Edit by marketplace admin: Designed by Dic Sonnenveld. Made with Chakte Viga and Holly.

Triplets, designed by Jim Gooch, made by Steve Strickland. Three pieces, out-of-plane. Interesting. Not terribly difficult.

Designer: Ben Krasnow Materials: Purpleheart, walnut, padauk, yellowheart, cocobolo Goal: The puzzle solver's goal is to open the box by operating the box's locking mechanism and sliding open the box.The goal and description above is from the IPP puzzle site, written by Ben Krasnow. A solution sheet is available.

This puzzle, I got a long time ago, but was never brave enough to take apart. It is about 3" on a side, and consists ofwooden L pieces, and has metal bars that inhibit the position of the wooden blocks from being put together into the box. I was afraid if i took it apart, it would never get together again.. It is nicely made, and I think is quite difficult to get together again.So, good luck if you are braver and smarter than me..On Jan. 22, 2008 13:24:31, the following description has been adde...

This is a puzzle that is a trial run for Lee Krasnow, it seems that they are made of a cherry plywood and laser cut this is a difficult puzzle it is small measuring 1.5" but Ronald Kint-Bruynseels who designed this puzzle made a real challenging puzzle I marked the shape of each piece down in a drawing book and numbered them to show me which piece went in in the exact sequence but not how they were spacially oriented so even though I knew which piece was next the position of each piece was also ...

DNORTY -- famous difficult Burr, by Pentangle, in exc/vg condition.No solution, but sure they are on the web somewhere...

This puzzle box was made by occasional craftsman Stephen Chin (entered australian IPP). This puzzle box is well made with very nice woods. There are gravity pins, and it is very difficult to open. I have instructions which can be included from his email. There are VERY FEW pieces of his work, probably less than 10 in total.

A good copy of the original 1893 edition of Puzzles Old and New published by Frederick Warne. Good points - Binding is reasonable tight and all pages are complete. Less good points the edges of the pages are yellowed and the book cover show some knocks but for a book over 100 years old it's in pretty good nick. Postage costs will be around $10 within Europe and $20 worldwide.

The Autumn Puzzle Box is No. 10 in the line of unique Stickman puzzle boxes and derives its name from its collage of attractive fall colors. It is handcrafted from quality wenge, padauk, and leopardwood pieces. The Autumn Box is of moderate difficulty to solve and requires a bare minimum of 15 moves to get into both of its hidden compartments. On Jan. 12, 2008 13:51:34, the following description has been added:this puzzle is #24 out of 30, and is in excellent shape.

Original 1943 Color Linen Postcard "POSTAPUZL" by Harris Anderson.Cut card into 10 pieces. These 10 pieces will make each one of the 10 different shapes...Published by Postapres Box, 3150 Hollywood. Excellent condition.

Cage with 2 Large Spheres, designed by Sam Cornwell and made by Steve Strickland from Maple and Jatoba, IPP 23 exchange puzzle, about 2" in height. Four pieces, 3 of the cage and 1 of the double-sphere piece in the middle.

Pincer Puzzle is a Tangram type puzzle.Seven aluminum pieces. Include a booklet with 100 figures (all symmetrical).Manufactured by M.G.T. Sheffield (c) 1989. Excellent condition.

Macao - designer unknown, made by Arjeu, number CT33, in original package with instructions.

Eric made versions of very difficult burrs out of very nice woods. These were made in late 2002 on his kitchen table using a hand saw and chistle. These were never used.