
Alchemy - Interlocking Puzzle
RELEASED: 2.7.2012 PRODUCED: 28 Copies DESIGNER: Brian Young standing on Stewart Coffins shoulders CRAFTSMAN: Eric Fuller MATERIAL: Ash / Gum / Maple with Walnut Dowels COMMENTS: I've always like the Altekruse and its pic based variants...so when I stumbled across Brian's version, I was interested. Brian kindly gave permission for me to make a batch, so here they are. I'll let brian explan the rest to you (i.e. I'm stealing the description from his site). Some years ago Brian noticed a drawing of puzzle concept in Stewart Coffin's book The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections. It would appear that there were a number of concepts created based on variations of the Alterkruse puzzle using pins and holes in each piece. Stewart also noted that by using many different design pieces, not just the standard left-hand and right-hand h