ID: 136996 Open

Listing ID: #136996 has been added to your wishlist.

Diffusion - Karakuri Idea Contest 2015

SirRebral 5

Item Location: United States

$2,000.00

Bids

No bids posted.

42 views

Description

Diffusion is a 2015 Karakuri Idea Contest winner crafted by Hideaki Kawashima, reflecting his impressive mechanical precision and geometric style. This extremely hard to find puzzle looks great on a shelf, and the mechanism is clever, approachable, and beautifully executed. All original packaging included.

Karakuri product description:

We designed a new structure for this work, to avoid the problem of humidity.

The movement is simple, but a lot of time and effort was spent making it.

This work was produced by Karakuri Creation Group’s craftsmen,

from a selected idea of “7th Karakuri Puzzle Idea Contest”.

Original idea by Makoto Okada

Hand-crafted by Hideaki Kawashima (Karakuri Creation Group)

Size : 90×90×90mm

Material: Cherry, Walnut, Oak

Condition: Perfect

Buyer to pay shipping, calculated after auction. Insurance is optional, to be paid by buyer. Please wait for the updated invoice before making payment. Payment via PayPal FF or PayPal GS + 6% please.

Payments & Returns

Payment Methods: PayPal

Post Message

SirRebral 5

Dwemer Construct - Stickman #34 (Robert Yarger)

This may be the most creative and complex creation from one of the world’s foremost puzzle designers and craftsmen, Robert Yarger (“Stickman”). Only 60 of this massive puzzle were made – this is #40. Rather than try to generate the words to describe this singular creation, I’ll instead rely on excerpts from the review by Boxes and Booze that captures the puzzle so well: “The Dwemer Construct, aka The Stickman No. 34 Puzzlebox, is an impressive artifact indeed. It appears to be...

$3,187.00

12 bids

SirRebral 5

Chopstick Box - Stickman No. 13 (Robert Yarger)

A rare mechanical masterpiece by legendary puzzle craftsman Robert Yarger, the Chopstick Box (Stickman No. 13) is a beautifully designed puzzle that seamlessly blends elegant woodworking with ingenious engineering. The goal is the release of the two wooden chopsticks—cleverly integrated into the box’s design. This puzzle showcases Yarger’s signature ability to merge traditional Japanese aesthetics with intricate mechanical movement. As with all Stickman creations, every ...

$695.00

5 bids

SirRebral 5

Asymmetric Cube -5- - Hideaki Kawashima

For those familiar with Kawashima’s Bars Box puzzles, Asymmetric Cube -5- is more than just another in the series. Yes, it has the intricate multi-step solution and precision wood craftsmanship that you expect from a Bars Box puzzle, but what makes this one stand out from the rest is alluded to in the product description: “This work starts with the design of the surface but there are mechanisms that betray your expectations.” I won’t say more lest it be too spoilery. The puzzle is ...

$850.00

0 bids

SirRebral 5

Dial Case - Junichi Yananose (Juno)

This awesome sequential discovery puzzle comes from the mind of famed puzzle designer and craftsman Junichi Yananose (Juno). Its seemingly simple design hides a complex many step discovery journey through a mechanism with multiple interacting parts and creative use of multiple tools that you uncover along the way. It’s challenging in the best of ways, and is an absolute delight. Juno’s product description: Dial Case is a sequential discovery puzzle that typically requires about 15 move...

$750.00

0 bids

View All

Sign In

Diffusion - Karakuri Idea Contest 2015

SirRebral 5

$2,000.00

Description

Payments & Returns

Post Message

Dwemer Construct - Stickman #34 (Robert Yarger)

Chopstick Box - Stickman No. 13 (Robert Yarger)

Asymmetric Cube -5- - Hideaki Kawashima

Dial Case - Junichi Yananose (Juno)