Kagen Sound is an artisan of remarkable skill, engineering and constructing incredibly intricate puzzle boxes made entirely of wood. WIRED brings you inside his workshop as he breaks down the design ...

String art projects are popping up across the Internet, and Sarah Maidl of Crafts Direct has some do-it-yourself tips for personalizing your own piece. "It's kind of fun and you can create any design, ...

Some of the finest jigsaw puzzles on earth come from Vermont, where for four decades the craftsmen at Stave Puzzles have made them by hand. Keeping alive an almost extinct tradition, all of Stave’s ...

Maybe it’s the nostalgia talking, but there’s something special about wooden toys for toddlers — they’re timeless, sturdy and absolutely charming. When my kids were younger, they played with their ...

Some of the most devoted hobbyists are willing to shell out big bucks for what one called “a couture puzzle.” “The return of analog is, I believe, the recognition that the simple and well-made can ...

In upstate New York, two algorithmic artists make wooden puzzles inspired by natural forms. By Siobhan Roberts PALENVILLE, N.Y. — On a meandering mushroom hunt at North-South Lake in the Catskill ...

You know about puzzle books---books of puzzles, or books that are themselves puzzles. But then there's Codex Silenda---a gorgeous, wooden book of brainteasers that is itself a multi-part mystery. As ...

Chris Danner can’t remember the first time he completed an Elms Puzzle. But he easily recalls the ones that “really blew me away” as a child, like an over 800-piece set he remembers illustrated with a ...

If you are one of the millions of people who suddenly went puzzle-crazy during the pandemic lockdowns of 2020, then you may have heard of Liberty Puzzles, a 19-year-old Boulder company that ...