Charming Old Folk Art Puzzle Cube Maine with these three emaciated-looking figures

with these three  emaciated-looking figures emerging from a dense crowd shrouded in darkness

6” widest diameter

The two began creating pottery in 1947 as a hobby while living in New Brunswick

each with a Janus-like pair of faces

which seem just perfect for strong black coffee super early in the morning before heading out on a hunt--literally

Charming Old Folk Art Puzzle Cube Maine with these three emaciated-looking figuresI love this thing, both as an object, and for the thinking and making process it represents. Like other puzzle cubes (I'm listing a few more modern Japanese versions I just picked up as well), each piece has its specific place, and is taken apart, and put back together, in a certain order. This one is wonderfully rustic in its construction, with the pieces fitting together by way of posts and holes but my favorite thing is the numbers carved across