Interlocking - Convolution

Convolution (Stewart Coffin)
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Convolution (Stewart Coffin)
 
Convolution (Tom Lensch)
 
Convolution (Bart Buie)
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Convolution (Bart Buie)
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Convolution - Partially disassembled (Bart Buie)
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Designer:Stewart Coffin
Craftsman:Stewart Coffin (1st & 2nd)
Tom Lensch (3rd)
Interlocking Puzzles (4th)
Bart Buie (5th & 6th)
Category:Interlocking
Material:Cherry & Unknown (1st)
Mahogany (2nd)
Pau Marfim & Chakte Kok (3rd)
Zebrawood & Indian Rosewood (4th)
Bocote & Ebony (5th & 6th)
Pieces:7

The Convolution puzzle is a dissection of a 4x4x4 cube. The goal for this puzzle was to make it serially interlocking with symmetrical patterns on the outside faces. One of the pieces (3rd during disassembly - left-front in bottom photograph) must be rotated slightly during assembly and disassembly. Stewart made 50 from 1980 to 1983. Number 30 in his numbering system.
 
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