Sunrise-Sunset - Stewart Coffin Design #181 by John Devost

When I first made a few copies of this design, I didn’t realize that it was a precursor to  a couple of other tray designs, namely ‘Castle’ and ‘Vanishing Trunk’.  

These five simple pieces can be used to make many other shapes, there’s a unique solution to both the 4x6 rectangle and 5x5 square (with the centre voxel vacant).

I thought I’d make myself a copy using some choice Purpleheart, Padauk, Yellowheart, Black Palm and Bocote.

The tray for the 4x6 is made from Padauk with Black Limba Bottom and Holly Slipfeathers.  The Sleeve is Black Limba with Wenge Slipfeathers.

The tray for the 5x5 is made from Black Limba with Wenge/Peruvian Walnut Slipfeathers.

Here’s Stewart’s description:

“This puzzle started out as just five colorful polyomino pieces that fit into a 4x6 rectangular tray one way only, but it evolved over the years into a version with a two-sided tray that is square on the other side.”