My memory is a little fuzzy on whether I’ve ever made any of this design before but I thought I should with some very nice Bloodwood, Zebrawood, Canarywood, Yellowheart and Black Palm, that I had on hand. The Tray is Canarywood with some Slipfeathers of Leopardwood to strengthen up the mitres.
Here’s Stewart’s description:
“In case you haven’t already discovered, polyominoes is the name given to puzzle pieces made of squares joined different ways. A popular recreation is to fit them snugly into a square or rectangular tray. The long-time popularity of this pastime opens up opportunity for puzzle makers to exploit it by surreptitiously deviating from the regular grid. In this puzzle, all pieces are rotated by arctan ½, which is 26.6 degrees. With two pieces alike and two symmetrical it is not as difficult as some others, but an entertaining pastime and quite nice to contemplate and play with when made in five colorful woods.”
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