Pretty Puzzle - Stewart Coffin Design #78-D by John Devost

This is another example of Stewart tinkering with his designs and I’m grateful that he did as I had made some of this original design quite a few years ago so when I noticed that it was updated to have only one solution I decided to make a few copies.

This particular copy has Black Palm, Bloodwood and Maple for the pieces.  The Box is Red Zebrawood with a Maple Sleeve and a Canarywood Bottom.  I used Wenge inlays on two sides to reinforce the mitres, while adding some to the Bottom as a decorative element.

Here’s  Stewart’s description:

“This is not just another five piece dissection of the 3x3x3 cube. It rewards the solver 

with symmetrical patterns of the dissimilar colorful woods on all six faces.

The original design was found to have three solutions with the improved design with 

only one solution.”