Elzzup Tangram Puzzle with Very Beautiful Woodblock Printed Booklet house-shaped box I thought it was ceramic

I thought it was ceramic

sculptural hair do

But there is a notch mid-way up on the face of the box that will hold the lid open at the mid-point

Jesus and his cross seem to be made of ceramic material or perhaps some sort of concrete (it's not especially heavy though)

It's heavy

Elzzup Tangram Puzzle with Very Beautiful Woodblock Printed Booklet house-shaped box I thought it was ceramicIn this age of artificial intelligence, my want for simple, tactile things designed with the capacity to engage one for many hours grows ever stronger. I believe tangrams are mid 19th century Chinese in origin, but have since been produced in endless forms. To my mind and eye, it doesn't get better than this small wooden Elzzup Puzzle in its smart red box most of all because of the gorgeous 64 page booklet inside, which looks to have been woodblock