Japanese Vintage Wooden Interlocking Puzzle Egg existential art first introduced by the Volume

first introduced by the Volume Sprayer Mfg

it was hand-painted with a tea pot and pillow in red and other tea ceremony accoutrements in copper and silver — nothing extraneous

deeply carved eyes

Accompanying the striking images in many cases are terse satirical captions

Japanese Vintage Wooden Interlocking Puzzle Egg existential art first introduced by the VolumeI think it is likely a sign of these times, but everywhere I go physically and virtually I find myself picking up wooden puzzles. This heavy! wooden egg puzzle I believe is Japanese, and I must admit I am wary of taken more than a few pieces apart for fear of not being able to put it back together. It is actually a but of a puzzle to even figure out how to begin; it took me several minutes to find which piece had a little give (push, actually) to