Two Brass Monkeys
The brilliantly irreverent duo of Ali Morris and Steve Nicholls are full of puzzling ideas and inappropriate jokes. They decided to put their skills to good use and form a production company, where they get up to all sorts of monkey business.
What’s heavy and made of brass, has six pieces that fit together, looks the same as four other things and is totally different?
From the mischievous minds at play in the Two Brass Monkeys workshop in merry old England comes their most raucous achievement yet, a set of twelve hexagonal burrs stick puzzles that are sure to make you blush.
The burr, for the uninitiated, is an ancient mechanical puzzle likely dating back centuries. There is correlation with the classic six piece interlocked burr, a fusion of six sticks with internal notches that fit together in a specific way, and Chinese joinery techniques from the fourth century B.C.E.
The HoKey CoKey Lock was an exchange gift from Steve Nicholls at this year’s IPP. He famously made everyone who received a copy do the actual dance with him first. It was quite a sight.
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