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Puzzles by Maker > Pelikan - amazing woodwork and design - interlocking wood puzzles
Pelikan was established in 2005 as the direct successor of the Josef Pelikan workshops. For many years, until his death in 2005, Josef Pelikan was a leading puzzle manufacturer, well known not only in the Czech Republic but around the world for his innovate designs and precision craftsmanship. Both Jakub Dvorak and Jaroslav Svejkovsky worked under Josef Pelikan for some years and strive to continue bringing new and interesting designs to the puzzle collectors of the world. Jakub and Jaroslav seen here with Brian (alias Mr Puzzle) 
and Czech puzzle manufacturer Vinco during a visit
to their workshops in Tabor, Czech Republic in 2008
An ingenious 4 piece interlocking egg puzzle on a turned wooden stand designed in 2007 by Jaroslav Svejkovski. Whilst this is not considered an extremely difficult puzzle, it may prove to be more difficult to get apart than to put together. The pieces are each made from many smaller complex shaped pieces glued together; finding the correct combination that are not glued, to push or pull to take apart, is very important. Once you take this puzzle apart you will need to fit the 4 pieces back together paying attention to forming the smooth surface of the egg. Because these puzzles are hand turned and finished there is only one solution. There may be a number of different assemblies but for the finished puzzle to exactly as it was made you must assemble it correctly. A great long lasting Easter present for a puzzler instead of too much chocolate. The Pelikan workshop uses a selection of both European woods including maple, walnut, birch, ash, apple, pear, cherry, oak, beech, plum, and acacia as well as some more exotic woods like mahogany, ebony, begging, wenge, walnut, American, padank, rosewood, amaranth, Bubinga, owango, jarah, meranti, and iroko. Each piece of the puzzle is very precisely made from many smaller complex shaped pieces glued together. The pieces are then fitted together with very fine tolerances before being put on a lathe and turned; therefore it is possible that they could be affected by very humid environments. To protect each puzzle against changing conditions they are stored and shipped in the original airtight ziplock bag they were put in in the Pelikan factory. Price:
The puzzle is to pack the seven pieces into the retro television set frame. An interesting 3D packing puzzle with one fixed cube to limit the possible solutions. This puzzle is not only a 3D packing puzzle but has an interesting step to disasssemble. The puzzle was designed by Viteslav Krejci in 2008 and made in the workshops of Pelikan using a selection of both European woods including maple, walnut, birch, ash, apple, pear, cherry, oak, beech, plum, and acacia as well as some more exotic woods like mahogany, ebony, begging, wenge, walnut, American, padank, rosewood, amaranth, Bubinga, owango, jarah, meranti, and iroko. Price:
This 13 piece interlocking burr puzzle in the shape of an elephant was designed by Josef Pelikan back in 1992. The level of difficulty is kept to medium because some of the pieces take on the obvious form of an elephant. A truly beautiful piece of puzzle sculpture that would enhance anyone's puzzle collection. This puzzle is finely crafted and shows the level of attention to detail that Pelikan is famous for, right down to the choice of wood to get the right colour for the right piece. The Pelikan workshop uses a selection of both European woods including maple, walnut, birch, ash, apple, pear, cherry, oak, beech, plum, and acacia as well as some more exotic woods like mahogany, ebony, begging, wenge, walnut, American, padank, rosewood, amaranth, Bubinga, owango, jarah, meranti, and iroko. Price:
osm is the Czech word for 8. An 8 piece interlocking wooden ball puzzle on a turned wooden stand which will really challenge your dexterity skills. Adapted from the cube shaped Bar Puzzle designed by Leonid Mochalov (a prolific Russian puzzle designer in his own right) by Jakub Dvorak in 2008, this complex interlocking puzzle is much more difficult than the Egg puzzle and has a unique solution. Precise positioning of fingers from both hands may be required to take the puzzle apart and then you still have the challenge to reassemble it paying particular attention to colour uniformity. Each puzzle piece is made from many smaller complex shaped pieces glued together; finding the correct combination that are not glued, to push or pull to take apart, may be quite difficult. This puzzle is hand turned in the Pelikan workshop using a selection of both European woods including maple, walnut, birch, ash, apple, pear, cherry, oak, beech, plum, and acacia as well as some more exotic woods like mahogany, ebony, begging, wenge, walnut, American, padank, rosewood, amaranth, Bubinga, owango, jarah, meranti, and iroko. Each piece of the puzzle is very precisely made from many smaller complex shaped pieces glued together. The pieces are then fitted together with very fine tolerances before being put on a lathe and turned; therefore it is possible that they could be affected by very humid environments. To protect each puzzle against changing conditions they are stored and shipped in the original airtight ziplock bag they were put in in the Pelikan factory. Solution: A video on assembly and disassembly is supplied on DVD with the puzzle Price:
A seven piece wooden ball (koule in Czech) puzzle on a turned wooden stand. The basis of this puzzle is the Stewart Coffin designed Convolution Cube. Stewart made 50 from 1980 to 1983. His design was adapted to this wonderful turned sphere version in 2007 by Jakub Dvorak. The puzzle is rated as Demanding. Each of the 7 pieces is made from a combination of different species and colours of wood. The pieces are totally interlocked to make a solid sphere with a single solution. Yes, there are no voids inside the sphere. Each puzzle piece is made from many smaller complex shaped pieces glued together; finding the correct combination that are not glued, to push or pull to take apart, may be quite difficult. This puzzle is hand turned in the Pelikan workshop using a selection of both European woods including maple, walnut, birch, ash, apple, pear, cherry, oak, beech, plum, and acacia as well as some more exotic woods like mahogany, ebony, begging, wenge, walnut, American, padank, rosewood, amaranth, Bubinga, owango, jarah, meranti, and iroko. Each piece of the puzzle is very precisely made from many smaller complex shaped pieces glued together. The pieces are then fitted together with very fine tolerances before being put on a lathe and turned; therefore it is possible that they could be affected by very humid environments. To protect each puzzle against changing conditions they are stored and shipped in the original airtight ziplock bag they were put in in the Pelikan factory. Solution: A video on assembly and disassembly is supplied on DVD with the puzzle. Price:
Pelikan Egg wooden interlocking puzzle on Stand
TV wooden packing puzzle
Elephant wooden interlocking burr puzzle
OSM Ball wooden interlocking puzzle on Stand
Convolution No 2 wooden ball puzzle on Stand
The bigger challenge is probably putting this puzzle back together, but in disassembly, even after you've found the first couple of pieces it still hasn't released all it's secrets.