{"product_id":"triangle-square-negatives-positives-beautifully-crafted-old-wooden-block-with-cutouts-and-plugs","title":"Two Shapes, Three Forms, Opposing End Grains, More Sculpture than Puzzle","description":"\u003cp\u003eA beautiful and also somewhat mysterious feeling thing, or group of things, which I just needed to bring home and be around for a bit. The wood is here is a hard wood, with a very smooth surface (if I were better at identifying woods I would!) Feels much more like a modernist sculpture than something made for a child, and with a tension about how the two positive forms relate to the cutouts in the rectangular block--the end grain patterns tell us they were cut separately, with the grain running in the opposite direction from the cutouts in the block. Photos give a fairly good sense, but there is great pleasure in the tactility of this too. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlock with cutouts: 8 3\/4\" x 3 7\/8\". Wooden forms: 4 7\/8\" t and 4 1\/2\" tall. Very good condition, with a few minor hairlines on the two forms terminating in square and triangle, and one side of the square-ended on one shows a couple of small surface losses as pictured. C Mid 20th century I presume, though perhaps a bit earlier. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"critical EYE Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48308215644414,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/5022\/1382\/files\/IMG_5525_a110e4f0-a425-4b85-b00c-e5763071a964.jpg?v=1780271043","url":"https:\/\/www.criticaleyefinds.com\/products\/triangle-square-negatives-positives-beautifully-crafted-old-wooden-block-with-cutouts-and-plugs","provider":"critical EYE Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}