Parisian Love
A woman crossing a boulevard like a brushstroke, and someone watching her do it.
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A wooden puzzle that changes after dark
Act I · Complete
Build the puzzle on the velvet lid
Two hundred pieces. No two shapes alike.
Act II · Discover
Some pieces are pictures of their own.
The whimsies, hiding in the two hundred.
Act III · Stand
Place ten standing pieces around the rim.
The puzzle becomes a scene.
Act IV · Attach
Set the lid, puzzle and all, onto the music box.
A hidden tune, waiting beneath.
Act V · Wind
Wind the base, and let go.
It turns, and it plays. No batteries.
Act VI · Lights down
Now turn out the lights.
A darkened room and a phone light are all it needs. Wind the base, prop the light, and the scene walks across your wall.
Why are the standing pieces so thin?
A thick edge makes a soft shadow. So the ten standing pieces are cut as fine as the wood allows, and their shapes stay sharp across the wall.
Lights up · the curtain call
The cast, to scale.
The pieces that create shadows on your wall.
4 cm
Three places · Three melodies
Whose evening is it?
Each Pirouette carries the full performance.
Roman Dreams
An arch, a pizzeria, a scooter, and children running past all three.
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Santorini Sunsets
Cobbled streets, a donkey carrying fruit, and the sun going down behind the sails.
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The Set
All three evenings, one box at a time.
Paris, Rome and Santorini together. Three artworks, three melodies, three shadow shows.
$350
free US shippingWorth knowing
The standing pieces were designed for the shadow show, so some are thin and delicate. If one breaks, or arrives broken, contact us and we will send a replacement.
200 pieces, printed both sides10 standing piecesAbout 24 cm acrossHand-wound music box · no batteriesPrinted instructions in the boxVideo instructions onlineDispatch in 24 to 48 hours, Mon to FriUS delivery 4 to 8 business days
Do I need anything besides the box?
A table for an evening, and later a dark room with a phone light. Everything else, including the stand for your phone, is in the box.
Does the music box need batteries?
No. It is a wound music box concealed in the base. You wind it by hand and the base turns while it plays.
Which city should I start with?
Whichever picture you keep coming back to. They share the same mechanism and differ in artwork and melody, so the honest answer is the one you want on your shelf.