The Crown of Thorns (puzzle work) is a
woodworking
Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinet making (cabinetry and furniture), wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning.
History
Along with stone, clay and animal parts, wood was one of the first mate ...
technique of
tramp art
Tramp art is a style of woodworking which emerged in America in the latter half of the 19th century. Some of tramp art's defining characteristics include chip or notch carving, the reclamation of cheap or available wood such as that from cigar boxe ...
using interlocking wooden pieces that are notched to intersect at right angles forming joints and self-supporting objects, objects that have a "prickly"
Toni Mortimer Gilroy, "Cigar boxes recycled into tramp art" Antiqueweek.com 1/11/2008 accessed 4/16/2014
/ref> and transparent quality. Common examples include wreath-shaped picture frames that look similar to Jesus' "crown of thorns
According to the New Testament, a woven crown of thorns ( or grc, ἀκάνθινος στέφανος, akanthinos stephanos, label=none) was placed on the head of Jesus during the events leading up to his crucifixion. It was one of the in ...
".
Larger-scale crowns may use the principles of tensegrity
Tensegrity, tensional integrity or floating compression is a structural principle based on a system of isolated components under compression inside a network of continuous tension, and arranged in such a way that the compressed members (usua ...
structures, where the wooden sticks provide rigidity and separate cables in tension carry the forces that hold them together.
See also
*Burr puzzle
A burr puzzle is an interlocking puzzle consisting of notched sticks, combined to make one three-dimensional, usually symmetrical unit.
These puzzles are traditionally made of wood, but versions made of plastic or metal can also be found. Quality ...
- similar structures meant as puzzles to assemble
* sailor work
* interlocking woodwork
References
External links
Whittled Whimseys website with information about making a crown-of-thorns wreaths.
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Joinery
Woodworking