[4] One of the puzzles he created, made of 12 hexagonal sticks and cast in epoxy, was brought to school by one of his three daughters.
[4] This event led to Coffin meeting Thomas Atwater who was a business agent for inventors of games and puzzles.
[2] The parts were shipped to his Lincoln residence where he, his daughters and neighborhood children all put them together, making 20,000 puzzles in two weeks.
[9] In creating his wooden puzzles, Coffin selects beautiful types of wood, cuts and glues the work and then adds his own finish to the piece.
[2] Coffin has called his work "AP-ART," "the sculptural art that comes apart" and he feels that the "ultimate object in puzzle design is amusement.
"[1] Curator, Amy Slocum, has highlighted the artistic effort that Coffin puts into his work when she exhibited several pieces at the Katonah Museum of Art.