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Like all good puzzle box makers, Kagen is gifted and productive.
He’s been distinguishing himself in the arts most of his life:
 | In grade school, Kagens 4th grade teacher had him
teach art projects to the rest of the class. He taught geometric modular origami and also
was in charge of teaching the entire school to fold 1000 paper cranes. |
| Kagen was commissioned to make a permanent display for the Americans Bank
of Denver while in his freshman year in high school. He folded 100 dollar-bills into eight
modular geometric sculptures of his own design. |
| He is designated a master of origami by members of the Front Range
Origami Guild in Denver. A master of origami is one who folds his or her own original
designs. He often taught classes for the guild when he was a kid. |
| Winner of Denver Public Schools art competition Portfolio Award - senior
year high school. Kagen was granted a scholarship to Denver Institute of Art for this. He
turned it down in favor of Colorado College. |
| 3rd place in Colorado inter-collegiate chess competition first year in
college. He still enjoys playing chess and also has a newfound love for Go. |
| 1st place Rawles Exam Senior year in college. This is an extremely
difficult creative thinking oriented math test put together every year by the Colorado
College math department. |
| Founder of the Colorado College Swing club. Kagen loves going swing
dancing when he gets the chance. He can do East coast style and Lindy-Hop. He started to
teach classes on dance in college. |
| Kagen Schaefer’s Block Puzzle Box wins the Puzzler’s
Choice Award in the 2002 Puzzle Design Contest at the International Puzzle party in
Antwerp, Belgium! |
| Kagen’s Decorted box wins honorable mention in the 2003
International Puzzle Design contest in Chicago. |
Kagen likes to spend his spare time writing philosophy, reading
books, and critiquing various forms of art work. He likes to study and experience the arts
in all it’s forms, including film, music, literature, dance, painting, food,
architecture, and especially sculpture. He enjoys having fun conversation with friends and
has a great sense of humor.
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