Reward the Curious Mind™
Challenging Word Puzzles, Riddle Packs, & Codex
Created by Donna Teresa Fasano
Donna Teresa Fasano, The Owl & The Hourglass
2024 WiT Wonder Women Awards Finalist: Designer/Inventor - Small Business/Entrepreneur
I’m an Artgineer! My artful application of precise practices and techniques is similar to those used in engineering. This approach gained me professional national recognition in 2024 by Women in Toys, Licensing, and Entertainment (WiT) as a finalist nominated for the Wonder Women Awards: Independent Designer, and my original limited edition word puzzle game, Lots-O-Letters™. More recently, I have been working as a contractor with the Denver Art Museum (DAM) to design games to include in their exhibits, such as Where the Wild Things Are: The Art of Maurice Sendak (2024-2025), and Lunar Phases: Korean Moon Jars (2025). In June 2025, I completed the design, art direction, and led fabrication for It’s Teatime O’Clock!, a multi-generational, permanent activity space at The Kirkland Decorative and Fine Art Museum, now part of DAM. My design and fabrication studio is located in the Santa Fe Arts District of Denver, Colorado, and is open by appointment. You can find me at art shows and renaissance festivals with my limited edition word puzzles, Coptic stitch codex, book curses, riddle packs, and limited run sandtimers.
I research, design, and fabricate all that is produced from my studio. No AI is used to generate any part of my works.
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Challenging, Collectible Word Puzzles
Can You Resist Solving This?™
Limited edition, collectible word puzzles that combine the tactile interaction of a puzzle with the strategy needed to solve a word game.
Custom Design Services
Design & Fabrication Micro-studio specializing in Laser engraving
Laser-engraving expertise spanning over a decade, and 25 years of design and fabrication skills, make my studio a unique resource for Artists, Designers, Film & Stage Propmasters, Architects, Engineers, Promotional Marketing Firms, Educators, Dabblers, Mad Scientists, Geeks, and Inspired Individuals.