I do wooden jigsaw puzzles and take pictures of them.
Monday, March 26, 2018
Tropical scene (untitled)
Charles D. Cobb, 300 pieces. Hand cut in an unusual slanting style that holds together well despite having fewer connectors than a fully interlocking puzzle. 5/5 Happy to find an interesting new-to-me cutter
Hi, Wondered what happened to my father's jigsaw puzzles. This one I vaguely remember, one of a very large number that he packed around in a large green chests [32"x 32"x 48"]. They were cut during the great depression [born in 1908; died in 2010].
I do remember [with a degree of certainty] working the cabin puzzle. We were not allowed into them very often. I can share that the cabin puzzle is one he made during the depression as a "rental". The local folk [Upstate NY] would rent them for 2 bits a week [or two], evidently his newly cut puzzles were sought after. When putting these things together we would sometime 'force' the knobs together, and when pulling the mistake back out, the top of the knob would fail.
The saw he used in making the "Red Mesas" found in the Rochester Museum I vividly remember, though not the puzzle.
This saw was a source of great contention in the family: During the carpenter's strike of the 1950's he took what little money he had and bought a Walker Turner jig saw to start making puzzles again.
Found this post researching wood puzzles; wood puzzles will be one of the mediums that I be working in as a studio artist. Just thought you would find the historical background interesting.
Note: Provenance of the cabin puzzle is from memory, I would not guarantee the work for sale based on that memory. It was my speculation that the puzzles went back to NY [maybe Rochester] when he sold out everything in Carson City, Nevada and went to live with his younger brother [Clarence]. If these puzzles were purchased on the east coast, it would add credibility to my memory.
David Joseph [I disowned my family name; he was a good man in most all ways, but not a good father nor husband].
Hi,
ReplyDeleteWondered what happened to my father's jigsaw puzzles. This one I vaguely remember, one of a very large number that he packed around in a large green chests [32"x 32"x 48"]. They were cut during the great depression [born in 1908; died in 2010].
I do remember [with a degree of certainty] working the cabin puzzle. We were not allowed into them very often. I can share that the cabin puzzle is one he made during the depression as a "rental". The local folk [Upstate NY] would rent them for 2 bits a week [or two], evidently his newly cut puzzles were sought after. When putting these things together we would sometime 'force' the knobs together, and when pulling the mistake back out, the top of the knob would fail.
The saw he used in making the "Red Mesas" found in the Rochester Museum I vividly remember, though not the puzzle.
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/jigsaw-puzzle-red-mesas/ugGSdjmXpbXymgwas
This saw was a source of great contention in the family: During the carpenter's strike of the 1950's he took what little money he had and bought a Walker Turner jig saw to start making puzzles again.
Found this post researching wood puzzles; wood puzzles will be one of the mediums that I be working in as a studio artist.
Just thought you would find the historical background interesting.
Note: Provenance of the cabin puzzle is from memory, I would not guarantee the work for sale based on that memory. It was my speculation that the puzzles went back to NY [maybe Rochester] when he sold out everything in Carson City, Nevada and went to live with his younger brother [Clarence]. If these puzzles were purchased on the east coast, it would add credibility to my memory.
David Joseph [I disowned my family name; he was a good man in most all ways, but not a good father nor husband].
Thanks so much for this extra information--it is very interesting to learn more about the history.
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