I do wooden jigsaw puzzles and take pictures of them.
Misfit Creations, 52 pieces. This is a teaser-style puzzle that is not for the faint of heart. There were times when I was frustrated because the snowflakes are similar enough that a lot of trial and error is required. But it won me over because, eventually, a pattern emerged, and also the fits were just so appallingly clever--I won't show the whole thing, but imagine me saying "Seriously?!" for the closeups when I found them. 7/10
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| step one: no trick features, thankfully |
BCB, approx. 250 pieces. Great dropouts in this one! 3/5
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| closer look at dropouts (top flower cut off, whoops) |
Liberty, 270 pieces. Another lovely image for this small Liberty. 3/5
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| closeup on the outdoorsy family |
Stave, 75 pieces. Seems to be missing from Stave's site now? That's a pity because it's fun. 7/10
Liberty, 479 pieces. Great colors; there's a 3D Eiffel Tower in there that someone better at 3D stuff than I am could assemble. 3/5
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| not sure I've seen the selfie whimsy before! |
Stave, 110 pieces. I understand what they were thinking here--an Escher teaser sounds fantastic!--but unfortunately the choice to have all the whimsy pieces essentially the same means that the whimsy assembly was mostly trial and error rather than insight, and I would have called this a two-sword Teaser rather than three because the principle is relatively easy to figure out. It's still a Stave! But maybe greater variation--something like Day and Night or Plane Filling--would have been more fun. 6/10
Artifact, 246 pieces. Standard small Artifact with detailed edge. 3/5
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| multipiece gondola |
Puzzle Lab, 285 pieces. This might be my favorite Puzzle Lab puzzle yet--the color line cutting recalls Fathom's precision (though I think Puzzle Lab helped itself out by choosing an image with black lines to do the color line cutting on). 4/5
Artifact, 211 pieces. Elaborate mushroom border! 3/5
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| coffee cup |
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| I don't love multipiece whimsies that behave like push fit |
Elms, 458 pieces. I like a good sky, where you have to use shapes mostly, and this delivered (though there were also small color variations that could be untangled), including with nice dropouts. 7/10
