About my ratings

Perhaps because of my day job, I'm a tough rater. Everything 3/5 and above I consider worth the time and money. If I purchase on Etsy or a similar platform and the puzzle is as expected, I will give a top rating on the platform because of how seller ratings work, but here "as expected" is probably a 3/5 in most cases.
Showing posts with label bewilderness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bewilderness. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Gasworks

 Bewilderness, 140 pieces. Older/strip cut, with some burn marks--the geometric cut is much better.






Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Rainbow Eucalytus, Ahnna Galena

 Bewilderness, 173 pieces. Nicely challenging geometric cut for its size. 3/5




Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Deepit Agrawal Mittal, Majestic III

Bewilderness, 326 pieces. I like the geometric cut here; it breaks up the image in ways that make it a fair amount harder despite what seem like discrete areas of different colors. 3/5




Monday, January 6, 2020

Milky Way at Night

Bewilderness, 330 pieces. Geometric cut but circular, which created challenges while also providing a little guide to assembly: it was possible to orient most pieces relative to the center, at least within some range, by their curvature.  Picture could've used a bit more color but I didn't make as many false moves as I'd expected given the geometric cut + chunks of color; the exact shapes often provided a fair amount of guidance.  3/5



Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Eye of the Tiger, Caleb Fleisher

Bewilderness, 326 pieces. I don't know if this geometric cut is the same as the other Bewilderness puzzle I've done, but I honestly couldn't tell because the picture made assembly so much different. Very difficult given the cut! 3/5




Monday, September 24, 2018

Confetti

Bewilderness, 326 pieces. A new laser cutter--some of the puzzles were strip-cut, but others had a geometric cut that I enjoy. This image added a bunch to the challenge because the colors were almost but not quite randomly distributed. The one disadvantage of the geometric cut is that the puzzle behaves like it's push-fit--nothing hangs together and it has to be moved carefully.  3/5