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 heirloom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heirloom. Show all posts

Thursday, August 9, 2018

Anne of Cleves

Heirloom, 252 pieces.

As with the previous Heirloom I've done, the pieces here are small and finely cut.  An enjoyable hand-cut puzzle, with "heads" that fit into intersections created by the connections of other pieces and thus make it more difficult.  4/5



Thursday, May 31, 2018

John Singer Sargent, Paul Helleu Sketching with His Wife

546 pieces, Heirloom Puzzles.  A new hand-cutter for me! These are small and well-formed pieces in two dimensions, but a noticeable amount of the time the cut wasn't straight up and down so that the pieces would only interlock if you put them together the right way; switch which was up and which down and there'd be no fit.  I liked the challenge in assembling the picture--the colors were subtle--but could have done with more up-and-down cutting.  4/5