I do wooden jigsaw puzzles and take pictures of them.
Liberty, 527 pieces. I wouldn't say this has an alternate solution as much as there's a picture of the artist picked out with brush-stroke-like pieces (which then are a bit push-fitty for my taste), but it's clearly a carefully thought out set of whimsies to evoke Picasso's style. 3/5
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| somewhat close-up on face |
Puzzlewood, 492 pieces. Some push-fit/color-line cutting for difficulty--it's a beautiful image. 3/5
Liberty, 525 pieces. Another really clever design with lots of themed pieces including a mini-unibrow self-portrait. 4/5
Stave, 195 pieces. The Platinum Puzzles version is very similar, since I believe the original designer is the same. This is probably my favorite genre of Teaser--there are subtle difficulties like a corner that's been rounded away (a dropout that exists on only one piece), changing the shape of the intersection between pieces. 7/10
Liberty, 493 pieces: First of these studio series that I've done, and I'm a big fan. Lovely themed pieces, with some clever cutting to make the flower whimsies' color match. 4/5
Stave, 385 pieces. Beautiful image, extremely pleasant assembly that went steadily with areas of concentrated color. 7/10
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| tiny dropouts made this area very tricky! |
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| big feather |
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| rebus (flipped so it reads correctly) |
Stumpcraft, 603 pieces. This was a difficult assembly because of the size and distribution of colors--things got somewhat easier as larger sections became intelligible. I like tesselation a lot; the actual pieces weren't tesselated, though there was some color line cutting on the huge multipiece cat figure, as well as individual piece designs that, e.g., isolated eyes from their surrounding colors. 3/5
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| can you see the kitty? Hint: snake tail. |
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| kitty! Upside down. |
