I do wooden jigsaw puzzles and take pictures of them.
Joyful Nook, 153 pieces. New thicker pieces, and very welcome they are! Joyful Nook has been a bit up-and-down for me; they have nice designs except for creating teeny tiny little pieces that I don't like to work with. This puzzle didn't have any such problems, which is great! 3/5
Stave, 155 pieces. This Tormentor gave a reasonable amount of guidance through shade variance, although all the tiny dropouts substantially increased the difficulty. 8/10
Bonus Valentine's tidbit:
Elms, 563 pieces. I did this a while ago but haven't had time to puzzle or post here! A nice image, steady assembly. 6/10
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| North wind? |
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| line of "strip cut" |
Liberty, 712 pieces. This cut is packed with "explorer" and fantastical whimsies (here there be dragons!). It's a relatively steady assembly though the water goes places you don't necessarily expect. The alternate solution was neat but as usual I couldn't make it stand up. 4/5
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| lots of multipiece/interacting whimsies |
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| don't know why this is sideways, but the wolves chasing the multilegged horse are cool |
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| sea monster! unusual whimsy. |
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| don't know if this was intended, but it was possible |
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| trust me, it's a dragon |
BellArt, 96 pieces. The double-sided puzzle increased the difficulty by a lot, despite the relatively low piece count. The irregular edges/color line cutting were also sneaky! 4/5
Stave, 380 pieces. A classic Stave image with lots of clever themed stuff going on in the whimsies. 6/10
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| kissing and pouring wine |
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| mermaid |
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| rare edge whimsy |
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| two kissing couples |
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| fisher and fish |
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| palace |
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| sea serpent |
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| W+otter Weight+s = water ways? |
Artifact, 357 pieces. This has been on my Hoefnagel list from the beginning--so long I could've sworn I did it already, but my database doesn't have it! The copy shows that it's been around, with a bit of missing paper and some looseness, but it was still a good example of Artifact's work, with clever connectors and a difficult irregular edge. 3/5
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| line of sheep; I worry about potential collisions with the lamb |
