I do wooden jigsaw puzzles and take pictures of them.
Padma Puzzles, 227 pieces. Really leans into "themed, shaped connectors," with the thinner wood associated with the substantial entry into the market after 2020. In a nice touch, the connectors are mirrored by larger, sometimes multi-piece, whimsies.
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| A pot! |
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| Better look at some of the connectors |
Artifact, 386 pieces. Nicely colorful image with repeated areas of color that gave it a bit of challenge. The whimsies merited a few pictures of the back! 3/5
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| darn it, Google |
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| I like the soccer-playing kid |
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Misfit Creations, 68 pieces, from a design by Dee Rogers. Again, what an amazing contribution to the community! I liked this one because of the bubbly cut, which made for a fun Teaser-style puzzle. 4/5
Artifact, 161 pieces. Swirly cut adds enough difficulty to the image to compensate for its small size. 3/5
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| poodle! |
Stave, 255 pieces. Just a pure delight of a Teaser with lots of color and different places to stash the teaser pieces. 8/10
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| Fan, dancer |
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
