Author: Laura Q
Bizarre Persian Fish
April 2022 w/ Ash A little bit challenging in terms of visuals, but a small number and went rapidly, between me and Ash in April 2022. Love the details of this beautiful image from the (Persian) Book of Wonders. Artifact Puzzles: “This is a 98-piece wooden jigsaw puzzle of an illustration of bizarre fish from […]
“Gears” by Zen Puzzles
Ash and I did it in April 2022! Zen Puzzles: Available in both teaser and small sizes on the Zen website. We got it at Zen’s exhibition at the Paradise City Arts Festival in Northampton.
Jethro Buck “Forest”
Did this one early 2022, I believe with Ash and me together. We did it pretty quickly, but it was a bit more challenging than one might think. Lots of cute animal whimsies among the puzzle pieces, as well as in the puzzle painting itself. Artifact puzzle: “This is a 285 piece Ecru wooden jigsaw […]
Egon Schiele “Four Trees”
Beautiful and small. Also, surprisingly hard, even with only 79 pieces, because the pieces were (almost) all rectangular slabs. Artifact Puzzles: “This is a richly-colored 79 piece wooden jigsaw puzzle of the painting Four Trees by artist Egon Schiele. This is different than most of our puzzles in that it is a connector-less puzzle with its own […]
Utagawa Kuniyoshi “Cats”
4/8 fri – Artifact – Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) “Cats”, 258 pieces – challenging; lots of little black & white spotted cats, on a blue background, with many little red tags (name tags or activities?) … so hard – Ash & me & various PCAs (Abbey, Felicia) & nurses Artifact Puzzles – “This 258 piece wooden […]
Kandinsky “Squares with Concentric Circles”
I honestly don’t remember when we did this one, but Ash and I did it together – spring 2022? winter 2022/2023? Wassily Kandinsky, “Squares with Concentric Circles”, 1913. Public domain! Wikimedia Commons download. Apparently this work is held in a the Lenbachhaus Museum in Munich. Artifact Puzzles: “This color-tastic 191 piece wooden jigsaw puzzle has […]
InGooood “Collection Pavilion”
“Collection Pavilion“, from InGooood; Ash did this back in the first part of 2021.
Bookshelf in a Box
Fun, figuring out the little clusters of stacks of similarly colored paperbacks in series … 1000-piece cardboard puzzle.
Paul Klee “Fish Magic”
All the little details of the Klee art were so nice. Lots of beautiful fish …. Paul Klee, “Fish Magic”, 1925 – in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Puzzle Design: Maria Berg Artifact Puzzles: “This is a 254 piece wooden jigsaw puzzle of one of Paul Klee’s most famous images: Fish Magic. […]
Karen Kunc “Verse from Macrocosmica”
Karen Kunc, “Verse from Macrocosmica”. Artifact Puzzles, 120-pieces. April 22, 2020 Took apart “Mars” and started an Artifacts puzzle, Karen Kunc, “Verse from Macrocosmica”. Easy to solve, completed quickly in a few hours (with AQ doing a lot) but very beautiful and aesthetically satisfying. And surprising! with straight-edged pieces in the middle … and two […]
Mars by Erin Darling
This one was fun and somewhat challenging because of the coloring. But, it was overall fairly small and quickly doable. The roundness and colors make me think of some artfully burned wood-fired pizza with a large pepperoni … Available at Bewilderness: This puzzle is the first in a brand new line of planet puzzle collaborations […]
Eric Joyner “Great Robot Migration”
Artifact Puzzles: “This is a wooden jigsaw puzzle of Eric Joyner’s Great Robot Migration. The design by Matt Lyon has 480 unique, interlocking pieces with dozens of robotic-themed whimsies traveling around (plus a few non-robots as well). We consider this one really hard. While there is a straight-edged border, many inner pieces have straight edges too […]
Ciruelo Cabral, White Dragon
It actually took me a while to figure out who the artist was for this — he signed the painting, but is not really credited anywhere that I could see on the Ravensburger site. 1000 pieces. Pretty difficult, actually, with the large blocks of similar colors. Ciruelo Cabral, Argentine fantasy artist. And, this white dragon […]
Hokusai Dragon
My first wooden puzzle! The Hokusai Dragon — 81-piece, Artifacts puzzle. https://www.artifactpuzzles.com/products/hokusai-dragonStarted and completed it on April 5, 2020. Challenging in that all pieces fit together interchangeably, so had to focus a lot on the image. Artifact Puzzles: “This 81 piece wooden jigsaw puzzle is challenging because the puzzle is cut so that any two […]
On the Shelf
An enjoyable 1000-piece puzzle, but I would advise NOT doing it on a tablecloth with so many of the same colors. SunsOut, “On the Shelf”, artist Chrissie Snelling.
Lesley Anne Ivory, “Agneatha and the Persian Cats”
1000-ish cardboard cat puzzle. I think we picked this one up at the Amherst Transfer Station! And it had all its pieces, so hooray for thoughtful puzzle-sharers. We did it some time prior to 2020. Lesley Anne Ivory, “Agneatha and the Persian Cats”, 1000 pieces, Great American Puzzle Factory
Spiderwick Chronicles Secret Study
A quick 300-piece puzzle that I did with Ash when they were young. This is the image — or close to it! — but we had a 300-piece version.
