maker: Artifact Puzzles
Alfredo Arraguin “Jaguars”
This puzzle was … so hard. As it turns out, it was hard (in part) because it was a diptych — two sides of a puzzle — but they had printed the left side twice. So, one of the tricks of the puzzle is that the right-side puzzle mirrors the left-side puzzle in piece shape. […]
Awa Tsireh “Animal Designs”
Fun, easy, quick to do. Ash and I did it. Awa Tsireh, 1898-1955. His unpublished works should enter the public domain, soon! And here it is at the Smithsonian! “Awa Tsireh, Animal Designs, ca. 1917-1920, watercolor on paper, sheet: 20 x 26 1⁄8 in. (50.9 x 66.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Corbin-Henderson Collection, gift of Alice H. Rossin, 1979.144.35″ Artifact Puzzles: 6.75″ x […]
Justin Hillgrove “Pursuit of Happiness”
Very easy, and fast. Artifact Puzzles: “This is a 72 piece “big pieces” wooden jigsaw puzzle of Justin Hillgrove’s Pursuit of Happiness, suitable for little kids or the elderly. Includes cartoony monster-shaped pieces (puzzle design by Tara Flannery and Ben Goldman). We also offer a 185 piece version of this same image. This puzzle has a […]
Dennis Brady “Cercles et des Carres”
Very beautiful and easy to do small (65-piece) puzzle from Artifact . Ash and I did it together in early 2022. Artifact: “This is a 65 piece wooden jigsaw puzzle of a digital artwork by Dennis Brady. The abstract sculptural pieces were designed by puzzle artist Tara Flannery in what we call Stokes-style, a tribute […]
Rachell Sumpter “Old Friend”
Finished April 2022. Hard! Artifact Puzzles: “This is a 290-piece wooden jigsaw puzzle of Rachell Sumpter’s “Old Friend.” The colorful wreathed web is paired with a puzzle design by Amy Tang using irregular piece shapes, irregular connectors, and an irregular edge. This puzzle is quite a challenge.” Artist Rachell Sumpter’s website . It looks like […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
