Sunrise in a Winter Forest, Zen Puzzles

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Street Art, Zen Puzzles

Ash and I really enjoyed this small-ish puzzle from Zen Puzzles, “Street Art“, in the 125-piece size. I’m actually not sure what animal it is — a dog? with the tongue — a lion? — but it’s so colorful and cool that it was a pleasure to look at it. Two of the whimsies seem […]
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Elephants by Anna Platts, Liberty

Another in a fun Liberty pack from Hoefnagel: “Elephants” by the artist Anna Platts, 253-pieces, 9″x12″.
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The Witching Hour, Liberty

Vintage witch (that has a pleasant mouth-feel) by Liberty, with themed whimsies. I really liked the pumpkin …. Via Hoefnagel. I haven’t been able to identify an actual artist for this. Googling around, I found various listings for this image, described as an “I.S.L. series” postcard #552 (notice the #552 at bottom left corner of […]
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Ladies Orchestra (Kadinlar Orkestrasi), Derya Yildiz (Anatolian)

Kadinlar Orkestrasi / Ladies Orchestra Derya Yildiz
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Stained Glass Dragon, CraftHub

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Ms. Marvel (Buffalo 500)

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Downtown by Ciro Marchetti, Cra-Z-Art Holographic Puzzles

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Theatre & Opera Vintage Posters, Eurographics

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Cleo the Cat, Ravensburger

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Boardwalk, Giraffes

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Inflating Balloon by Benh Lieu Song, Snowflake

Fabulous image by photographer Benh Lieu Song (mediawiki user:Benh, flickr blieusong — it’s capped Benh LIEU SONG; is that the preferred captioning? or just a way to tell people LIEU SONG is the surname?) captioned on Wikipedia as “A hot air balloon being inflated before air trip over Cappadocia, central Turkey, as seen from inside“, […]
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English Balloon by Ryan Snarr (Boardwalk)

Hoefnagel sent me a pack including an 83-piece puzzle by Boardwalk Puzzles, “English Balloon” by Ryan Snarr, which I knocked off in short order. The puzzle description: ENGLISH VINTAGE BALLOON Join an air-born treasure hunt across the English countryside in search of Staffordshire gold. Mr. Green, Jane Air, Coxwell the bird, and Henry the dog navigate […]
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Garden Magic 2 by Christine Reichow, Starz

I got to try a Starz puzzle, thanks to the Hoefnagel club. “Garden Magic 2” by Christine Reichow, a Florida based artist. Starz is a laser cutter based in Illinois. The wood is not plywood, but a solid maple hardwood — the pieces felt really light, which was a little surprising to me, but maybe […]
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Canvas, Cloudberries

My first Cloudberries. I’ll admit, I don’t get it — I had the impression that Cloudberries was sort of a cut above, but it feels like basically any reputable cardboard puzzle company. There were actually more than one or two false fits in this cut. Plus, at least half a dozen pieces where a cardboard […]
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Lead Shot Stars by Jacob Van Loon, Soonness

Loved, loved, loved this 1000-piece puzzle by Soonness — “Lead Shot Stars” by Texas-based Jacob Van Loon.
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The Fall by Victor Zaretsky, Dreamton 400

I finally did this lovely painting by Ukrainian artist Victor Zaretsky (maybe Viktor with a “k”? not sure which version is preferred) (1925-1990), “The Fall”, from the Ukrainian laser cutter, Ihor Reshetnikov (Dreamton, via Etsy). (Puzzle available at etsy.) I found this painting discussed on Reddit, under the title “Autumn Wind” — you can see […]
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Rajani, by Brescia Bercane – Jiggy

It’s only 450 pieces, I thought, how hard could it be? and it’s pretty! omg this was literally one piece at a time, looking for exceedingly tiny dots … I shape-sorted at about halfway done. The individual palm trees are actually copy/pastes of one drawing, with different sizes. So certain lines could be sought for […]
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Butlin’s Clacton-on-Sea, Victory

A 250-piece puzzle from Victory in England, a vintage puzzle of swimmers / divers from a train company’s travel poster, “Butlin’s Clacton-on-Sea“. (Which, according to Wikipedia, was a holiday camp operating from 1938-1983.) This is probably a public domain image; it is available here and listed as from 1938 — the Clacton-on-Sea resort’s opening year. […]
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Tiki Time, Linda Tillman – Hennessy 1000

First Hennessy puzzle – “Tiki Time” by Linda Tillman, fun! And, first work by Linda Tillman (etsy, blog). Sadly it’s missing a piece, which I can NOT find, but I feel it is likely a user error and will keep hunting. (By user, I mean, me, as in, my failure to keep it covered and […]
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