{"id":1654,"date":"2023-09-22T00:47:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T00:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/?p=1654"},"modified":"2024-12-05T14:23:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T19:23:49","slug":"lollipop-lollipop-by-nel-whatmore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/2023\/09\/22\/lollipop-lollipop-by-nel-whatmore\/","title":{"rendered":"Lollipop Lollipop by Nel Whatmore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wentworthpuzzles.com\/us\/wooden-jigsaw-puzzles\/weird-wonderful-jigsaw-puzzles\/lollipop-lollipop\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wentworthpuzzles.com\/us\/wooden-jigsaw-puzzles\/weird-wonderful-jigsaw-puzzles\/lollipop-lollipop\">Wentworth puzzle<\/a>, of a fun modern, almost abstract, floral, &#8220;Lollipop Lollipop&#8221;, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nelwhatmore.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nelwhatmore.com\/\">Nel Whatmore<\/a>. Assembled, it&#8217;s not abstract &#8212; just modern &#8212; but all the little pieces individually look like abstract, airbrush or almost kind of a Jackson Pollock vibe, but without the lines &#8230;. Anyway, it&#8217;s really pretty, visually striking, and the printing technique makes the pieces quite textural. The cut has quite a few whimsies, but is not overloaded with them, and the rest of the pieces felt fairly conventional. A satisfying puzzling experience. (Note: It took me several days to do it, but that was mostly because I wasn&#8217;t able to dedicate any focused time to it the last few days.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;. Okay, digging into Nel Whatmore&#8217;s work. (Jigsaw puzzles expose me to a lot of artists that I wouldn&#8217;t otherwise know about!) A lot of Whatmore&#8217;s florals are more representational, but I&#8217;m really digging the more abstract florals like this one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wentworthpuzzles.com\/us\/wooden-jigsaw-puzzles\/weird-wonderful-jigsaw-puzzles\/lollipop-lollipop\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wentworthpuzzles.com\/us\/wooden-jigsaw-puzzles\/weird-wonderful-jigsaw-puzzles\/lollipop-lollipop\">Wentworth&#8217;s puzzle description<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<cite>These delicate blooms stand tall, towering above one another, transposed against a violet backdrop. Piece together this busy flower puzzle filled with floral, garden and bird-themed whimsies for a colorful and captivating puzzle experience.<br><br>Well known for her floral paintings, landscapes and abstracts, fine artist Nel Whatmore combines pastels and oils to create striking paintings.<br><br>Many of her works have been exhibited regularly at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and this painting was shown at Chester Arts Fair, the UK&#8217;s most prestigious art fair.<br><br>Whatmore&#8217;s paintings make the perfect partnership for a puzzle and together they make a beautiful British-made classic.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>See also: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Jigsawpuzzles\/comments\/16e2t9u\/lollipop_lollipop_by_nel_whatmore_wentworth\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Jigsawpuzzles\/comments\/16e2t9u\/lollipop_lollipop_by_nel_whatmore_wentworth\/\">redditor<\/a> who did the same Wentworth 500-piece puzzle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A similar kind of work from Nel Whatmore &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Adult-Jigsaw-Nel-Whatmore-1000-piece\/dp\/178755615\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Adult-Jigsaw-Nel-Whatmore-1000-piece\/dp\/178755615\">&#8220;Up, Up, and Away&#8221;<\/a>  &#8212; also a puzzle!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PXL_20230918_005338763-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1657\" src=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PXL_20230918_005338763-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PXL_20230918_005338763-771x1024.jpg 771w, 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Assembled, it&#8217;s not abstract &#8212; just modern &#8212; but all the little pieces individually look like abstract, airbrush or almost kind of a Jackson Pollock vibe, but without the lines &#8230;. Anyway, it&#8217;s really pretty, visually striking, and the printing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,612],"tags":[],"artists":[265],"puzzling":[226],"makers":[254],"features":[102,227,480,330,106,8],"subjects":[231],"class_list":["post-1654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-completed","category-wooden-lasercut","artists-nel-whatmore","puzzling-zeniba-the-cat","makers-wentworth-puzzles","features-500-pieces","features-engravings","features-laser-cut","features-mdf","features-whimsies","features-wooden","subjects-flowers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PXL_20230921_221034061-scaled-e1695345239881.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1654"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2349,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654\/revisions\/2349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1654"},{"taxonomy":"artists","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists?post=1654"},{"taxonomy":"puzzling","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/puzzling?post=1654"},{"taxonomy":"makers","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/makers?post=1654"},{"taxonomy":"features","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/features?post=1654"},{"taxonomy":"subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subjects?post=1654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}