{"id":1675,"date":"2023-09-23T15:05:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T15:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2024-12-05T14:19:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T19:19:28","slug":"sparkles-all-around-by-chestnut-and-hemlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/2023\/09\/23\/sparkles-all-around-by-chestnut-and-hemlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparkles all Around by Chestnut and Hemlock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is a beautiful hand-cut, hand-painted puzzle by Terra Rodgers (Chestnut and Hemlock<\/a>). I got it from Hoefnagel<\/a>, and liked it so well I ordered one for keeps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The puzzle is TINY — about 6″ diameter, 117 pieces — and the consistent curvey shapes, and individually painted pieces, made it a challenge. It’s all shape work! Nuances of this spiral versus that one, or the shapes of the “double butt” shape as I call them. Also, in almost all cases you could use color to rule out some colors, because colors were not adjacent to identical colors. (I think I found one tiny join exception with yellow.) There are five colors — purple, blue, pink, orange, and yellow — but there is some variation, in that there are a couple of different shades of purple in this one. There are indeed sparkles – they are faint and tasteful. (-: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Sparkles All Around” kept me working hard for quite a few hours while life was chaotic all around me, so I consider it a therapeutic bargain for the bang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also loved that Terra described it as “apple ply”, and you could see the layers of ply (picture below) — it gave me a deeper sense of the wood itself, than I usually get even from wooden puzzles. The packaging included apple-green tissue paper which was either a lovely coincidence or was perhaps coincidentally with apple-green tissue paper. Photos below of the packaging, which was delightful, and my fingers and spoon for perspective on size. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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