Completed 2nd April 2025

500 Pieces

 Donuts by Liv Wan

 

Ravensburger Circle of Colors

 

Completed 30th March 2025

  1000 Pieces

Madame Butterfly by B. Lacombe

  Benjamin Lacombe (*1982) - his style has a vintage look while being contemporary. Lacombe has come to be seen as one of the leaders of contemporary french illustration. Having grown up in Paris, Lacombe pursued his schooling at the city’s iconic École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD) before publishing his first graphic novel at the age of 19. Now his career has truly taken off, with his works published and translated around the world.

Manufacturer: Paperblanks

 

 

Here you can see the shimmering dots

 

 

 

Completed 25th March 2025

  

500 Pieces

Courtyard - by Pantelis Zografos

 Pantelis Zografos was born in Athens, Greece, into a family with a long tradition of artists. Following the Greek custom, Pantelis took the name of his paternal grandfather, a renowned iconographer. His parents were professional artists and he spent much of his youth in their studio in Athens. 

In 1971 he migrated to America and studied at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In 1979 he moved to Raleigh, North Carolina and decided to pursue his love of art and paint professionally. He quickly found a favorable reception to his work which is now widely distributed throughout the U.S.A. Pantelis Zografos occasionally paints in oils but mainly uses watercolor to depict the colorful landscapes and seascapes of Greece.

Jigsaw puzzle by ArtPuzzle

Completed 22nd March 2025

500 Pieces

 Giraffe Selfie

by Howard Robinson

Under construction: Madame Butterfly, Paperblanks (1000 pcs.) - updated 28th March and completed

I started assembling Madame Butterfly by B. Lacombe

Manufacturer: paperblanks 

A gift from my mother 💕

 

 The pieces are a bit thinner than f.e. Ravensburger, but stable, with a matte surface and some schimmering parts

I really love this jigsaw puzzle

 

 A new update - seems like I like to assemble the sandcoloured pieces first

 

 yes, sandcolour and the butterflies afterwards

 

 a bit here, a piece there... 

Update 28th march

 

 

 

 

 

 

A small LEGO toucan and his huge cousin

I just found a cute bag with a toucan which really attracted me

 

  Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco, photo taken 2016)

 I could build a fish or a penguin as well, but today I decided to turn these pieces into a toucan

Completed 15th March 2025

 

500 Pieces

 

"Goddesses and Warriors" 

Illustrations copyright 2018 by Ross MacDonald

Manufacturer: eeBoo, New York

 

....  designed in New York City, manufactured in China...

 

including an educational Poster

 

Goddesses, Warriors, Deities, and Heroines from around the World 

 

 

and some frightening creatures

 

 

 

Completed 12th March 2025

1500 Pieces

One dot at a time - by Elspeth McLean

Ravensburger, 2018

 The artist was born in Australia and lives in Canada. She invented the so-called Mandala stones and assorts them to stunning collages. The jigsaw puzzle shows her "rainbow collection".

You can find more about Elspeth on her website here (about) and here (mandala stones).

Under construction: "One dot at a time" - 1500 pieces - updated 12th March and completed

  

"One dot at a time" by Elspeth McLean 

Ravensburger, 2018

I started this one yesterday and it seems that it won't be a quick ride. Already assorted the pieces and assembled the frame. Pics will follow 

assorted by colour ... somehow :-)

Yellow and red catch my eyes every time

 

Some success on the pink and turquoise

A successful weekend with a bit of assorted pieces

 

... here wo go with colours and dots, dots, dots

a final photo before completion

 

 

Development process (2) of JWST "First five" (12.7.2022) - 2000 pcs. updated 10th march 2025

 On christmas 2021 an ARIANE 5 set up to release a brandnew telescope. 

On its way to Lagrange2 it unfolded and became what we know as "James Webb Space Telescope".

In July 2022 the first five pictures were presented. Just click here to see my 2022-blogpost

NASA allows the usage of pictures for private (non commercial) use and I took a chance to create a jigsaw puzzle with fotopuzzle.de - and 2000 pcs.

Started 12th July 2024

 

 

 

on its 2nd birthday I chose to add this to my "want-to-assemble-them-now" jigsaw puzzles.

The centerpiece shows the Southern Ring Nebula, which has - in comparison to Hubble - 2 stars.

In fact I can't wait to return to my jigsawpuzzle-table :-)

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On this day 55 years ago first man landed on the moon!

update 23rd July 2024

 

After a pause of about 3 weeks I restarted the assemblage

 

 oh, I need to come back to this one very soon!

 

In the meantime, please enjoy this:

 

 The EUCLID Images Scientists Have Been Waiting 12 Years For 

 

Just a few pieces placed here: