The Exhibition - 3 years later (update July 2017)

2013
Just talked to a friend about the exhibition of vintage jigsaw puzzles last year.

I can't believe how time rushed by since it closed and all jigsaws were stored safely.

And I can't believe that I still find jigsaw puzzles I can add to my collection.

Here are my blog-articles:

The Exhibition Part One and Part Two and the YouTube-Video (a walk-around without comments)

Did I ever mention that I received a letter

from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II?



**************

update 13th sept. 2013

just for my archive: two links in german

Kalender-blog.de - incl. notes and links about my exhibition!

ad-hoc-news.de (the queen loves Tupper and jigsaw puzzles)

*****************

update 8th September 2015

I found a new link of May 2012 :-)

****************

update July 2017: in the meantime the links are unavailable.

Finished 28th June 2013

500 Pieces

H.M The Queen

60th Birthday Commemorative Puzzle

A Portrait Study by Karsh of Ottawa

 Yousuf Karsh was born 1918 in Turkey. Aged 16 his Family sent him from Syria to Canada to live with his Uncle George Nakash who was a famous photographer in Quebec.

Yousuf studied Photography in Boston and came back to Canada to start his own Studio.

He's the only Photographer mentioned in the International Edition Who's Who - as one of the most influential personalities of the 20th century - and he portrayed half of the Persons mentioned there.

Yousuf Karsh died 2002.

If you want to know more about his work and life, please visit the official website

Finished 27th June 2013

 2000 Pieces

Worldmap 1650

"Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula"

by Giulielmo Bleauw

check this for more

I chose a selection of the surrounding allegories and pictures:

1) the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

the statue of Zeus at Olympia

(Zeus = greek mythology/Jupiter = Roman mythology)

The Great Pyramid of Giza

The Colossus of Rhodes

2) The Gods of Mount Olympus

Sol (Roman mythology)/ Zeus (greek mythology)

The Father of God and Men



Mercurius (Roman mythology)/ Hermes (greek mythology)

The God of Transitions

3) the four classical elements - on the left side of the map

Ignis/Fire

4) the four seasons

Summer





Finished 26th June 2013

500 Pieces

Schwerin Castle, aerial view (detail)

Photography by H. Hoyer

custom made jigsaw puzzle by fotopuzzle.de

The Castle was built in the early 12th century as a fort and rebuilt as a noble castle in late medieval times. In the 18th century the court moved to Castle Ludwigslust due to large rebuildings of the castle. Today the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern resides here. If you want to know more about the castle's story, just click here

A ghost called "Petermännchen" is told to be seen in the castle - in a 17th-century-gown. You may doubt on it, but there are several legends told about this tiny little man.

Last year my husband and I visited the Garden and took some photographies
that correspond to this jigsaw puzzle:

1) "Situation Dictionary" by artist Kamil Kuskowski (Poland)

 the frame should have been removed by 16th september 2012 but is still there.
It is used as a kind of pragmatic 'every-day-art' by promenaders. These are my impressions:

2) The Colonnades and Orangerie:
built in the 19th century

 

In the Baroque Era, the Orangerie was used to house lemon trees and other exotic plants during the harsh winter period.

The fountain in the middle of the Colonnades. The top rotates and creates a water game that 

looks like a newel. 

 The 'broderie'-Garden and the Orangerie - just imagine the smell of the fresh air because it rained a few minutes before I took this photo:

3) The Grotto

 

 

4) An impression of the Rosarium

 rosa indica noisetteana 'Blush Noisette'
cultured by Schultheiss 1817

5) The Tree in front of the Castle:

It was raining again and again that day and we run for cover under the huge tree for almost 20 minutes...

Finished 25th June 2013

1000 Pieces

Yas Island

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  24° 30′ 0″ N, 54° 36′ 0″ O

The Picture shows the Yas Marina Circuit and the Ferrari World Abu Dhabi as well as the Golf Course and the Yas Hotel. The Picture was taken from the project "Human Footprints" and turned into a jigsaw puzzle by "satuzzle", an ambitious german manufacturer of jigsaw puzzles, located in Düsseldorf.

The word "satuzzle" is a combination of satellite imagery and jigsaw puzzle

 A part of the Golf Course

 The Yas Hotel Abu Dhabi overlooks the Circuit and Marina

A treasure from the 1980ies or: a present from my younger "me" - Update 27th June

 I found this treasure in my parent's home today.

A Worldmap of 1650

The Jigsaw Puzzles dates back to 1986!

Seems like I assembled it once and sealed it with the Ravensburger glue:

Yes! It must have been glued, because the pieces stick together

Update 27th June

what more do I have to say? :-)

This is the only problem I have to face right now:
due to glue, storage and age the pieces go their own way...

Finished 22nd June 2013

3000 Pieces

"Copy of > City of Rothenburg<"

(Artist unknown)

Assembled from 17th May to 22nd June

(= 5 weeks)

These are my favourite places for a table - here I would love to assemble jigsaw puzzles :-)

Under construction 17th May > 22nd June 2013

Since 17th May I was assembling this jigsaw puzzle  

simultanously with five other board members in Germany:

 City of Rothenburg

Castorland, 3000 pieces

Size 92 x 68 cm

it took almost ten days to assemble the lower part. I devided the puzzle into two parts and can now work on the upper half.

Since then I tried to find my way through clouds of pieces

4th of June:

9th of June:

16th of June - I sorted all pieces to the amount of noses

 Update 21st June

219 Pieces left....

*******************************


In the meantime I rejoiced in assembling vintage Ravensburger Jigsaw puzzles

Finished 14th June 2013

500 Pieces

Lake Wolfgang

47°45′N 13°24′E

a vintage Ravensburger Jigsaw Puzzle dated 1977

with thick cardboard and a very good quality due to its age. 

You can see the austrian Lake Wolfgang (close to Salzburg) behind the small place called St. Wolfgang and its nice church dedicated to the Saint Wolfgang. The Church with its characteristic dome was famous to pilgrims over 1000 years.

Finished 12th June + Update 13th June 2013

500 Pieces

"Big Ben"

the Worldfamous Clocktower

now called "Elizabeth Tower" to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

It was pure fun to assemble the bright colours of the sky as well as the tower itself 

and it took about 4 hours only.



Update 13th June: just take a look at the evening sky I witnessed today while it was raining

Finished 9th June 2013

500 Pieces

Canadian Scenery

Photo: Sunset/Mountain Stock

Jigsaw Puzzle by Ravensburger, France, 2000

Finished 8th June 2013

 

after 1 hour

 after 2 hours

 and finally:

 500 Pieces (-1 pc)

assembled within 3 hours

"White Terriers", photo taken by Sunset/G. Lasz

The West Highland White Terrier is a scottish breed of dog which is still popular in the United Kingdom and the United States. In Germany, the White Terrier became famous due to the advertising of Cesar Dog Food :-)

James VI. of Scotland (16th cent.) wanted to give a dozen of White Terriers as a gift to France although whitecoated dogs were seen as being weak.

The jigsaw puzzle was made in France by "Jeux Nathan" in 1994