Lias jigsaw puzzles: January 2014

2014-01-26

Finished 26th January 2014

100 Pieces

"Schloss am See" - the Castle at the Lake.

Update: Thanks to a member of my german forum we can name the castle:

it's Tarasp, Grisons (canton in Switzerland)

A Vintage Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle by Surprise, Suisse.

Age unknown

2014-01-25

Finished 25th January 2014

1000 Pieces

Cinque Terre, Amalfi Coast, Italy

A semi-vintage Castorland jigsaw puzzle. At first sight I was sure that it is a painting,
but it is a photography :-)

I assembled a similar view of Cinque Terre before.

2014-01-23

Finished 22nd January 2014

200 Pieces

"Ocean" by Magalie Le Huche (1979) a french illustrator of children's books.

This jigsaw puzzle is made by Djeco, France, of really huge cardboard pieces and measures 97x33cm.

just explore these cute details of rabbits, mermaids and funny fishes:

2014-01-21

Finished 21st January 2014

150 Pieces

"Sunshine" by Mario Degano

a funny finger execise :-)

There's always a cosy little place where the sun shines... even if it rains cats and dogs.

2014-01-19

Finished 19th January 2014

75 Pieces

"Queen Victoria, 1859" - by Franz Xaver Winterhalter

2001 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

A Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle with eight royal Whimsies:

I assembled this motiv once before in July 2012

Finished 18th January 2014

2x 170 Pieces

left: New York Taxi - by Bruce Burkhard (Corbis)

right: London Bus - by Fridmar Damm (Corbis)

Ravensburger, 2012

2014-01-18

Finished 18th January 2014

40 Pieces

€ - Euro

A Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw including five Whimsies

220 Pieces

Trucks (Castorland)

Finished 17th January 2014

220 Pieces

500 blu - by Sergio Lombardino

Cartilia Art Puzzle Collection, Ancona (Italy)

2014-01-16

Finished 16th January 2014

140 Pieces

The Temperate Palmhouse at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

The Palmhouse was built 1858/60 by Robert Matheson. Please find out more on the official website of the RBGE -I remember that I visited these Gardens once (I have to check my photographies from 2005).

The Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle was made approx. 1999 - due to a note I found in the box - and is still in excellent condition. It contains several Whimsies related to gardening :-)

I really love these finger exercises!

2014-01-15

Finished 15th January 2014

75 Pieces

"Mahé Harbour, Mauritius"

by Marianne North

with cute Whimsies related to my belove gardenwork:

2014-01-13

Finished 13th January 2014

2x 75 Pieces

on top: "Stingray" (Stingray with Sailboat, Grand Cayman) by David Doubilet

below: "Lighthouse" (Le Créac'h, Brittany, France) by Jean Guichard

2014-01-12

Under construction: a 2000pcs-wooden jigsaw puzzle - update 3rd February

This is a so-called "ArtPuzzle" made of Plywood - and made in Switzerland. I've assembled many of them in the past years, because they have pieces that fit perfectly.

As you may see: there are several modern portraits added to a vintage painting. This picture was custom made by Litraton (Hamburg, Germany) to surprise enthusiasts who celebrated several jigsaw puzzle parties held in the past years.These meetings were held to introduce the company "ArtPuzzle". The company "ArtPuzzle" does not exist anymore - it was re-started in 2012/2013 with a new name: Sharelock Puzzle.

This jigsaw puzzle counts approx. 2000 pieces and will be fun for many, many days :-D
The original box does not exist anymore. There's no picture except a digital one.

Let's see what'll happen, because I never assembled a wooden jigsaw puzzle with so many pieces and several cuts. It is on loan and will travel to another enthusiast afterwards.

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Many, many pieces are cut to Whimsies - I collect them on one side of my table and turned them to the unprinted side to show them to you:

Just started in the late afternoon:

Oh, by the way: the picture on top with the completed jigsaw puzzle wasn't taken by me, but a friend of my german forum.

UPDATE 18th JANUARY:

UPDATE 20th JANUARY

UPDATE 28th JANUARY
it goes on slowly as I needes some other finger excercises (and a quick success!) last weekend.
But it's fun assembling it piece by piece!

UPDATE 31st JANUARY

A few pieces every day.... :-)

UPDATE 3rd FEBRUARY