Finished 31st October 2015

Happy Halloween!

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75 Pieces

"Flags" by Rosina Wachtmeister (2009)

a cute finger exercise...

Finished 26th October 2015

1000 Pieces

"Adoration of the Magi" approx. 1442

by Giovanni di Paolo (1403-1482)

According to the Gospel of Matthew, three Magi, guided by a star, found the newborn Christ and laid gifts before him. Artists throughout the 15th century elaborated considerably upon this biblical account, devoting particular attention to the Magi’s entourage, which gave them an opportunity to depict the splendor of contemporary aristocratic life.

This masterpiece is on display in the Cleveland Museum of Art *link*

A F.X.Schmid jigsaw Puzzle made in the USA (1993)

Finished 20th October 2015

 3000 Pieces

"Venezia" by Dominic Davison

assembled by my husband and me :-)

11th - 20th October 2015

such a wonderful place to be:

Finished 20th October 2015

336 Pieces

"New York" by Bernd Natke for Art333

started by me and finished by my husband - oh yes, he had some fun, too :-)

Finished 17th October 2015

 250 Pieces

"Wisteria Cottage" by Keith Stapleton

A HOP (House of Puzzles) jigsaw puzzle with bigger pieces:

Clementoni + HOP

What an idyllic world

Learn more about the wonderful but toxic Wisteria

Development process: "Venezia" by Dominic Davison - 3000 pcs. - completed

Seven members of the german jigsaw puzzle board started to assemble this wonderful view of a venetian canal, painted by Dominic Davison. We call it "synchronized assembling" and we started simultaneously on the 9th October :-) - each member assembles this puzzle in his/her own speed. You can see all documentaries here

My first intermediate result: the sky, the reflections in the canal and the yellow house:

Clementoni  offers good quality and a very sharp print. 

It's not really easy, but fun to assemble it! :-)

update 13th october

update 17th october

update 19th october

update 20th october - my husband did a great job, too!
Guess what: he left the final piece for me:

:-)

Finished 9th October 2015 - let's celebrate my thousandth blogpost!

 500 Pieces

"Peter Pan Map of Kensington Gardens" - 1923

by MacDonald Gill (1884-1947)

This poster was created to entertain the people in the London Underground. They are named 'Wonderground", because they show wonderful and amazing maps. Gill 'maps' Kensington Gardens as it was imagined in J.M.Barries fantasy "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" (1906).

The colour lithograph measures 127 x 102 cm!

This poster is part of the finest archive in the world, The London Transport Museum.

In 1980s the collection contained 5000 printed posters and 1000 original artwork.

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A Pomegranate ArtPiece Puzzle with thick pieces, 

excellent print and wonderful details:

Finished 7th October 2015

 550 Pieces

Ohio Stadium ("Horseshoe" due to it's architecture)

Aerial View by Michael Smith, 2008

There's place for almost 105.000 visitors!

Finished 5th October 2015

 550 Pieces

"Mount Rushmore"

by David McCall Johnston (American, *1940)

A "Great American Puzzle Factory" jigsaw puzzle

>National landmarks< Series

Ghosts of a Bison and a Hunter in the clouds

Four Presidents of the United States of America - sculpted 1927-1941 with dynamite and heavy chisels

out of the Black Hills in South Dakota. 3 Million Visitors visit this landmark every year.

But: the Black Hills are the spiritual center of the Lakota, 

an indigenous people of the Great Plains.  

This is the place where the ghosts and ancestors are - 

working on these Hills is like a desecration.

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Theodore Roosevelt

Abraham Lincoln

Finished 4th October 2015

 515 Pieces

"La Goulue" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1891)

Just feel free to re-visit the exhibition I documented last year

to see an original copy of this poster.

This is the developing process for you 

to explore the amazing cut