Completed 14th June 2026

 

500 Pieces

"5 colours" - colouring postcards with crude remarks

A booklet of 23 cards, bought several years ago, coloured by me a few weeks ago using only five colours. I found those double-tip felt-tip pens by Marabu

and I turned six coloured cards into a collage of curse words

on top left: "That wasn't very smart! But it'll definitely make for a cracking story!"

on top middle: "Chaos and commotion"

on top right:  The expression "I'm going to turn into a deer here" means that someone is on the verge of despair or is in danger of losing their mind. It is used to express that a situation, a task or a person is getting on one's nerves terribly.

 

below left: "Just relax already! Damn it!" (exactly it says "damn shit")

below middle:  "I am dissatisfied with the overall situation"

below right: " chill out a bit from your base" 

 

Finished 19th October 2014

750 Pieces

Postcards from The Royal Academy

A jigsaw by Padblocks, UK

featuring art of these Royal Academicans

John Bellany RA(1942-2013)

Elizabeth Blackadder RA (*1931)

Peter Blake RA (*1932)

Sandra Blow RA (1925-2006)

Olwyn Bowey RA (*1936)

William Bowyer RA (*1926)

Sir Hugh Casson RA (1910-1999)

Jennifer Dickson RA (*1936)

Mary Fedden RA (1915-2012)

Frederick Gore RA (1913-2009)

Norman Hepple RA (1908-1994)

Paul Hogarth RA (1917-2001)

Bill Jacklin RA (*1943)

Sonia Lawson RA (*1934)

Sir Robin Philipson RA (1916-1992)

Philip Sutton RA (*1928)

Link to the Royal Academy of Arts, London, established 1768

Finished 10th March 2013 + updated 27th April 2013

500 Pieces

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philipp 

Commemorating the Silver Jubilee 1977

The Queen wears the Duchess of Vladimir's Tiara


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Due to these Postcards I know who the photographer was:
Peter Grugeon

 

Vintage Postcard edited by Charles Skilton's Postcards, London

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 Postcard with the famous portrait of HRH was edited by Pitkin Pictorial Postcards and published by Topical Press, London.

The 1977 Portrait was used for paper money at New Zealand and the Isle of Man.

More Portraits taken by famous royal photographers & used for Paper Money can be studied on the excellent website of Peter Symes, Australia

The Postcards were bought at the ebay-Royalty-Shop "Diana-Forever"
Sabine Tschischka

Finished 11th September 2011

150 Pieces

"Greetings from Hamburg" - a postcard from 1900
wooden ArtPuzzle with Whimsies


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40 Pieces

Igloo
A wooden jigsaw puzzle of Wentworth (GB) with whimsies

In germany, this jigsaw is sold as a so-called "Raezzle" - combined from the german word 'RAEtsel' and 'PuZZLE'. You have to assemble the jigsaw puzzle to find the answer to a question printed on top of the box :-)