Completed 7th June 2026

  

500 Pieces

The 450th Birthday of William Shakespeare 

April 1564 - 23.4.1616 

Falcon (NL)

 

The collage shows on top: 

left: 16th c. built birthhouse of William Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon

middle: rebuilt "The Globe" in London

right: The Gower Memorial, created in 1888 by Lord Ronald Gower 

in the middle

left: book spines

left2: "Ophelia" by John William Waterhouse, 1894

middle: The Flower Portrait, 1609 - belongs to the Royal Shakespeare Company Collection and is considered an authentic depiction of the world-famous author

right: 15th c. built Anne Hathaways Cottage, Shottery - Birthplace of Williams wife

 below

left: Knot Garden, next to Nash's House

right: 16th c. built Nash's House, last place of residence of William Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon

Completed 27th October 2025

  

500 Pieces

Renkli Notalar (Colorful notes)

by Derya Yildiz 

Jigsaw puzzle manufactured by Anatolian, Türkiye 

  Derya Yıldız, who started painting in childhood, was born in Ankara in 1972. She graduated from Gazi Faculty of Education, Department of Art Teaching with honors. In addition to his art work, the artist, who works as a visual arts instructor, has opened seventeen personal exhibitions and participated in art fairs, international art workshops and many group exhibitions at home and abroad.
In her recent works, she mainly focuses on contemporary women, whom she depicts with various instruments. It emphasizes the ability of women to harmoniously blend contemporary life, which they build on the foundations of their own existence. In accordance with this background of ideas, a solid brush pattern next to the stains shapes the search for feminine harmony in the artist’s imagination on the canvas. (source)

Completed 17th May 2025

500 Pieces

Peaceful Ballerina

by LisaJane

 

you never fail with Castorland 👑

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 29th December 2024

 

500 Pieces

Sound of tiny fingers - by Steve Hanks

Anatolian (Turkey), 2016

Completed 2nd November 2024 * Finger exercises

 

140 Pieces

The Thames at Westminster

by Jim Mitchell © Advocate Art

 

140 Pieces

 

 Tauch mal wieder auf (Dive up again)

Otterzentrum Hankenbüttel, Germany

 

 

 

140 Pieces

Harley's Toy Shop

©Steve Read * Licensed by MGL

Completed 1st November 2023 >> rebel girls >> champions, creators, pioneers ,warriors and leaders

 

500 Pieces

Rebel girls

Champions

Florence Chadwick (open water swimmer) - Wilma Rudolph (sprint) - Madame Saqui (tightrope artist) - Johanna Nordblad (free diver) - Alfonsina Strada (cyclist)

Creators

 Bronté Sisters (literary family) - Frida Kahlo (painter) - Maria Callas (Soprano) - Millo Castro Zaldarriaga - Valerie Thomas (NASA Landsat)

 

Pioneers

Wang Zhenyi (Astronomer)- Amelia Earhart (Aviation pioneer) - Grace Hopper (US Navy rear admiral) - Florence Nightingale (social refomer) - Ada Lovelace (mathematician)

 

Warriors

Grace O'Malley (The Pirate Queen) - Hellen Keller (political activist) - Irena Sendle Rowa (social worker and nurse in WWII) - Claudia Ruggerini (partisan, activist in WWII) - Harriet Tubman (activist and abolitionist to end slavery in USA)

Leaders

Queen Nanny - Evita Peron - Elizabeth I - Empress Jingu - Hatshepsut

 

 

 

Completed 27th July 2023

1000 Pieces

One World for Peace

©serenko / 123RF

 

slawa ukraini

Finished 15th October 2021 + 16th October 2021

  

 1000 Pieces

"In Guinea"

by Street Artist Omar Chimére Diaw (Senegal)

His aim is to show how to deal with and get rid of Covid-19; for example by wearing a mask.

He says that graffiti art is more impressive because it is visible for everybody. 

a picture tells more than 1 million words could ever explain! He's right

 

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

Finished 16th October 2021

1500 Pieces

Hidden Harbor

by Andy Russell

Manufacturer: Art Puzzle

Finished 29th September 2021

  

 1000 Pieces

MARVEL

An "Impossible Puzzle!" by Clementoni

 

Finished 31st July 2021

 

1000 Pieces

On the temple steps

E. Poynter

this was a challenging thing that took me a month to assemble

unsolved jigsaw puzzle (22nd May 2021)

  

Once upon a time I treid to assemble this wonderful photography of a thirsty child in the jungle of Indonesia

... but I failed

blurred pieces, nothing to identify, no fun = I had to interrupt.

So sorry, but I guess, I'll never restart again.

Finished 23rd March 2021

  

450 Pieces

Dante and his poem

by Domenico di Michelino

 reproduced by kind permission of the Gallery S.Maria del Fiore

printed by Waddington's on QUALITEX board

Finished 30th March 2020

500 Pieces

Homo sapiens

Focus stacking of a real human skull

Photography by AB

a fotopuzzle-jigsaw puzzle

Thanks for sharing this experience with me :-)

Finished 19th July 2019 ** visit a german market place

500 Pieces

Market in Lüneburg

53° 15′ 9″ N, 10° 24′ 52″ E

The Hanseatic Town of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony. The Townhall was built in the 13th century and never faced any destroying since. Some interior designs are still in place since 14th century!

The jigsaw puzzle is a very old one manufactured by Schmidt Spiel + Freizeit, Germany. 

It was pure fun assembling it although there are many signs of age. 

It has thick cardboard pieces which fit perfectly.

Assembled during a marathon within 2.5 hours

after 1.5 hours....

Finished 7th July 2019 ** Dinosaurs meet human beings

1200 Pieces

Stone Age

Schmidt Spiele, Germany (1985)

unknown artist