Borrowed Artwork

[Sawdust King]

Ok, its been over three years since my last post and as long since I've made any sawdust. But that is for another post. IF I can remember how to post pictures without reading the sticky note, you should see my first 200+ (236) piece puzzle. The picture was borrowed from one of my cousins without...

[Scrolling Days]

I came across this artwork in a store last year, and I purchased it right away. I loved the scene of Santa, stopping in the winter woods to offer the animals apples from his big bag. After removing it from the frame, I mounted the picture which was fairly large at about 16" x 20" onto Mahogany...

[Scrolling Days]

So, my son Jeremy needed an idea for his 6th grade science fair, and being an avid puzzle enthusiast like his ol' dad, he decided to do a jigsaw puzzle experiment this year.

His hypothesis was that the image on a jigsaw puzzle would affect it's assembly time, and more specifically, he...

[Scrolling Days]

I thought I would share how the natural design on something like a Christmas card can be used, on occasion, in designing a tray style jigsaw puzzle.

With most of the other cards I have recently shared, the border on the tray was created with my own design by covering the wood with a theme...

[Scrolling Days]

One of my favorite things to do during the Holidays is to cut small jigsaw puzzles from Christmas cards. It really helps to get me into the mood. I have found over the years that snowflakes seem to inevitably land on these designs.

Similar to my Rapunzel puzzle I posted recently,...

[patpenguin]

In the "Zodiac" puzzles book (FoxChapel), you give general instructions for hooking the puzzle pieces together with short pieces of silver wire. Do you have a video or some more clear instructions? It says to cut a piece 3/16"lg. Then drill a hole slightly shorter than 3/16". Then...

[Scrolling Days]

I thought that I would put together a step by step tutorial for the second technique I use for my multilevel designs, and share it here for the forum members.

I often get a number of questions about how I go about making one of these designs, and it is not always easy to explain. As...

[AntoriP]

It appears that my acrylic puzzles are a big hit. After a friend of my wife saw the acrylic puzzles I made for my son (See Nov. 10th post) I was asked to make several more for a group of special need teens. These are all acrylic puzzles and are of varying degrees of difficulty based on abilities. Three...

[AntoriP]

I do quite a bit of puzzles for the handicapped & elderly. A constant problem has always been puzzle longevity due to spillage and drooling. I know with my handicapped teenage son I am making him new puzzles monthly. So I have been working on a solution and I think I have found it. Behold the acrylic...

[Dee Rogers]

I just wanted to share this clever corner treatment I created for a puzzle. It will delightfully confuse your puzzlers.

Dee - Platinum Puzzles...

[hotshot]

I used the inlay techniques to get the zero gap puzzle design and incorporated the dovetail joints.

---------Randy...

[John Rihn]

I'm retired from IBM as a eng. tech. of 33 years. We bought these 78 acres in 2007 and raise Dexter cattle, small herd, for sale and beef. But I love working wood. The main sale items are cutting boards and interlocking puzzles. I also love making toys, rocking horses and intarsia but locally too many...

[AntoriP]

This artwork is called DEIONARRA from Alexander Fedosov. My customer picked the artwork and requested that I cut a difficult puzzle without any figural pieces. To accommodate I cut multiple false edge pieces within the interior of the puzzle as well as multiple indirect interlocking edges. This combination...

[AntoriP]

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[fdp1957]

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