chrispuzzle
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Here's a new piece of work...
And here's the back -
There are 217 pieces plus six large whimsies - including the three bears! Although normally I'd cut the whimsies into pieces of about the same size as the others, this time it seemed better to leave them as they are. That is just over 2.5 pieces per square inch on average.
It is quite a traditional cutting style: the pieces are generally shaped as if they were from a strip cut puzzle but in fact it is not, since the "strips" move in unpredictable directions and never more than a few pieces at a time.
The picture is an illustration by the artist Jessie Wilcox Smith. It dates from 1911 and I hope captures the atmosphere of traditional period puzzles nicely.
Chris
And here's the back -
There are 217 pieces plus six large whimsies - including the three bears! Although normally I'd cut the whimsies into pieces of about the same size as the others, this time it seemed better to leave them as they are. That is just over 2.5 pieces per square inch on average.
It is quite a traditional cutting style: the pieces are generally shaped as if they were from a strip cut puzzle but in fact it is not, since the "strips" move in unpredictable directions and never more than a few pieces at a time.
The picture is an illustration by the artist Jessie Wilcox Smith. It dates from 1911 and I hope captures the atmosphere of traditional period puzzles nicely.
Chris
