When I first started cutting, I didn't keep track. Later I
decided to write everything in a log book but that only lasted for about
20 puzzles. I decided that it would be better to take a picture, but somehow,
after filling up two discs with pictures, I misplaced the discs. I've also
made many puzzles for friends and family and they were gone before
I remember to snap a picture. Most of these were cut for fun or practice and I liked
the images well enough that they have not yet been given away.
These first three puzzles are from some prints I bought at a flea market for a quarter. I like art by Mucha and thought that they would make nice puzzles. | |
I didn't put any figural pieces into these puzzles because I felt that these images did not need to be enhanced. After I cut the first puzzle, I went back and cut almost every piece in two because I hade made them too large. | |
I really wanted to color cut this one, but in the end I cut it in the same style as the other two "sisters". | |
I copied almost all of these figures from a Pastime puzzle that was cut by #755. I put together a puzzle by "755" and I thought it was very well done. | |
I couldn't give this one away, my wife liked the picture and wanted me to make it into a puzzle. | |
This was my first attempt at a very irregular edge and small pieces. | |
This shows the size of the pieces in the blue bird puzzle. | |
The cracks in the paint and the wonderful colors of Michelangelo dictated the style of cut. | |
All of the figurals here were significant to the person I made this for except for the pig on the airplane. That was supposed to represent when I was going to get around to cutting it. The person I made this for is the artist of the picture. | |
The young girl in the photo is now 80. I copied PAR figures and called this The Times Of Your Life. | |
When the mechanical engineer who designed this product left the company, I felt that he at least deserved a parade. | |
This was the same sort of puzzle, made for one of my wife's co-workers. | |
I saw this ~1970 reprint of a 1917 Barnum & Bailey Circus poster at a flea market. It was tattered on the edges and when the girl told me $5, I knew I was going to have a new puzzle soon. It was a challenge to fit in my saw, from hat to fingertips is 32 inches and it is 22 inches tall. Here is a close-up of his face. | |
I really enjoy making this kind of puzzle for friends. I wish I had pictures of others that I made. Whether my cutting was good or not, pictures of babies are always cute. | |
Here is another one, a butterfly has landed on her nose. | |
My first experiment with dropouts and an additional twist, an unconnected section. | |
More dropouts, disconnects and a lot of extra straight-edge |