Goanywhere 141pc Puzzle-in-Puzzle China Plate IMG_0913
The assembled puzzle-in-puzzle, a Tang dynasty horse made of 19 random pieces of the puzzle, completed on the template which shows the exterior outline and one piece.
The 141pc laser-cut plywood puzzle by GoAnywhere, has split corners and a subtle curve to the top edge. They class it as a level 3+ puzzle, because it has a second puzzle within it. Goanywhere currently have 14 puzzles like this, with inner puzzles. Sometimes the puzzles form a solid shape like this, sometimes they just assemble an edge with the outline of the shape inside (more difficult I think).
I decided to leave the main jigsaw intact and remove pieces from it whilst assembling the horse. To make it easier to identify the piece shapes without the distracting pattern, I turned the puzzle over, which meant that I had to reverse the shapes needed in my head (something I'm not very good at).
The image is the centre of a large piece of Chinese export porcelain dating from the mid 19th century. It is in the Rose Medallion style with beautiful and intricate decoration. One of the whimsies is a Chinese character that is used in both China and Japan. In Mandarin it means “patience.”; in Japanese, “perseverance”.
A few days later I did the mini-puzzle again, with all the pieces known, but without the template. I have packed the pieces away separately, and next time I will do the mini-puzzle first, then assemble the main puzzle, then try to find the mini puzzle pieces with the puzzle face up.
Goanywhere 141pc Puzzle-in-Puzzle China Plate IMG_0913
The assembled puzzle-in-puzzle, a Tang dynasty horse made of 19 random pieces of the puzzle, completed on the template which shows the exterior outline and one piece.
The 141pc laser-cut plywood puzzle by GoAnywhere, has split corners and a subtle curve to the top edge. They class it as a level 3+ puzzle, because it has a second puzzle within it. Goanywhere currently have 14 puzzles like this, with inner puzzles. Sometimes the puzzles form a solid shape like this, sometimes they just assemble an edge with the outline of the shape inside (more difficult I think).
I decided to leave the main jigsaw intact and remove pieces from it whilst assembling the horse. To make it easier to identify the piece shapes without the distracting pattern, I turned the puzzle over, which meant that I had to reverse the shapes needed in my head (something I'm not very good at).
The image is the centre of a large piece of Chinese export porcelain dating from the mid 19th century. It is in the Rose Medallion style with beautiful and intricate decoration. One of the whimsies is a Chinese character that is used in both China and Japan. In Mandarin it means “patience.”; in Japanese, “perseverance”.
A few days later I did the mini-puzzle again, with all the pieces known, but without the template. I have packed the pieces away separately, and next time I will do the mini-puzzle first, then assemble the main puzzle, then try to find the mini puzzle pieces with the puzzle face up.