Two Pagey Elliott Exchange Puzzles - Carol Ottenberg & Deb Dana DSC05151
These two jigsaws are from Terry Walters' collection received in the Puzzle Parley Pagey Elliott Exchanges of 2012 & 2016, which he took part in. These have been flipped to show the reverse.
Left: 2016 Pagey Elliott Exchange: Carol Barnard Ottenberg 73pc Native Sun, 9in round. The jigsaw was cut on a Delta Rockwell saw from 5-ply Baltic Birch. The image is by Seattle-area artist Barry Herem, a mask designed in the style of Kwakwaka'wakw culture of British Columbia. Carol has signed it on the paddle - the only figural, whose shape varies across the copies made for the Exchange. Some are regular, some have a notch and some are sharply pointed. Sadly there is a piece missing. The box lid was not tightly fitting and was slightly open in the plstic sack when I picked the jigsaws up. I haven't been able to find the piece in my house, my car or in between - the chances are that it was lost at Terry's house.
Right: 2012 Pagey Elliott Exchange: Pixels Puzzles 83pc Creative Abstract no2012-201, 7x5in. This was cut by Deb Dana.
Her recent puzzles have been in her "Creative Abstract" series. She wrote about this puzzle "When I began cutting for the exchange, I had two goals: lots of color and swirls (inspired by your creative style). With regard to the piece color, I initially did try to keep the pieces very randomized. However, in the latter group of puzzles, I actually reduced the number of colors I was using to obtain a different effect. In all puzzles, the "swirled" pieces were left untreated in an attempt to highlight them more." And later .... "It appears as though you received one of the first puzzles I cut for the Parley this year. If I had my druthers, I would have preferred you received one of the others but such is life." Her later puzzles in the Exchange set had a greater diversity of "swirls" and interestingly, some rules about how the swirls were cut (figure eight / elongated / symmetric / clockwise / counterclockwise), and some planning on their locations.
The wood is a 3-ply with a fairly thick core and a thin veneer on each side. The wood is veneered by my request through a local cabinet maker in town. I used an ink based dye for the colors. The ink used for this puzzle is much thinner than the spray paint I used for my painted puzzle, the pieces retain their "wood" feel. Also, the edges were left uncolored.
You can see some of the colourways that Deb created for the 2012 exchange on her blog, along with a couple of the 5-colour versions.
www.pixelspuzzles.com/blog.html
John Stokes's view: "The puzzle was a nice puzzle to assemble - not too easy and not overwhelming. Having the pieces colored on both sides certainly added to the challenge. The connectors are a mixed of curl and knob with some much larger artistic "swirls" included. As there was a diversity of puzzles which Deb made for the Parley with the later ones being more elaborately cut and colored (the later one has 5 colors while the earlier one had 4, John reviewed no219)
www.custompuzzlecraft.com/PuzzleMakers/2012puzzleexchange...
Two Pagey Elliott Exchange Puzzles - Carol Ottenberg & Deb Dana DSC05151
These two jigsaws are from Terry Walters' collection received in the Puzzle Parley Pagey Elliott Exchanges of 2012 & 2016, which he took part in. These have been flipped to show the reverse.
Left: 2016 Pagey Elliott Exchange: Carol Barnard Ottenberg 73pc Native Sun, 9in round. The jigsaw was cut on a Delta Rockwell saw from 5-ply Baltic Birch. The image is by Seattle-area artist Barry Herem, a mask designed in the style of Kwakwaka'wakw culture of British Columbia. Carol has signed it on the paddle - the only figural, whose shape varies across the copies made for the Exchange. Some are regular, some have a notch and some are sharply pointed. Sadly there is a piece missing. The box lid was not tightly fitting and was slightly open in the plstic sack when I picked the jigsaws up. I haven't been able to find the piece in my house, my car or in between - the chances are that it was lost at Terry's house.
Right: 2012 Pagey Elliott Exchange: Pixels Puzzles 83pc Creative Abstract no2012-201, 7x5in. This was cut by Deb Dana.
Her recent puzzles have been in her "Creative Abstract" series. She wrote about this puzzle "When I began cutting for the exchange, I had two goals: lots of color and swirls (inspired by your creative style). With regard to the piece color, I initially did try to keep the pieces very randomized. However, in the latter group of puzzles, I actually reduced the number of colors I was using to obtain a different effect. In all puzzles, the "swirled" pieces were left untreated in an attempt to highlight them more." And later .... "It appears as though you received one of the first puzzles I cut for the Parley this year. If I had my druthers, I would have preferred you received one of the others but such is life." Her later puzzles in the Exchange set had a greater diversity of "swirls" and interestingly, some rules about how the swirls were cut (figure eight / elongated / symmetric / clockwise / counterclockwise), and some planning on their locations.
The wood is a 3-ply with a fairly thick core and a thin veneer on each side. The wood is veneered by my request through a local cabinet maker in town. I used an ink based dye for the colors. The ink used for this puzzle is much thinner than the spray paint I used for my painted puzzle, the pieces retain their "wood" feel. Also, the edges were left uncolored.
You can see some of the colourways that Deb created for the 2012 exchange on her blog, along with a couple of the 5-colour versions.
www.pixelspuzzles.com/blog.html
John Stokes's view: "The puzzle was a nice puzzle to assemble - not too easy and not overwhelming. Having the pieces colored on both sides certainly added to the challenge. The connectors are a mixed of curl and knob with some much larger artistic "swirls" included. As there was a diversity of puzzles which Deb made for the Parley with the later ones being more elaborately cut and colored (the later one has 5 colors while the earlier one had 4, John reviewed no219)
www.custompuzzlecraft.com/PuzzleMakers/2012puzzleexchange...