Puzzle Parley PEPE Exchange 2012 Thingamajigsaw 83pc Black Cat Magic Two Solutions & Their Reverses 32
Thingamajigsaw 83pc Black Cat Magic, 2-Solution Puzzle
This jigsaw was designed by Andrea Farnham of Thingamajigsaw Puzzles for the 2012 Pagey Elliott Puzzle Exchange, held at Salem Puzzle Parley. (We have a copy in the BCD Lending Box - either from Terry Walters or perhaps Tom & Trish Tyler.) Andrea started as an apprentice cutter at Stave in 1988, became a designer for them and designing largely replaced her cutting in 1996. In 2003 she left Stave to start Thingamajigsaw Puzzles. John Stokes III review of the puzzles of the 2012 PEPE quotes Andrea as saying "it is a two-way puzzle and not super tricky".
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The jigsaw uses internal stack-cutting (or double-cutting) to cut a jigsaw structure like a pie, with four segments that need to be rearranged to interchange the cat's hollow back with its rounded stomach, and rotate its hips anticlockwise towards its front paws. The changes in colour in the coiled rope rug disguise the shenanigans very effectively. When I assembled it I arrived first at the mouse-capture end point. There are two whimsies - a witch on a broomstick and witches hat, plus Andreas signature piece - the running jigsaw man - these all appear only once, so cannot be part of the trick mechanism.
Andrea said, ""I did do the artwork myself. I sketched it roughly first, then used lots of tracing paper to make small adjustments until it worked well enough both ways. The final tracing was transferred to pastel paper and I used pastels to color it. This was the first puzzle I have done with pastels and I really liked using them. Previously I had used acrylic paint. I scanned the completed pastel drawing and did some touch up with my Gimp program, then printed on my Epson printer. I use the Epson Luster paper and the laminate is Drytac mattex. It is applied in a drymount press at the same time the print is mounted. The (cherry veneer backed) wood is custom-made by Jerome Hediger, who makes plywood for Aircraft Spruce."
Puzzle Parley PEPE Exchange 2012 Thingamajigsaw 83pc Black Cat Magic Two Solutions & Their Reverses 32
Thingamajigsaw 83pc Black Cat Magic, 2-Solution Puzzle
This jigsaw was designed by Andrea Farnham of Thingamajigsaw Puzzles for the 2012 Pagey Elliott Puzzle Exchange, held at Salem Puzzle Parley. (We have a copy in the BCD Lending Box - either from Terry Walters or perhaps Tom & Trish Tyler.) Andrea started as an apprentice cutter at Stave in 1988, became a designer for them and designing largely replaced her cutting in 1996. In 2003 she left Stave to start Thingamajigsaw Puzzles. John Stokes III review of the puzzles of the 2012 PEPE quotes Andrea as saying "it is a two-way puzzle and not super tricky".
www.custompuzzlecraft.com/PuzzleMakers/2012puzzleexchange...
The jigsaw uses internal stack-cutting (or double-cutting) to cut a jigsaw structure like a pie, with four segments that need to be rearranged to interchange the cat's hollow back with its rounded stomach, and rotate its hips anticlockwise towards its front paws. The changes in colour in the coiled rope rug disguise the shenanigans very effectively. When I assembled it I arrived first at the mouse-capture end point. There are two whimsies - a witch on a broomstick and witches hat, plus Andreas signature piece - the running jigsaw man - these all appear only once, so cannot be part of the trick mechanism.
Andrea said, ""I did do the artwork myself. I sketched it roughly first, then used lots of tracing paper to make small adjustments until it worked well enough both ways. The final tracing was transferred to pastel paper and I used pastels to color it. This was the first puzzle I have done with pastels and I really liked using them. Previously I had used acrylic paint. I scanned the completed pastel drawing and did some touch up with my Gimp program, then printed on my Epson printer. I use the Epson Luster paper and the laminate is Drytac mattex. It is applied in a drymount press at the same time the print is mounted. The (cherry veneer backed) wood is custom-made by Jerome Hediger, who makes plywood for Aircraft Spruce."