Strong Museum Visit 2008 AGPC Cutters Showcase Cutting Styles Greetings From South Carolina 2 23
Researching a jigsaw I photographed at the Strong Museum, I found fifteen more versions, some with very exciting edge designs. Look at the Strong Museum jigsaw holdings on Google Arts - because the photos are immeasurably better than those on their own website!
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In 2008, a group of dedicated wooden jigsaw puzzle cutters, all members of the American Game and Puzzle Collectors (AGPC) group, participated in what they named the Puzzle Cutters' Showcase. AGPC member Margie Hillback is credited with the original idea. Sixteen different puzzle cutters each cut a puzzle, all based on the same image, an antique South Carolina postcard because that year's ACPC convention was held in Charleston. The idea was not competition, but rather to see what kinds of ideas, techniques, and diversity would develop.
These are some of the overall cutting styles.
Top row:
1 uncredited UK1142, LONG OVAL KNOBS
2 Joe Seymour (Dep Qua) Arched Top, 'agpc', 'Fred & Ginger dancers', 'Parley 08',interlocking, earlet & longarms.
3 G Bruce L Gehman, AGPC, figurals include danmcing hares, walking man, swimming woman, palm tree. Some spiral/curls.
4 G Sara Zimmerman, coloured border added; sun, crab, pair seahorses, other figurals, long curling arms.
Lower row:
5 Ron Moore (Turtleteasers), decorative all-over net of starlike shapes, turtle in lower right corner.
6 Jeff Abrams, several styles including large loopy & angular continuous, duck figural
7 Aleen Kienholz, whimsies, deckled edge, round knobs.
8 John Stokes III(Custom Puzzle Craft), spirals, cogs other fantastical shapes
Strong Museum Visit 2008 AGPC Cutters Showcase Cutting Styles Greetings From South Carolina 2 23
Researching a jigsaw I photographed at the Strong Museum, I found fifteen more versions, some with very exciting edge designs. Look at the Strong Museum jigsaw holdings on Google Arts - because the photos are immeasurably better than those on their own website!
IN PROGRESS
In 2008, a group of dedicated wooden jigsaw puzzle cutters, all members of the American Game and Puzzle Collectors (AGPC) group, participated in what they named the Puzzle Cutters' Showcase. AGPC member Margie Hillback is credited with the original idea. Sixteen different puzzle cutters each cut a puzzle, all based on the same image, an antique South Carolina postcard because that year's ACPC convention was held in Charleston. The idea was not competition, but rather to see what kinds of ideas, techniques, and diversity would develop.
These are some of the overall cutting styles.
Top row:
1 uncredited UK1142, LONG OVAL KNOBS
2 Joe Seymour (Dep Qua) Arched Top, 'agpc', 'Fred & Ginger dancers', 'Parley 08',interlocking, earlet & longarms.
3 G Bruce L Gehman, AGPC, figurals include danmcing hares, walking man, swimming woman, palm tree. Some spiral/curls.
4 G Sara Zimmerman, coloured border added; sun, crab, pair seahorses, other figurals, long curling arms.
Lower row:
5 Ron Moore (Turtleteasers), decorative all-over net of starlike shapes, turtle in lower right corner.
6 Jeff Abrams, several styles including large loopy & angular continuous, duck figural
7 Aleen Kienholz, whimsies, deckled edge, round knobs.
8 John Stokes III(Custom Puzzle Craft), spirals, cogs other fantastical shapes