Jim
A few weeks ago Mrs K and I had a day out and during the trip we had a browse in a huge bookshop. In the architectural section (I’m not sure why I was looking in there) they were selling a Dot-To-Dot book of Cityscapes in which each one comprised of 1000 dots to be joined up. Lots of people I’ve spoken to since have said “I used to love Dot-To-Dot books when I was a kid” or something along those lines. These clearly aren’t meant for kids though. I brought it home (after paying for it lol) and it’s really enjoyable to do - very relaxing - makes a change from ‘scrolling’ on the phone! The results are stunning. It says why not hang them on the wall - you certainly could they are so good. I suspect that because of the way they are designed, if two people did the same one they would look different because of the thickness of the pen used and the way the longer gaps are joined. Further customisation is possible if paint is used to fill in the gaps.
The books are by Thomas Pavitte. Looking on his website he has produced at least two more different concepts - one called Querkles. In a nutshell it’s painting by numbers for adults - or more to the point “shading circles by numbers”. I had a go at the first one (it’s not possible to even guess what it is by looking at the page before it is started - it’s a mystery (same with the Dot-To-Dot puzzles)).
Luckily this turned out to be the legendary vocalist from The Doors, the late Jim Morrison. Or should I say it presumed to be “late” as there are a few theories as to whether Jim is actually deceased! A few years ago, Mrs K and I visited Jim’s grave (or not grave, as the case maybe) in Paris on a steaming hot day. Like the other book I doubt that any two of the same one look the same as there’s so much scope to use different shading, pen thickness etc etc.
Mr Pavitte, you are a very clever man.
On Thomas Pavitte’s book it says to Tweet your Querkles! I don’t have Twitter so I’ll put it on here instead….
#Querkles
Jim
A few weeks ago Mrs K and I had a day out and during the trip we had a browse in a huge bookshop. In the architectural section (I’m not sure why I was looking in there) they were selling a Dot-To-Dot book of Cityscapes in which each one comprised of 1000 dots to be joined up. Lots of people I’ve spoken to since have said “I used to love Dot-To-Dot books when I was a kid” or something along those lines. These clearly aren’t meant for kids though. I brought it home (after paying for it lol) and it’s really enjoyable to do - very relaxing - makes a change from ‘scrolling’ on the phone! The results are stunning. It says why not hang them on the wall - you certainly could they are so good. I suspect that because of the way they are designed, if two people did the same one they would look different because of the thickness of the pen used and the way the longer gaps are joined. Further customisation is possible if paint is used to fill in the gaps.
The books are by Thomas Pavitte. Looking on his website he has produced at least two more different concepts - one called Querkles. In a nutshell it’s painting by numbers for adults - or more to the point “shading circles by numbers”. I had a go at the first one (it’s not possible to even guess what it is by looking at the page before it is started - it’s a mystery (same with the Dot-To-Dot puzzles)).
Luckily this turned out to be the legendary vocalist from The Doors, the late Jim Morrison. Or should I say it presumed to be “late” as there are a few theories as to whether Jim is actually deceased! A few years ago, Mrs K and I visited Jim’s grave (or not grave, as the case maybe) in Paris on a steaming hot day. Like the other book I doubt that any two of the same one look the same as there’s so much scope to use different shading, pen thickness etc etc.
Mr Pavitte, you are a very clever man.
On Thomas Pavitte’s book it says to Tweet your Querkles! I don’t have Twitter so I’ll put it on here instead….
#Querkles