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We decided to do several small easy projects on the first day and move into more difficult projects later. First up is David's choice, GoAnywhere 125pc Chaos Firebird, a dramatic swirling abstract artwork.
GoAnywhere was a short lived producer laser-cutting in Fort Wayne, Indiana. They provided a series of puzzles stored in video-cases which fitted their 'GoAnywhere' secure fold-out travelling jigsaw board. The puzzles had several hardness levels and usually quite excitng, innovative cuts, for the time. I bought half a dozen before the firm disappeared.
BCD Mtg - This fascinating cut has a large number of triskele shaped pieces.
A detail of the cut showing the marbrie glass paperweight.
This Goanywhere jigsaw, Paperweights with Triple Spiral, has 'more than 100pc' and 'over 25 triple-spiral pieces for a challenging" jigsaw puzzle', graded as difficulty 4 on the maker's scale of 1-5.
I have always loved paperweights and the cut looked intriguing, with its triskelion spirals and shaped-edge dropouts - this easily won a place on my top five Goanywhere designs and into first jigsaw order.
It was very enjoyable and I would love to do a larger jigsaw with this cut. The puzzle was probably about the same level of difficulty as Chaos Firebird - the image being easier.
I completed it (without the box) by starting to build islands of colour, until they could be linked together and the size and organisation of the image became apparent. It would be a harder and a different experience to start with the edges (because although some edges are recognisable they can only be linked by using internal pieces). I don't have very good spatial senses and spent quite a bit of time rotating the triple spirals until they fitted - my lucky other-half can do this sort of thing in his head. The little lugs joining pieces made the jigsaw easier and more interlocking.
I enjoyed these two puzzles a lot but really wish that they made larger and more difficult puzzles too. Look out for the level 5 puzzle Celtic Knot.
The rear of the puzzle, whimsies out. One of these is a Chinese character that is used in both China and Japan. In Mandarin it means “patience.”; in Japanese, “perseverance”.
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 - 19 random pieces in this puzzle fit together to form the outline of a Tang Dynasty style horse. I decided to leave the puzzle 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.
This was the first Goanywhere puzzle I bought and made up. Chaos Firebird has 125pc and is 7in square; it is graded as level 3+ difficulty and is cut in an attractive, swirly long-arm semi-interlocking style that complemented the image very well. It was very enjoyable but not very difficult. A 500pc jigsaw with the same image and cut style would have been a cracker!
I built it from the centre outwards, ending with the dark corners.The pieces were well finished and close fitting, made of 4mm dark plywood. The image was well printed and finished with a low sheen.
An American maker of small plywood laser-cut jigsaw puzzles, Goanywhere puzzles are designed to fit their own fold-out jigsaw board travel case lined with PuziGrip fabric. The case you see is not their 'porta-puzzle', but a plastic slip-case similar to the ones that were used for videotapes, designed to stand on bookshelves - inside is a re-sealable plastic bag. The slip-case is 23 x 14 x 3 cm.
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For David Shearer's talk Anything But Square.
GoAnywhere had some interesting designs which were very advanced for their time. This is perhaps their most difficult.
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Jan 2014
An extremely difficult laser-cut plywood jigsaw. I don't time myself, because that's not what jigsaws are about for me, but this little puzzle (8in square) is at least as difficult as a 250pc Wentworth tessellation or difficult 500pc whimsy puzzle.
I completed it without the image and having forgotten that it was square, so that all I had to guide me was the subtle tones and striping and the size/shapes of the lugs/holes. You just have to keep plugging away, building up small areas until you can pull some of the m together. The four more normal-shaped centre pieces are the clue to a symmetrical pattern. Having lugs sticking into some of the dropout areas is sneaky. Highly recommended for the experienced and determined.
One of the pieces had snapped across a very narrow neck within the packaging. Disassemble with care.
My current favorite tote is a wide mouth beast with super strong straps. I can load that thing down with groceries, books, etc. and carry it with confidence. I'd love a new tote to have the same characteristics, but be pretty, too. :o)
I've included in my mosaic some color schemes that I'm currently partial to.
1. patchwork bucket/ tote bag, 2. Tote Bag, 3. Striped Tote Bag - Market Bag, 4. Cath Kidston Afghan Tote Bag, 5. Tote Bag and Wristlet 1, 6. Coffee Sack Tote Bags, 7. Blue and Brown Striped Tote Bag, 8. GoAnywhere Bag 2, 9. the daily tote :: octopus, goldenrod, 10. MSampleToteGallery, 11. tote bag, 12. reversible tote, 13. Citronade Fabric Collection, 14. Thom Filicia Orange Fabric Collection by Calico Corners l Calico Home, 15. Teal & Gold Fabric Collection, 16. Fabrics
The first two Goanywhere jigsaws I've done, Chaos Fire Bird (125pc level 3+) and Paperweights with Triple Spiral (>100pc level4).
An American maker of small plywood laser-cut jigsaw puzzles, Goanywhere puzzles are designed to fit their own fold-out jigsaw board travel case lined with PuziGrip fabric. The case you see is not their 'porta-puzzle', but a plastic slip-case similar to the ones that were used for videotapes, designed to stand on bookshelves - inside is a re-sealable plastic bag. The slip-case is 23 x 14 x 3 cm.
The pieces were well finished and close fitting, made of 4mm dark plywood. The image was well printed and finished with a low sheen.
This is the manufacturer's webpage. They were very obliging offering to post the parcel either to our hotel in the USA or direct to the UK.
www.goanywherepuzzles.com/proddetail.php?prod=GA0106
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GoAnywhere 125pc Chaos Firebird. It's very satisfying for it's piece count - with varied spirals and curls. Split corners, split knobs are some of the features of this laser-cut puzzle.
Detail of the stunning image and swirly long-arm semi-interlocking cut.
An American maker of small plywood laser-cut jigsaw puzzles, Goanywhere puzzles are designed to fit their own fold-out jigsaw board travel case lined with PuziGrip fabric.This was the first one of the puzzles I bought and the first one I made up. It is 125pc and 7in square.
Chaos Firebird is graded as level 3+ difficulty, and is cut in an attractive style that complemented the image very well. It was very enjoyable but not very difficult. A 500pc jigsaw with the same image and cut style would have been a cracker! I built it from the centre outwards, ending with the dark corners.
The pieces were well finished and close fitting, made of 4mm dark plywood. The image was well printed and finished with a low sheen.
The case you see in the other photos is not their 'porta-puzzle', but a plastic slip-case similar to the ones that were used for videotapes, designed to stand on bookshelves - inside is a re-sealable plastic bag. The slip-case is 23 x 14 x 3 cm.
This short lived firm used old video/cassette packaging. The puzzle pieces were packed in self-seal bags (with the whimsies in a separate smaller bag) and placed in the cavity. They pack well on shelves but its hard to close the cases and where the pieces are very small or intricate (as in Celtic Knot) they are vulnerable to damage.
The labelling encourages you to tackle the puzzles without the image. All of my puzzles show the same set of 17 puzzle thumbnails - I have three of these (bears, china plate which are both puzzle-in-puzzles, and glass marbles, whose puzzle pieces you can see in the photo). Many of the puzzles that were listed on the website had edge, corner or dropout details and they were classified by level of difficulty.
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An American maker of small plywood laser-cut jigsaw puzzles, Goanywhere puzzles are designed to fit their own fold-out jigsaw board travel case lined with PuziGrip fabric. The case you see is not their 'porta-puzzle', but a plastic slip-case similar to the ones that were used for videotapes, designed to stand on bookshelves - inside is a re-sealable plastic bag. The slip-case is 23 x 14 x 3 cm.
This was the first one of the puzzles I bought and the first one I made up. Chaos Firebird is graded as level 3+ difficulty, and is cut in an attractive, swirly long-arm semi-interlocking style that complemented the image very well. It was very enjoyable but not very difficult. A 500pc jigsaw with the same image and cut style would have been a cracker! I built it from the centre outwards, ending with the dark corners.
The pieces were well finished and close fitting, made of 4mm dark plywood. The image was well printed and finished with a low sheen.
This is the manufacturer's webpage. They were very obliging offering to post the parcel either to our hotel in the USA or direct to the UK.
The inside of the case. An American maker of small plywood laser-cut jigsaw puzzles, Goanywhere puzzles are designed to fit their own fold-out jigsaw board travel case lined with PuziGrip fabric. The case you see is not their 'porta-puzzle', but a plastic slip-case similar to the ones that were used for videotapes, designed to stand on bookshelves - inside is a re-sealable plastic bag. The slip-case is 23 x 14 x 3 cm.
This was the first one of the puzzles I bought and the first one I made up. Chaos Firebird is graded as level 3+ difficulty, and is cut in an attractive, swirly long-arm semi-interlocking style that complemented the image very well. It was very enjoyable but not very difficult. A 500pc jigsaw with the same image and cut style would have been a cracker! I built it from the centre outwards, ending with the dark corners.
The pieces were well finished and close fitting, made of 4mm dark plywood. The image was well printed and finished with a low sheen.
This is the manufacturer's webpage. They were very obliging offering to post the parcel either to our hotel in the USA or direct to the UK.
Four intrepdid adventurers head out armed with a gormet picnic, Steven (support crew), a waterproof camera and a sense of humour.
Amazing clarity of water. A bonus, J-Class yacht racing in the background, but disappointing that the helicopter film crew wasn't for us.
The first time SUPing for two of the crew.
David is busy putting together GoAnywhere Chaos Firebird, having just finished the edge. I've laid out the Wentworth 250pc Koi School by Gill Bustamente. I started by building around the whimsies and the edge and am a fair way to defining the area of the puzzle now.
An American maker of small plywood laser-cut jigsaw puzzles, Goanywhere puzzles are designed to fit their own fold-out jigsaw board travel case lined with PuziGrip fabric. The case you see is not their 'porta-puzzle', but a plastic slip-case similar to the ones that were used for videotapes, designed to stand on bookshelves - inside is a re-sealable plastic bag. The slip-case is 23 x 14 x 3 cm.
This was the first one of the puzzles I bought and the first one I made up. Chaos Firebird is graded as level 3+ difficulty, and is cut in an attractive, swirly long-arm semi-interlocking style that complemented the image very well. It was very enjoyable but not very difficult. A 500pc jigsaw with the same image and cut style would have been a cracker! I built it from the centre outwards, ending with the dark corners.
The pieces were well finished and close fitting, made of 4mm dark plywood. The image was well printed and finished with a low sheen.
The first two Goanywhere jigsaws I've done, Chaos Fire Bird (125pc level 3+) and Paperweights with Triple Spiral (>100pc level4). This photo shows the inside of the packaging.
An American maker of small plywood laser-cut jigsaw puzzles, Goanywhere puzzles are designed to fit their own fold-out jigsaw board travel case lined with PuziGrip fabric. The case you see is not their 'porta-puzzle', but a plastic slip-case similar to the ones that were used for videotapes, designed to stand on bookshelves - inside is a re-sealable plastic bag. The slip-case is 23 x 14 x 3 cm.
The pieces were well finished and close fitting, made of 4mm dark plywood. The image was well printed and finished with a low sheen.
David is busy putting together GoAnywhere Chaos Firebird and I've laid out the Wentworth 250pc Koi School by Gill Bustamente.
The pile of boxes are from the show & tell choices plus the pair I've packed away.
Four intrepdid adventurers head out armed with a gormet picnic, Steven (support crew), a waterproof camera and a sense of humour.
Amazing clarity of water. A bonus, J-Class yacht racing in the background, but disappointing that the helicopter film crew wasn't for us.
The first time SUPing for two of the crew.
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Four intrepdid adventurers head out armed with a gormet picnic, Steven (support crew), a waterproof camera and a sense of humour.
Amazing clarity of water. A bonus, J-Class yacht racing in the background, but disappointing that the helicopter film crew wasn't for us.
The first time SUPing for two of the crew.
BCD Mtg - No collection of fascinating cuts would be complete without a classic Tuck push-fit - and this is the first that I've assembled. It went very quickly working downwards from the sky - one afternoon session completed the puzzle, (but I didn't time myself).
This is a 200pc jigsaw, with two replacement pieces. The whimsies out view shows how regular the whimsy placement was - and to be frank some of them are a mystery (although on a whole they are more shapely than the later Victory Gold Box whimsies). Later on Tuck moved to an interlocking earlet cut when their whimsies became much more defines and intricate.
The image is a painting by S Bowers (Albert Bowers?) called Nature's Melodies. I don't know enough about this brand to date it from the packaging or from the whimsy set (which includes a mouse with dead-end cutting).
The small jigsaw at the bottom is a 180pc laser-cut jigsaw by GoAnywhere
David is busy putting together GoAnywhere Chaos Firebird and I've laid out the Wentworth 250pc Koi School by Gill Bustamente.
The jigsaw has a fishy whimsy set and the whimsy surrounds are all very similar.
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David is busy putting together GoAnywhere Chaos Firebird and I've laid out the Wentworth 250pc Koi School by Gill Bustamente.
The pile of boxes on the table are from the show & tell choices plus the pair I've packed away.
David is nearing the end of GoAnywhere 125pc Chaos Firebird. It's very satisfying for it's piece count - with varied spirals and curls.