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I started with the reds and oranges, then did the sky. I'm behind in my posting - this was taken about 2 weeks ago. Since then, I've moved on to the blue roofs.
Educa 12749
© Alphonse Mucha, VEGAP, Barcelona 2005
4000 pieces, used and with fourteen missing pieces.
136 x 96 cm
Our first foray into 4000 piece puzzles is this Educa jigsaw of Mucha's Four Seasons, a bargain £1 from a Beaumaris (Anglesey) charity shop. We wouldn't have bought it as our largest puzzle board is designed for 3K puzzles, but a quick look at the size assured us that we'd be able to fit most of the finished jigsaw on our board, with just a slight overhang, for a photo of the completed item. The overall design, in four sections, meant it was easy to assemble and store on our white boards until we were ready to put the whole thing together.
There had to be a downside: fourteen pieces were missing - 13 in the top right corner and one towards the bottom on the right hand edge.
Overall, a very enjoyable venture into the world of BIG puzzles, but it's doubtful we'll be looking out for more subjects due to the logistical nightmare involved in assembly.
Incidentally, we commenced assembly on 4/4/2019 and completed on 12/4/2019. We thought eight days was pretty good going, all things considered.
2019 piece count: 54622
Puzzle 68
1500 Educa "Slave Market in Istanbul"
I'm not sure if this puzzle was distributed outside of Turkey. I found it in a shop a few years ago in Izmir.
On my most recent trip to Turkey a couple months ago, I saw shops with shelves lines with puzzles featuring Turkish and other oriental artworks. Most were manufactured by Anatolian (known outside of Turkey as Perre puzzles), but Educa and Ravensburger also featured some great art, albeit in small piece counts. I know when I move there in a few months I will be a frequent shopper.
I wish a manufacturer would produce a large 8000 - 10000 piece puzzle featuring an old Ottoman themed painting. I am tired of the modern themed puzzles and companies re-releasing the same classic puzzles over and over. Don't the manufacturers understand there is a market for large puzzles with classical images? I bet we will never see another Titian, Carravagio, or Goya in large format. Bummer.
Next up. I bought this many years ago as a used puzzle. I did not count the pieces, but I weighed the pieces (weighing 500 pieces as an estimate and then multiplying by ten), and it should be close to complete. I did find 2 pieces that may not belong, but we shall see. The border pieces will be challenging, there's a bit of wear. Apparently the previous owner spent some time shuffling pieces around. The non-border pieces look in better condition, with the exception of one broken piece and a few others with soft tabs.
I am considering ending the song prematurely!
Not enjoying this one very much. It isn't a difficult puzzle, I think it is just the painting, in particular that large garish pink dress. So I'm tossing up whether to continue on for completion sake or not waste any more time and start a more appealing puzzle. This is the first time I have found myself in this dilemma. I believe life is too short to continue reading a book that I wasn't enjoying but I have never applied this to doing puzzles.
I will give it a few more sessions even though that pink dress is the next to sort.
Title: Atrani, Italy
Size: 120 x 85 cm
item: #7970
Copyright: 1982
Completed on Thursday evening. The top left corner took about 90 minutes to complete while the bottom left corner (~200 pieces) took a little over 2 hours to complete. I am excited to have successfully completed this puzzle
Surprised at how the puzzle is split. I assumed each of the 4 bags would be a vertical strip but it's split 1/2 way on the horizontal.
Floor level view of the completed puzzle. Gives a different angle of viewing the puzzle than from above
On the home stretch!
I've had to use brute force of the mental variety to stay with this puzzle.
The stone background and the animal skin is very difficult.
Bag A is complete. This section wasn't too difficult, although the dark pieces were a little tricky. There are 4 repeating patterns in this section, which helped in placing the dark pieces.
Completed this in 2009, don't have enough room to mount it. I had to overlap part of the puzzle to get it to fit in this room.
Title: Beziers, France
Size: 120 x 85 cm
item: #7973
Copyright: 1985
Another classic Educa puzzle. I started with the sky, thankfully there was plenty of variation in the shades of blue so it proved to be relatively easy and than started working on the smaller buildings in the center of the puzzle. Next I will focus on the top half of the puzzle saving the bridge and the river for the end. I started the puzzle Friday evening.
Educa 16011
1500 pieces, used and with one piece missing
60x85cm
The Prado 'Mona Lisa' is a painting by the workshop of Leonardo da Vinci and depicts the same subject as da Vinci's better known 'Mona Lisa'. It was considered for decades to be a relatively unimportant copy, but after the 2012 restoration it is now claimed to be the earliest known studio copy of da Vinci's masterpiece, and may have been painted simultaneously by a student in the same studio.
Frankly, I think she's a much prettier version, and I was pleased to find her in jigsaw form recently. Just like the original painting (completed as a jigsaw around 5 yrs ago), there are a lot of dark areas, so it took several days to complete. I was disappointed to find a piece missing, although it was hardly surprising as although the box was sellotaped, the pieces were loose inside the box. That never bodes well.
2021 piece count: 65024
Puzzle 72
Due to delays with my move, I had enough time for one more small puzzle. This was a birthday gift from one of my classes.
I generally don't assemble photo puzzles, but this is an iconic image of Americana and was thus a joy to work on.
Progress 1: Day 2. This puzzle is based on a painting by Alphonse Mucha. I have started with Summer as well as the flowers at the top of each picture. I wasn't sure about this puzzle when I first saw it but the colors and printing quality are better than I expected so I am glad that I decided to purchase this puzzle
Educa / 5.000 pieces / 7.463 / 1997
Pieces in a sealed bag, got it for a great price (40 €). Haven't seen this one often, seems to be quite rare...
Educao, agarrao en un puñao como gorriones
comiendo las mijitas que te dejan esos lampones.
A mi no me gusta la politica, sé de algo de mecánica
atravieso tu mundito con mi técnica.
¿Te puedes grabar en video señorita?,
Abrigate que va a caer una buena, si te quemas,
oye como suena. Sigo vivo en la cadena, yo me pongo las botas.
Aprende, el camino es duro. Dime cuantos ponen el culo
yo estoy aqui tan contenta fumandome un puro, no apuro.
Cuenta hasta tres y levanta la mano mi hermano que el mundo es tuyo.
Quiero que esta cama sea una toalla
y este suelo la arena de una playa. Tú y yo..(8)
Educe cut this puzzle very close to the line. The detail is near to the left border. There are pieces with even thinner 'arms'. See next.
Completed this a while ago. The actual pieces seem much more muted when you are completing the puzzle than they look in the finished picture. -56AP
I thought this puzzle would be a good start to 2019. The puzzle comes in 4 bags of 2500 pieces each. There's a lot of dark pieces, so I'll be doing this one bag at a time. I was happy to see Educa included a large size poster to help facilitate assembly :-)
Progress #2: Day 4. Spring is coming along nicely. I have also worked on the borders for each photo as these pieces were easy to pick out.
Here is my next project which I will most likely start Wednesday. It is based on a painting by Diego Velazquez and was released in 1998. It is probably one of the oldest puzzles in my collection, i.e how long I have owned it. It was one of the first large scale puzzles I purchased and have probably owned it for 11-12 years. This is an older edition of this puzzle and was later released as a 10,000 piece version which does not include the panels on the left and right.