The Four Seasons, 2025-06-17

I really enjoyed the random cut after doing a puzzle where all pieces had the same basic shape. Even though there’s a border of sorts, I started with the edges, then did the top and bottom, and finally filled in the ladies that represent the seasons.

I wonder why the seasons are in the wrong order /

The Four Seasons by Alphonse Mucha, Eurographics, 1000 pieces. Completed on June 17, 2025.

Great Wave off Kanagawa, 2025-03-22

I really like this painting, and it was nice to do as a puzzle, although not all that easy. I think they have added some new extra waves in order to fit the panorama format – all other images I’ve seen only have the large wave in the middle. This puzzle was a Christmas present.

Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai, Eurographics, 1000 pieces. Completed on March 22, 2025.

For the puzzle challenge, this is #25, panorama.

Beach Summer Fun, 2024-07-05

This was fun, although a bit more difficult than I was expecting, at least partly because of the random cut. It was still great fun!

Beach Summer Fun, Eurographics, 1000 pieces. Completed on July 5, 2024.

I did this for the August bonus challenge in my Puzzle Challenge FB group. The challenge was:

Fruits, 2024-02-14

Lovely collage from the Eurographics Seed Catalogue Collection. It was a good mix of colourful fruit and text. Loved it!

Fruits, Eurographics, 1000 pieces. Completed on February 14, 2024.

For the puzzle challenge, this is #6, fruit.

The VW Beetle, 2023-10-08

This is, in theory, my kind of puzzle, but there were a few things about the design I wasn’t too happy about. For example, there is some text under every image, but it’s so small that you can’t even see that it exists in the complete image.

The VW Beetle, Eurographics, 1000 pieces. Completed on October, 2023.

My favourite images:

Another thing I wasn’t too happy about was the amount of empty space. There were many images with tiny cars and a lot of background colour. I don’t really understand why.

Despite the few quibbles, it was still a very enjoyable puzzle.

In Blue, 2023-08-25

This puzzle, bought in 2018, still had the random cut that all Eurographics puzzles used to have. I was very happy to see this, since now some of them have a cut where all the pieces have the same basic shape.

I usually find that Kandinsky paintings make great puzzles, and this one from 1925 was no exception. It was a very enjoyable and fast assembly.

In Blue by Kandinsky, Eurographics, 1000 pieces. Completed on August 25, 2023.

Cupcake Party, 2023-07-28

This was just as much fun as it looks like. I was actually quite relieved to find that the puzzle had random cut, since some Eurographics puzzles now have a grid cut with just the basic piece shape. I was expecting to do the coffee first, but somehow the blue cupcake with silver sprinkles was the one that stood out the most.

Cupcake Partym Eurographics, 1000 pieces. Completed on July 28, 2023.

The puzzle came in a pretty nice metallic box:

There was a poster as well, but I didn’t use it.