Tag: 2009

Echo and Narcissus, 2009-03-30

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Ten years ago today!

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So, this one was a bit of a revelation for me. It was the first time I had extra pieces, you can see them on top of the puzzle. Until I did this, I had always assumed that if I had pieces missing from a new puzzle, I must have lost them myself, but this sort of proved to me that mistakes happen in production. According to my records, there was also one piece missing from this puzzle, but I can’t see it in the photo. Probably I found it and didn’t update the record.

Even though I now know that it’s actually possible that pieces are missing from a new puzzle, I’m pretty certain I’m still to blame in most cases. I’ve never asked for a replacement, but I would if I were reasonably certain that I didn’t lose the piece myself, and if it were a puzzle that I would like to keep and do again. Otherwise, I just let it go. Because those free replacements aren’t really free, we are all paying for them, and I wouldn’t want others paying for me being careless.

Rallye Italia, 2009-11-23

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Another puzzle missing from my records, but I found the details on the Jigsaw Wiki. The completion date is the date of the photo, but it’s probably right.

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Rallye Italia by Jabo, Heye, 1500 pieces. Completed on November 23rd, 2009.

I honestly have no memory of this puzzle, but it looks like fun 🙂

The Surrender of Granada, 2009-02-07

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I got this 8000-piece Educa puzzle on a flea market. The pieces were in 4 bags, and only one of the bags had been opened. It was, at the time, the biggest puzzle I had ever completed. I started in August 2008 and finished in February 2009. Of course I did many smaller puzzles in between.

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The Surrender of Granada by Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, Educa, 8000 pieces. Completed on February 7th, 2009.

While doing the sky I used a completed section underneath so that I could see exactly what shape of piece I was looking for. It was the first (and so far the only) time I used this technique. Unfortunately, I have no photo of that.

Painted Ceiling in Sant’Ignazio, 2009-02-15

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This puzzle is missing from my records, but since the photo was taken on February 15th, 2009, I’m assuming that’s when I finished it. I don’t have the puzzle anymore, but I’m pretty sure the brand was Piatnik. I don’t know the correct title either, but the image is Andrea Pozzo’s painting in the church Sant’Ignazio, in Rome.

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King Tut, 2009-01-24

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One more Egyptian themed puzzle.

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King Tut, Gibsons, 1000 pieces. Completed on January 24th, 2009.

I think you can see Howard Carter by the sarcophagus of Tutanchamum below on the right.

This is one of only two Gibsons puzzles I’ve completed, and in both cases, I found that pieces fit where they don’t belong. Otherwise, the quality was good, with thick pieces and great colours. The finish is waxy, which I don’t much like.

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Educa’s Miniature Pieces

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Educa has a series of 1000 piece puzzles with miniature pieces. The puzzles measure 30×45 cm, where a normal-sized 1000 piece puzzle would usually be about 50×70 cm.

I really like these miniature puzzles, you can take them with you while travelling, should fit on almost any hotel table 🙂

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Gaudí Collage, Educa 1000 pieces. Completed on January 15th, 2009.

The image shows various buildings by Antoni Gaudí.

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A piece on my fingertip to show the size.

Another miniature puzzle with beers:

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Beers, Educa, 1000. pieces. Completed on June 14th, 2008.

I’ve done two more Educa miniature puzzles, the first in the late 90s:

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I only had this picture but no info on the puzzle, but I found it on the jigsaw wiki! It was published in 1997 and it IS a miniature puzzle. I couldn’t be sure before.

The last Educa miniature puzzle that I did I still have. I completed it on May 4th, 2017, in a hotel room in Dortmund, on my last trip before I got my own apartment. It’s called Cans and shows a lot of soft drink cans. I actually have that image as a 2000 piece normal-sized puzzle as well. Anyway, unfortunately, no picture, because the phone it was on was so badly damaged that I couldn’t retrieve the photos on it (except some that had been stored as thumbnails. And yes, I did take it to a professional).

eBoy

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Heye released at least three puzzles with artwork by eBoy, a pixel art group. I only found out just now that it’s an art project, while I was doing the puzzles I thought it was some old video game I didn’t know about 🙂

I had two of the puzzles, New York and Tokyo (there was also one called Rio).

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New York by eBoy, Heye, 1500 pieces. Completed on January 11th, 2009.
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Tokyo by eBoy, Heye, 1000 pieces. Completed on January 23rd, 2010.

Not my favourites, I guess I prefer clean lines to visible pixels 🙂

Bathing in the Ganges, 2009-02-06

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Bathing in the Ganges, Trefl, 1500 pieces. Completed on February 6th, 2009.

Not a great photo, but it was a lovely puzzle.

This puzzle was part of a series called Orient, and I completed one other from the series, called Touring Egypt – The Temple of Karnak at Luxor, in April 2008, but unfortunately no photo of that one.