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Carter-Johnson · 08-06-2007, 09:01 PM

Here's a puzzle I just completed: an early-American type scene from a calendar by James Wysocki. It measures about 13 x 12 inches, has 341 pieces, and is cut from my usual 5-ply poplar.

When I first started making puzzles years ago, these were the kinds of pictures I used almost exclusively, and they are an excellent type to use at first because of the way they lend themselves to freehand, color line cutting.
Note that all of the flags, balloons, figures, tree branches, smoke plumes, houses, etc. are, insofar as possible, cut along their color lines. I even tried to cut most of the flagpoles out, producing some very delicate pieces.

As always, have phun.......Carter

knothead · 08-06-2007, 09:15 PM

Great puzzle Carter. Just finished one of all the grandkids. The look on their faces as they started to put it together was priceless.
Tom

MikeDingas · 08-07-2007, 01:13 AM

Nice one! I really like the picture.

Meiglan · 08-07-2007, 01:21 AM

very nice.....but man you would have to have really steady hands doing that...

Jayne

Rolf · 08-08-2007, 03:24 PM

So Carter, when did you say they were going to commit you?

Just kidding, your work as usuall is amazing.

stevebuk · 08-08-2007, 07:22 PM

beautiful Carter, just beautiful, i can only stare in amazement.

08-06-2007, 09:01 PM	#1
Carter-Johnson Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 740	Treat Street Here's a puzzle I just completed: an early-American type scene from a calendar by James Wysocki. It measures about 13 x 12 inches, has 341 pieces, and is cut from my usual 5-ply poplar. When I first started making puzzles years ago, these were the kinds of pictures I used almost exclusively, and they are an excellent type to use at first because of the way they lend themselves to freehand, color line cutting. Note that all of the flags, balloons, figures, tree branches, smoke plumes, houses, etc. are, insofar as possible, cut along their color lines. I even tried to cut most of the flagpoles out, producing some very delicate pieces. As always, have phun.......Carter

08-06-2007, 09:15 PM	#2
knothead Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ARIZONA Posts: 720	Great puzzle Carter. Just finished one of all the grandkids. The look on their faces as they started to put it together was priceless. Tom __________________ Tom ___________________ America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. Abraham Lincoln

08-07-2007, 01:13 AM	#3
MikeDingas Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 823	Nice one! I really like the picture. __________________ Mike Craftsman 16" VS, Puros Indios and Sam Adams! Scrollin' since Jun/2006 My Gallery http://scrollcrafters.com (reciprocal links welcomed)

08-07-2007, 01:21 AM	#4
Meiglan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 198	very nice.....but man you would have to have really steady hands doing that... Jayne __________________ Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is. ~Francis Bacon

08-08-2007, 03:24 PM	#5
Rolf Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bellport, LI New York Posts: 2,809	So Carter, when did you say they were going to commit you? Just kidding, your work as usuall is amazing. __________________ Rolf RBI G4 Hawk, Delta SS350 Philosophy "I don't know that I can't, therefore I can"

08-08-2007, 07:22 PM	#6
stevebuk Wanabe scrollsawer Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nottm Posts: 612	beautiful Carter, just beautiful, i can only stare in amazement. __________________ http://www.cabincraft.co.uk

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