Category: Jigsaw Puzzles

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25 Jigsaw Puzzles on Pictorem

By contributing artist Dorothy Berry-Lound

A video featuring a sample of 25 jigsaw puzzles by Dorothy Berry-Lound which are available for purchase on Pictorem. Click here to browse or shop.

Unlike traditional jigsaw puzzle printing, this artwork is produced with sublimation printing onto high quality stock. Pictorem utilize heat and pressure to transfer images directly into the surface of the puzzle, bonding the image to the substrate at the molecular level. All protected by a high-gloss varnish.

The puzzles are available in four sizes, 120, 315, 500 and 1,000 pieces. An additional joy is that once you have had the fun of putting the puzzles together you can frame them and hang them on your wall!

30 days satisfaction guaranteed. Free shipping in USA and Canada.

Link to Dorothy’s Art and Puzzles: https://www.pictorem.com/profile/Dorothy.Berry-Lound

Dorothy Berry-Lound Artist

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Indian River Bridge Jigsaw Puzzle In The Box

The puzzle has finally arrived and we are about ready to start…

Indian River Bridge Jigsaw Puzzle Delivered
No, it did not arrive like this – we opened it to show what was inside. LOL

The jigsaw puzzle of our favorite bridge arrived on our doorstep in a Priority Mail Envelope. It took nine days to get here from New Hampshire because of the massive delays caused by pandemic absentees (18,000+ per day) and over a 350% increase in Post Office volume in December. But this appears to have been well worth the wait. So let’s get to work “building the bridge.”

But first, a look at what’s here…

The Puzzle box is large and solid and has an accurate picture of the original photograph on the cover. Here it is compared with a 36″x24″ canvas hanging on our wall.

Indian River Bridge Jigsaw Puzzle with Large Canvas

The box, itself is 12″ wide, 9 1/2″ high and 2″ deep. It is sturdy cardboard, in black, with the actual puzzle image on the cover – it should last a long time. The Puzzle pieces are accurately cut, are solid, well laminated and have a quality image imprinted on them. There were only a few stuck-together pieces. Here we see no more than a few that are stuck together as two pieces.

Indian River Bridge Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces 500

Yes, they are all different shapes. They are printed on premium 0.2″ thick paper/cardboard and have a semi-gloss coating on the printed surface to make the image “pop.” I don’t know how they do it – but they do.

Indian River Bridge Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces Few

Now where is that first “edge” piece so we can get started puzzling?

The next article will (should?) be coming soon. Then you will see images of the Charles W. Cullen Bridge over the Indian River Inlet coming together as a 500 piece, 18″x24″ Jigsaw Puzzle. Yes, it’s near time to build the bridge. Click here for a building the bridge image.

Meanwhile, here’s where you can buy your own: https://bill.pixels.com/featured/indian-river-inlet-bridge-twilight-bill-swartwout.htmlhttps://bill.pixels.com/featured/indian-river-inlet-bridge-twilight-bill-swartwout.html

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Galaxy Collective in Cobalt Blue Jigsaw Puzzle

From a Bill Swartwout Photography Landscape Scene

The Galaxy Collective is reminiscent of a Spiral Galaxy in our universe – only pictured in the cobalt blue of a local landmark in Coastal Delaware.

Galaxy Collective Jigsaw Puzzle
Fire Control Tower #3 - Fort Miles Coast Artillery

This jigsaw puzzle is a derivative work created from an existing photograph with the predominant colors being cobalt blue and black. The picture to the right is the original, a rainy night capture of Fort Miles’ Fires Control Tower #3, an artifact of World War II. (Click the picture to learn more about it.)

The abstract spiral was created from FCT #3 in a Delaware State Park near Dewey Beach, Delaware. This concrete World War Two structure is circular and tall and was built to assist in protecting the Delaware Bay from enemy incursion.

Galaxy Collective Jigsaw Puzzle Box Oblique
Jigsaw Puzzle Sample Pieces

FCT #3 is currently being restored as a museum structure and is lighted at night by cobalt blue spotlights. The tower was originally photographed by Bill Swartwout in a swirling rain. The cobalt blue swirl was, hence, derived from the original image keeping only the blue of the tower and the black of the sky. A collection of lights swirling against a black void is, of course, a galaxy, a spiraling collection of stars and, in this instance, in cobalt blue.

Links.

The jigsaw puzzle: https://bill.pixels.com/featured/galaxy-collective-in-cobalt-blue-bill-swartwout-photography.html?product=puzzle

The landing page for the puzzle image: https://bill.pixels.com/featured/galaxy-collective-in-cobalt-blue-bill-swartwout-photography.html

The original image of Fire Control Tower #3: https://bill.pixels.com/featured/fire-control-tower-3-in-cobalt-blue-bill-swartwout-photography.html

Bill Swartwout Photography

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Floral Courtyard Cortona Tuscany Jigsaw Puzzle

By contributing artist Dorothy Berry-Lound

Cortona in Tuscany, Italy

I live half way up a mountain in Umbria, Italy. Standing out the back of my house and looking past Lago Trasimeno down in the valley towards the mountain opposite I can see Cortona in Tuscany. As you do, I have stood outside and waved in the direction of friends standing looking toward my house from Cortona while we talk on mobile phones! Only 20 miles between friends!

The Cortana Courtyard Jigsaw by Dorothy Berry-Lound

Cortona is a beautiful town, popular with tourists, and a wonderful place for photo opportunities. There is a main street, largely pedestrianized, full of restaurants and shops. The main street has various alleys and stone stairways up and down through archways to access lower or higher parts of the town. One of the joys is the possibility of getting lost exploring the back streets and then sitting and enjoying a locally made ice cream. Sigh… who can resist Italian ice cream? Make mine a salted caramel please.

Something Magical Everywhere You Look

As a photographer I drive anyone walking around these Italian towns with me completely nuts! Because a glance down any alleyway will reveal a wonderful sight. Perhaps an old fresco under an archway. A view down through an archway to the valley below. An old street light array or antique wooden doorway. Or, as in this case. a view down to an interesting area with shops and a restaurant. You can see what I mean about magical, unexpected views from my fine art photography image ‘Floral Courtyard Cortona Tuscany.’

The jigsaw puzzle shows a view down a flagstone alley, past a display of petunias and a little cart covered with flower pots. At the end of the alley is a half open old wooden door and in front of that is a traditional Italian water fountain.

The Cortana Courtyard Jigsaw by Dorothy Berry-Lound

There are a plethora of mixed signs including one for the restaurant ‘La Grotta’, a flower shop and a real estate agency. The outside seating area of the restaurant provides a wonderful cool area to enjoy beautiful Tuscan food out of the glare of the hot sun. And then perhaps when you have finished your meal you can purchase some beautiful flowers to take back to your hotel. Always stopping for another ice cream on the way of course.

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Floral Courtyard Cortona Tuscany Puzzle: https://www.pictorem.com/197216/Floral%20Courtyard%20Cortona%20Tuscany.html

Artist Dorothy Berry-Lound


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