I was at the shop for a couple hours today but did no cutting, except for cutting some scrap wood in a Swirl Curl pattern to re-orient myself with my large 30' Excalibur scroll saw, the saw I will have to use for the initial cut of this 32' x 21 1/4' giant puzzle. This puzzle will be cut in Creative style and at this time I am not planning to have any figurals. I also designed a wavy border for this puzzle. I picked up the professionally mounted print of The First Harvest in the Wilderness today, looks perfect. I'm going to try this year, but whether or not I can cut the current puzzle by the end of August will be close.

Last year I didn't make a puzzle for the 100 Puzzles Project in August, the only month I've missed since late 2005. Wednesday 5:51 pm - Dog days of summer continue and my schedule slips. I expect to start cutting #828 this coming Tuesday. This weekend I'll do a practice initial cut with the first board. It's too late to drop it off at my service bureau today to get it back today, so I'll drop it and the board off on Monday. The print is a lithograph, appears identical to the first one I purchased elsewhere I was concerned it might be a Giclée print, unsuitable for puzzles. I plan to do the practice cut tomorrow and prepare a new board.įriday 4:41 pm - The backup copy of The First Harvest in the Wilderness arrived within the last hour.

All is not lost as I now have a practice print for doing the initial cut, which is going to be extremely difficult. I'm going to have to wait for shipment of the backup poster and have it professionally mounted. Very, very close to being 'near perfect', but there are some small wrinkles near the center, not good enough for such a major puzzle in the 100 Puzzles Project.

Sunday 5:25 pm - The mount for #828 is flawed. If that goes well, a cutting marathon starts next week. If the mount is successful, I plan to do the first harrowing initial cut tomorrow. If the mount fails I will have a service bureau do the mount I should receive the backup print sometime next week. I won't take apart the press until tomorrow, so I won't know until then how the mount came out. My success rate with prints this size is about 50-50 at best. A short while ago I mounted the huge print. I noticed that Karim continued to make progress prepping the floor in the front gallery. I went to my shop at Mixed Media on Thursday and prepared a board. Saturday 4:11 pm - Progress for the next puzzle has been moving slowly - it's summertime and this happens in August! As mentioned, I purchased a copy of the print last Tuesday and ordered a backup print from All Posters. I may scale back once I begin cutting it. I've upgraded the number of pieces to 1000, which would be my first 1000 piece Creative style puzzle. I'll prepare a board tomorrow and do the mount tomorrow or Friday. The initial cut, in Creative style, promises to be harrowing, as usual. The image is 32' by 21 1/4', really massive. Wednesday 3:50 pm - I have decided that The First Harvest in the Wilderness will in fact be the next puzzle in the 100 Puzzles Project. Simply one of the most amazing puzzles I've ever made! From the day of the first cut until the puzzle finally shipped, almost two months passed, thanks in part to many interruptions!Īs it happened (from my Journal archives) Puzzle 829 - First Harvest in the Wilderness Custom Puzzle Craft - Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle 829 - First Harvest in the Wilderness Puzzle 829 - First Harvest in the Wildernessġ00 Puzzles Project #93 - Previous - Next

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