Archive - Bill’s Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles

Three more from StumpCraft

Reports on Badlands to the Bone, Urban Treehouse and Tea from the Void, all of which feature recent images by contemporary Canadian artists. (About 4500…

Jul 7 •

June 2025

51. The final puzzle in this Wentworth binge: The Pull

This one depicts a famous rescue performed by a Whitby lifeboat in 1881. This posting about my research is (mercifully!) much shorter than last time…

Jun 12 •

49. Wentworth puzzle binge #4: Zetland lifeboat at Redcar:

The puzzle image is the launching of an historic rescue lifeboat. Almost all of this rather long write-up is about the history behind that small vessel…

Jun 4 •

May 2025

49. Wentworth binge Part 3: The Kitchen at Elmswell Hall, York

This one has an image painted by Victorian artist Mary Ellen Best. This essay tells her story and includes a large gallery of her paintings. (about 3000…

May 28 •

48. Wentworth binge Part 2: The Railway Station

Another brief (well, brief for me) report about a 250 piece puzzle. It's image is William Powell Frith's 1862 painting of the Paddington Station. (about…

May 21 •

47. Wentworth binge Part 1: The Yellow Dining (sic) Room

The beginning of a binge of five 250 piece “vintage” Wentworth puzzles depicting three building interiors and two lifeboats, and lots of research about…

May 13 •

March 2025

46. Three Artifacts and two Ecru

Artifact Part 3 of 3. Five small (85-228 pieces) fine art puzzles made by Artifact; by five cutting designers with very different styles. (about 5000…

Mar 1 •

February 2025

45. Artifact puzzles; an in-depth review

Artifact Part 2 of 3: A deep-dive review of the puzzles made by the Artifact Puzzles company. (about 7200 words; 11 photos)

Feb 23 •

44. Maya Gupta and the history of Artifact Puzzles

Artifact Part 1 of 3: An essay about Maya Gupta, the Artifact Puzzle company's founder, the history of the company, its Ecru line, and the Hoefnagel…

Feb 19 •

November 2024

43. Vintage Victory puzzles – Part 3

Relatively recent Victory Artistic and Gold Box series puzzles, another Super-Cut one, and conclusions from this recent vintage puzzle binge. (about…

Nov 8, 2024 •

October 2024

42. Vintage Victory puzzles – Part 2

Assembly, analysis, and research inspired by the Victory Artistic series puzzle Caxton’s Workshop, and a Super-Cut series one called Drawing the Covert…

Oct 25, 2024 •

41. Vintage Victory puzzles - Part 1

The evolution of puzzles with figural pieces made by G.J. Hayter & Company from the late 1920s to the 1970s. (about 3400 words; 33 photos)

Oct 13, 2024 •

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