PUZZLE

IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HAVE RECEIVED OR DONE A PUZZLE.  ( MY MOTHER CANNOT SAY THE SAME THING AS SHE HAS TAKEN A HAITUS FROM HER PAINTING TO DO A PUZZLE A DAY I THINK…HA HA) 

BUT THIS LOVELY PUZZLE WAS A GIFT FROM OUR FRIEND, JAZZ ALCOCK, AND IT IS NICE AND SMALL- WHICH I LIKED.  IT IS ONLY ABOUT 8 X 11 INCHES . 

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PUZZLES I HAVE EVER SEEN IN SO MANY RESPECTS .  EACH PIECE IS A CARVED PIECE OF WOOD ( AND SMELLS GREAT TOO !) 

NOT ONLY DOES THE IMAGE REPRESENT ‘NOAH’S ARK’ BUT MANY OF THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES ARE CARVED OUT IN THE SHAPE OF ANIMALS .  THE COLOURS ARE VIBRANT AND ONCE I COMPLETED THE PUZZLE ( WITH SOME EXTRA HANDS FROM TERRY AT THE END ) THE FINISHED IMAGE INDEED HAD 2 OF EACH ANIMAL IN THE ARK. 

THE PUZZLE PIECES WERE SO INTERESTING IN OTHER WAYS TOO. SOME JUST NUDGED AGAINST EACH OTHER. SOME HAD SPIKEY EDGES ( LIKE THE TIPS OF A WINGED BIRD) AND SOME WERE ALL CURLY CUED LIKE THE SHAPES OF THE WAVES THEY REPRESENTED. 

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ARTWORK ALL AROUND. 

JUST ABOUT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME I HAD TO COMPLETE A PUZZLE TOO…. ABOUT 45 MINUTES. PERFECT.