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PUZZLES

Welcome to Jigsaw Art where puzzles become art. The puzzles are designed by penciling draft thoughts on the wood, frequently from doodles created when sitting in front of the computer. Each puzzle is hand sanded, hand cut with a scroll saw, and sometimes each piece is handled as many as ten times. Almost all of the puzzle pieces are cut freehand and not following any pre-drawn lines. The finishes are mainly acrylic paints or water-based stains.

The result is a puzzle (frequently very challenging) that is also a visual piece of art that can be placed on your coffee table. Your guests will be delighted and challenged. Since each puzzle is cut by hand (scroll saw) no 2 puzzles will be identical. The originality of combining artistic designs with the jigsaw puzzle appealed to me. Each puzzle I create is unique. They are treated with a lot of care throughout the process. Sometimes strong magnets are applied to the backs of puzzles so they can be displayed in an upright position. I have created canvas covered sheet metal in frames just to hang puzzles on the wall. Imagine displaying a piece of art that is also a puzzle on your wall.

NEW PUZZLES
Catalina y Pilar (catapillar)
$250
Description: Two intermingled "catapillars". Because the pieces just butt against one another I magnetized them.
Materials: Acrylic paint, polyurethane, magnets. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Missing dinosaurs
$150
Description: The void spaces resemble dinosaurs? As a puzzle, remove the center piece to increase the difficulty some.
Materials: Acrylic paint. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Found heart
$75
Description: Across the street I found a plastic heart so I thought I can do something with that. This small puzzle is a very interesting piece of art in my opinion.
Materials: Plastic heart, acrylic paint, sand, polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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9 purple suns
$150
Description: Illusion? Look at it for a while.
Materials: Print, epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Crazy cat
$75
Description: Wow, this creation existed as one piece for over a year before being cut. Has interesting features in the texture of the face.
Materials: Acrylic paint, epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
6-9
$300
Description: Another illusion, line cuts, design like a six and a nine.
Materials: Print, epoxy, polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
AVAILABLE PUZZLES
Six Partitions
$200
Description: The idea was to make separated puzzles with the separation being lava flowing from a small mountain in the middle.
Materials: Acrylic paint, water based polyurethane, epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Alien Virus
$250
Description: One of a few puzzles created with projections. Weakly based on viruses of bacteria.
Materials: Acrylic paints. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Stringy Elmar-like
$150
Description: Elmar influence again, but no epoxy. The black cord defines the color borders.
Materials: Black cord, metallic acrylic paints, polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Circulo Eagle
$250
Description: A creation from a doodle.
Materials: Acrylic paints. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Blue Scorpion
$250
Description: Outline from hex based black scorpion but more complex pieces with swirls. A prettier presentation.
Materials: Acrylic paint, epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Very Hearty
$300
Description: Several hearts within one, several cutting styles, bonus Love.
Materials: Acrylic paints. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Heart of the Marimonda
$300
Description: A heart with vibrant colors. Resembles the mask of a Marimonda from the carnaval de Barranquilla.
Materials: Acrylic paints. Epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Black Scorpion
$200
Description: Based on connected hexagons a scorpion appears. I tried this 60 piece puzzle and it took me at least an hour to reassemble.
Materials: Acrylic paint, epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
The Art of Hidden Lines and Arcs.
$250
Description: The best "art" of the new puzzles. Follow the ends of the extensions and see a straight line or arc.
Materials: Acrylic paints. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Brown Seahorse
$250
Description: One of many large seahorses, all different.
Materials: Magnetic wooden jigsaw puzzle, acrylic paints imbedded in the epoxy covered pieces.
Difficulty: 
 
Rotating Snakes.
$300
Description: A puzzle that contains the work of Akiyoshi KITAOKA who is the master of illusion in my opinion. A puzzle cut along lines of the illusion.
Materials: Print, epoxy, polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Solar palms
$250
Description: I have this parrot that has similar puzzle connections so I wanted to try a puzzle this way. Completely interlocking, can hold in the air from any point.
Materials: Acrylic paint. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
4 sections red
$150
Description: I wanted to try inserting colored filler in a divided puzzle. It worked.
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle X 4, stain, play them individually or all at once.
Difficulty: 
 
Dragonfly
$500
Description: While photographing some dragonflies I thought it would be cool to make a puzzle of a dragonfly. It took about 6 months to perfect the technique for transparent pieces with good support. I also wanted to get the irridescent colors of dragonflies when light hits their bodeis and wings.
Materials: Wings-epoxy, sprinkles, interference paints. Body-acrylic paint, gorilla glue, interference paints. Head-acrylic and interference paints, glass beads. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Flames
$250
Description: A leftover became a beautiful piece of art.
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle, acrylic paints.
Difficulty: 
 
Diamonds Forever
$300
Description: I wanted to show dramatic contrast with a polygonal shape, in this case - diamonds in a creative setting.
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle, stain, wb-polyurethane.
Difficulty: 
 
Scorpion
$250
Description: On my scorpion/lobster kick. These large pieces are a bit tricky to line up since the edges resemble the inside lines. Changes color depending on light and direction being viewed.
Materials: Acrylic paints, candy sprinkles in wb-polyurethane, interference paints. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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The Smile
$250
Description: Definitely a big mouthed doodle and perhaps a cartoon or Star Wars character.
Materials: Acrylic paints and polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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He Man
$150
Description: For some reason I like the blended yellow-orange paints and wiggly edges to make solving more difficult. Takes about 40 minutes to solve.
Materials: Acrylic paints and polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Orange Abstract
$200
Description: I did 3 of these abstract type puzzles and the blue one went fast. What shapes do you see?
Materials: Magneitc wooden jigsaw, acrylic paint, epoxy.
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Card Table
$150
Description: Didn't we all get caught up in the poker fad?
Materials: Water based stain and polyurethane, playing cards. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
199
$250
Description: 199 Pieces. I wanted to do some snake like shapes. The small puzzles take about 30 minutes. Mix them all and ??
Materials: Water based stains and polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Five Flames
$250
Description: During the time period when I was making a few long thin curvy pieces. The surface of this puzzle is very smooth.
Materials: Water based stain and polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Goldilocks
$200
Description: This puzzle is a continuation of the polygonal idea but made with small simple polygons.
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle, water based stains, wb-polyurethane.
Difficulty: 
 
Magnetic stars
$200
Description: A doodle that should have been a carving but I don't do carvings.
Materials: Acrylic paint topped with epoxy, magnets inserted in the rear! Ouch. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Elegance
$200
Description: Something simple, well I really don't know how simple it would be to get all the triangles back correctly.
Materials: Blended acrylics. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
The Shield
$100
Description: The puzzle part of the shield has a layered painting technique. I ask people what can they see in the puzzle, answer - many things.
Materials: Acrylic paints and polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Mushroom
$250
Description: One of my personal favorites. Part of the idea came from a former co-worker but most of it was just another doodle.
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle, stains, 100% Imagination dust!
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Gold and Grey
$250
Description: This brain shaped puzzle was another doodle that contains straight edged pieces.
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle, acrylic paint.
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Octopus
$250
Description: I wanted something different than seahorses so I found a way to cut non perfect circles or circle parts to create the octopus.
Materials: Magnetic wooden jigsaw, acrylic paint.
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Knobbed polys
$250
Description: An old puzzle used for webpage header.
Materials: Acrylic paints and polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Sesame Star
$100
Description: The puzzlers have tried this one! Not easy at all, no interlocking pieces, bummer!
Materials: Sesame seeds, acrylic paints and polyurethane. Magnetic wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
SOLD PUZZLES
Sword
$300 (SOLD)
Description: Double sided sword (doble edge?) 172 piece puzzle cut in Cocobolo wood with nice contrasting coloration. Can be picked up and held vertically from the blade point or from the handle.
Materials: Wenge wood, polyurethane. Wooden Jigsaw puzzle.
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Mermaid's baby
$50 (SOLD)
Description: Twisty pieces from an abstract embryonic mermaid, can you see it? Can you see anything else?
Materials: Acrylic paint. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Heart plant
$250 (SOLD)
Description: Did you know that hearts grow from other hearts? Well in this piece of jigsaw art they do! Magenta and yellow heart pieces are connected by green and blue stems. If picked up by the top heart the side branches bend down, looks neat. Interlocking.
Materials: Acrylic paint. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Heart
$250 (SOLD)
Description: Lovers and cardiac patients adore hearts. This one was dumpped during an art show and a piece disappeared. I have replaced the piece and intentionally left the color slightly different. History!
Materials: Acrylic paint, epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Flowing Reversible
$150 (SOLD)
Description: Stained on one side, painted on the other, can you flip it over? A slight influence by Diana Kaiser on this puzzle as well.
Materials: Acrylic paint, water based stain, water based polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Set of Blue backed Starfish
$200 (SOLD)
Description: The series of blue backed starfish. All can be picked up by a star tip. All with different cuts. Special price for the group. Two small starfish and two medium starfish.
Materials: Acrylic paint, interference paint, candy sprinkles, epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Blue and Gold Fan
$300 (SOLD)
Description: Influenced by photos of puzzles made by Diana Kaiser provided to me by master jigsaw cutter John Stokes (www.custompuzzlecraft.com). Modification, repainted.
Materials: Acrylic paint, water based polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Multi-Headed Worm
$200 (SOLD)
Description: Similar type puzzle to the brown and white but with rounded edges. Completely INTERLOCKING, thus it can be picked up as one piece.
Materials: Red mahogany stain (wb), polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Reflective Colors
$250 (SOLD)
Description: Big influence by the Colombia artist Elmar. I love the colors and covered with epoxy makes for a very attractive piece.
Materials: Metallic acrylic paints, polyurethane, epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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62 Piece Starfish
$75 (SOLD)
Description: I've considered continuing my starfish line with several this size or a bit larger. I love this puzzle. Pieces are small, 62 in total.
Materials: Metallic acrylic paints, glass beads, polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Brown and White
$200 (SOLD)
Description: This puzzle pattern was cut about 3 months before I got the inspiration for the cutting style and size of the pieces I'd use. Shouldn't be difficult if you pay attention.
Materials: Rosewood stain (wb), polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Arrow Puzzle
$200 (SOLD)
Description: I stopped to ask directions, go this way, go that way, suddenly an arrow puzzle jumped into my mind.
Materials: Metallic acrylic paints, glass beads, polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Perfect Circle
$350 (SOLD)
Description: I consider this to be my best scroll sawing effort to date. A genuine piece of art.
Materials: Water based stain and polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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5 Circles
$300 (SOLD)
Description: 5 interconnected colorful circles, cut and glued back together after painting. The idea of the circles came from a Christmas ornament pattern I saw and liked.
Materials: Acrylic paint, epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Zig Zag
$150 (SOLD)
Description: A creation from a doodle. I hope to make a larger puzzle with from the same doodle but with a different style of cutting.
Materials: Acrylic paints. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Red-tipped Starfish
$75 (SOLD)
Description: # 1 of a series of 4 blue backed starfish, all with different cuts.
Materials: Acrylic paint, epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Purse
$300 (SOLD)
Description: A 3D creation. A magnetic puzzle. 24 triangular magnetic pieces on both sides of the purse. Sorry, but it doesn't open.
Materials: Acrylic paints, water based polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Seed Formation
$150 (SOLD)
Description: 106 small pieces in 2 separated puzzles. Creation originated as a doodle.
Materials: Acrylic paints. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Silver-lined Starfish
$50 (SOLD)
Description: # 2 of a series of 4 blue backed starfish, all with different cuts. Even though this one is simple, I like it a lot.
Materials: Acrylic paint, epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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3 Hearts.
$75 (SOLD)
Description: A large and 2 small hearts attached, blue red with all red on the other side to increase diffiulty.
Materials: Acrylic paints. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Big Purple Starfish
$250 (SOLD)
Description: I have this thing for starfish especially those that a purple or lavender.
Materials: Acrylic paint, epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Money
$200 (SOLD)
Description: A modified dollar sign named Money by my grandson!
Materials: Acrylic paints, gorilla glue, water based polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Candy Starfish
$50 (SOLD)
Description: # 3 of a series of 4 blue backed starfish, all with different cuts.
Materials: Candy sprinkles, polyurethane, epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Cloudy Starfish
$75 (SOLD)
Description: # 4 of a series of 4 blue backed starfish, all with different cuts.
Materials: Acrylic paint, interference paint, epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Pastels
$150 (SOLD)
Description: Just in one of those moods where simple color was all I needed.
Materials: Water based stains mixed with acrylic paint. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Legs
$300 (SOLD)
Description: I've been wanting to do a puzzle with contrast staining and I think curves really express the contrast. At ArtOmatic, this puzzle appeared to be the most popular.
Materials: Water-based stains and polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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3 Pointers
$250 (SOLD)
Description: I wanted a square knobbed polygonal puzzle and this is what came out.
Materials: Water based stains, polyurethane, acrylic paint. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Just Playing
$50 (SOLD)
Description: I have long had the small circles cut for a prior project that didn't work out. I decided to try to cut wild pieces! Result!
Materials: Water based stains, polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Pimples the Pumpkin
$100 (SOLD)
Description: Ha ha. Larges pieces with similar curves create this little challenge.
Materials: Acrylic paint and Gorilla glue. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Small Seahorse
$300 (SOLD)
Description: Don't we all like seahorses? One of my favorites, originally not magnetized but was a bear to keep together.
Materials: Epoxy, magnets. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Sombrero
$150 (SOLD)
Description: I love these little knobby cuts and an array of colors, only found in bright sombreros, ha ha ha.
Materials: Acrylic paints. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Santa's Boot
$75 (SOLD)
Description: Ho-ho-ho, Santa was grinding coffee when a dog started chewing on his boot, he fell over spilling paints all over it, then he gave it to ME. Took me 1.5 hours to put this puzzle together.
Materials: Glue and coffee topped with acrylic paint and polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Magnetic Leaves
$250 (SOLD)
Description: A doodle (can you believe that?)that became a puzzle.
Materials: Magnetic wooden jigsaw, each piece individually colored with a mixture of acrylics and Gorilla glue.
Difficulty: 
 
EastNorthWest
$250 (SOLD)
Description: An inspirational doodle, a really neat puzzle with vacancies in the border.
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle, stains.
Difficulty: 
 
Lobster
$200 (SOLD)
Description: I really like the lobster/scorpion shape. Sea creatures were consumed by the lobster!
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle, acrylic paint.
Difficulty: 
 
Life
$150 (SOLD)
Description: I doodle a lot and this was one of them. The doodle didn't exactly look like this puzzle.
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle, acrylic paints, contains LIFE.
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Woodstocker
$200 (SOLD)
Description: This is another doodle that just happen to resemble Charlie Brown's pet bird.
Materials: Water based stains and acrylic paints. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Bars and more bars
$200 (SOLD)
Description: A similar idea as with the diamonds but without the high contrast.
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle, stain, wb-polyurethane.
Difficulty: 
 
Manta Ray
$250 (SOLD)
Description: The shape resembles a Ray. Each piece has a different surface texture.
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle, lightly stained, wb-polyurethane.
Difficulty: 
 
Spherical Junction
$250 (SOLD)
Description: I'm a big fan of my tray puzzles but I wanted a bright one and one in which the border intruded into the puzzle area.
Materials: Acrylic paints and polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
LoopTloop
$200 (SOLD)
Description: A doodle with curvy brightly colored pieces, eye catching.
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle, acrylic paint.
Difficulty: 
 
Propeller
$150 (SOLD)
Description: A doodle, more of a pastel mood in this creation.
Materials: Acrylic paint. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Snowflake
$200 (SOLD)
Description: Another favorite. Snow, hey I was born in the south where snow was rare. Snowflakes are beautiul, can't say the same for shovelling and driving in it!
Materials: Acrylic paints dragged through the epoxy coating. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Dagger
$200 (SOLD)
Description: Too many movies!
Materials: Acrylic paints, thin rope, a touch of epoxy. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Lightning
$250 (SOLD)
Description: A local blue ribbon winner. A doodle initiated creation and after the puzzle was cut the paint was ordered to create lightning.
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle, acrylic paint.
Difficulty: 
 
Moon
$200 (SOLD)
Description: One of my first puzzles, 28 inches from tip to tip. Big pieces, little pieces.
Materials: Big regular wooden jigsaw puzzle, with several small tray puzzles, acrylic paint, we-polyurethatne.
Difficulty: 
 
Sectional Star
$300 (SOLD)
Description: The color blending done in the puzzle Elegance stimulated me to do more.
Materials: Blended acrylic paints. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Sprinkles the Dog
$125 (SOLD)
Description: Momma, lets bake some cookies and put sprinkles on top...well.
Materials: Epoxy and sprinkles. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Saints
$60 (SOLD)
Description: A commission puzzle for the owner of 2 great danes, beautiful dogs, very friendly, thank goodness!
Materials: Acrylic paints. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Alien Mask
$150 (SOLD)
Description: Triangular shapes was the inspiration but the final shape gave it the name.
Materials: Water based stains and polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
butterfly
$50 (SOLD)
Description: A doodle, a familiar shape.
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle, acrylic paint, interference paint.
Difficulty: 
 
GIFT PUZZLES
Dog Bone
$75 (GIFT)
Description: Saw the dog bone bandana and the bone puzzle just fell into place!
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle, cloth.
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Lynn's Bass
$300 (GIFT)
Description: A gift for my step-son's Bass instructor, based on the Bass.
Materials: Tray wooden jigsaw puzzle, stain, wb-polyurethane.
Difficulty: 
 
Triplets
$150 (GIFT)
Description: One of my early creations of creating puzzles in a circle.
Materials: Knobs, water based stains and polyurethane. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Shamrock
$50 (GIFT)
Description: This puzzle was created for St. Patrick's day and given to an Irish friend.
Materials: Bandana from a local store. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
Difficulty: 
 
Mom and daughter
$50 (GIFT)
Description: Occasionally, I will do images of people and the price will vary depending on size. I prefer using the wood to embellish the image.
Materials: Photo. Wooden jigsaw puzzle.
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Since many pieces can be small and others may have strong magnets, I DO NOT recommend most of my puzzles for children under 4.