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| | | Description: | | This is a 344 piece puzzle of Kevin Sloan's charming painting "The Gift Arrives." The puzzle features many themed whimsy pieces and connectors on a hexagonal grid, designed by Tara Flannery. Like all our puzzles, laser-cut from 1/4" wood and made in the USA. Packaged in a pine wood box. | | | Features: | |
• 344 pieces
• 8.5" x 17"
• laser-cut wooden jigsaw puzzle
• Made in USA
| | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 10.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.65 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 1 reviews |
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Give Yourself the Gift of "The Gift Arrives"Apr 20, 2012
By Gary L. Connely
Artist Kevin Sloan calls himself a "contemporary allegorical realist." His paintings combine Old Masters' drafsmanship, lush sensual colors and a quirky modernist attitude. "The Gift Arrives" is a wonderful example of his work - a ground squirrel and his posse, courting the lady of his dreams - presented with meticulous attention to detail. It's a lovely scene, full of dream-like potential..., and it makes a great jigsaw puzzle.
My wife and I have collected wooden jigsaw puzzles for many years. Our collection includes some wonderful handcut antique puzzles - but none of them are as lovely and elegant as the more than a dozen Artifact puzzles we own. Artifact is a small, Seattle-based company specializing in laser-cut, wooden jigsaw puzzles. They use high quality illustrations, printed with colorful soy-based inks, bonded to 1/4 inch plywood. Their laser technology allows for very precise and intricate cuts. The puzzles are small and challenging - I would not recommend an Artifact puzzle for a child younger than 10 years old.
"The Gift Arrives" is in 344 pieces. As with many Artifact puzzles, the pieces include a number of "whimsies," pieces shaped like animals, birds and fruit.... There are false edges, tricky corners and pieces that connect perfectly to the wrong piece. When its completed it's 8.5 by 17 inches.
Like most of the larger Artifact puzzles, "The Gift Arrives" is packaged in a very cool pine box.
If you are a puzzle person - particularly if you are a puzzle person who has never "done" a wooden jigsaw puzzle - "The Gift Arrives" is a wonderful introduction to the world of wooden puzzles.
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