Love these Pomegranate puzzles - just wish they made them with more pieces than 1000. This was interesting because of the strict symmetry.
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Showing posts with label Pomegranate. Show all posts
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Frank Lloyd Wright: Imperial Hotel Peacock Carpet
Frank Lloyd Wright: Imperial Hotel Peacock Carpet
Love these Pomegranate puzzles - just wish they made them with more pieces than 1000. This was interesting because of the strict symmetry.
Love these Pomegranate puzzles - just wish they made them with more pieces than 1000. This was interesting because of the strict symmetry.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Tibetan Buddhist Mandala
Tibetan Buddhist Mandala
Pomegranate
1000 pieces
The original is in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Pomegranate
1000 pieces
The original is in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Joseph Stella - The Voice of the City
Joseph Stella - The Voice of the City
Pomegranate
1000 pieces
I don't know why, but this puzzle was only semi-interesting to do. Not great...
In the opening decades of the twentieth century, New York stood as the grandest expression of the United States's technological and financial world dominance. Joseph Stella's monumental painting The Voice of the City of New York Interpreted, a panoramic, five-paneled view of 1920s Manhattan, evokes the dizzying dynamism and awe-inspiring spectacle of the city. Measuring more than twenty feet long, The Voice of the City presents key Manhattan landmarks at night, starting on the west side with the Battery, then moving to the middle of the island with Broadway's Great White Way (featured on this puzzle) and the skyscrapers, and ending in the east with the Brooklyn Bridge. Below are tunnels for trains, electricity, and plumbing. Stella (1877-1946), who immigrated to New York in 1896 from a small town in southern Italy, interpreted American technology in religious terms, conveyed by the altarpiece format and deep, saturated colors that give the appearance of stained glass windows.Purchased in 1937 from Stella's Newark-based gallery, Rabin and Krueger, The Voice of the City reflects the Newark Museum's commitment, dating from its founding, to educate, inspire, and transform individuals of all ages and the local, regional, national, and international communities it servers.The Voice of the City of New York Interpreted: The White Way 1 (detail), 1920-1922 by Joseph Stella (American, b. Italy, 1877-1946). Puzzle size 20 x 29 in. (50.8 x 73.7 cm)
Pomegranate
1000 pieces
I don't know why, but this puzzle was only semi-interesting to do. Not great...
In the opening decades of the twentieth century, New York stood as the grandest expression of the United States's technological and financial world dominance. Joseph Stella's monumental painting The Voice of the City of New York Interpreted, a panoramic, five-paneled view of 1920s Manhattan, evokes the dizzying dynamism and awe-inspiring spectacle of the city. Measuring more than twenty feet long, The Voice of the City presents key Manhattan landmarks at night, starting on the west side with the Battery, then moving to the middle of the island with Broadway's Great White Way (featured on this puzzle) and the skyscrapers, and ending in the east with the Brooklyn Bridge. Below are tunnels for trains, electricity, and plumbing. Stella (1877-1946), who immigrated to New York in 1896 from a small town in southern Italy, interpreted American technology in religious terms, conveyed by the altarpiece format and deep, saturated colors that give the appearance of stained glass windows.Purchased in 1937 from Stella's Newark-based gallery, Rabin and Krueger, The Voice of the City reflects the Newark Museum's commitment, dating from its founding, to educate, inspire, and transform individuals of all ages and the local, regional, national, and international communities it servers.The Voice of the City of New York Interpreted: The White Way 1 (detail), 1920-1922 by Joseph Stella (American, b. Italy, 1877-1946). Puzzle size 20 x 29 in. (50.8 x 73.7 cm)
Thursday, January 19, 2012
The Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel
Pomegranate
1000 pieces
This was actually a bit challenging. Also got us hooked on the concept of the Tower of Babel
The Bedford Hours, now among the finest treasures of the British Library, is one of the most magnificent illuminated manuscripts in existence. Produced in the fifteenth century over a period of twenty or more years in the studio of the Bedford Master-whose identity remained a mystery for several centuries-the manuscript contains scores of elaborate medallions and miniature scenes surrounded by painstakingly detailed scrollwork, initials, line-fillers, and other artistic adornments. The image reproduced here, one of the Bedford Hours' major painted pages, is a depiction of the Tower of Babel story from Genesis. Assembled puzzle measures 20 x 29.
Pomegranate
1000 pieces
This was actually a bit challenging. Also got us hooked on the concept of the Tower of Babel
The Bedford Hours, now among the finest treasures of the British Library, is one of the most magnificent illuminated manuscripts in existence. Produced in the fifteenth century over a period of twenty or more years in the studio of the Bedford Master-whose identity remained a mystery for several centuries-the manuscript contains scores of elaborate medallions and miniature scenes surrounded by painstakingly detailed scrollwork, initials, line-fillers, and other artistic adornments. The image reproduced here, one of the Bedford Hours' major painted pages, is a depiction of the Tower of Babel story from Genesis. Assembled puzzle measures 20 x 29.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Huichol Yarn Painting
Huichol Yarn Painting
Pomegranate
1000 pieces
We actually took this on a trip to SF and did it during the 5 days we were there for ePod's birthday.
bear was exhausted when he finished it.
Jigsaw puzzle reproduction of "The Huichol Deities Teach Humans to Honor the Sacred Seeds," yarn inlaid into beeswax on wooden board by Gonzalo Hernandez Carrillo (Mexican, b. 1960). When the universe was created and the supreme beings set out to organize the world, the deities could transform themselves into humans, plants, animals, and insects. For example, Dove Woman could shape-shift into a dove, a human, or the Corn Mother; she and her many daughters, such as Blue Corn Girl, Amaranth Girl, Squash Girl, Bean Girl, and Gourd Girl, provided abundance. When the creators decided it was time for the shape-shifters to choose their final forms, they invented a human, Watákame. He would teach his species to survive by learning how to care for, honor, and plant the precious seeds. The rituals he began in those ancient times to pay tribute to Father Sun, the Rain Mothers, Brother Deer, the Corn Mother, and the life-giving forces continue to bring sustenance to the Huichol people. Renowned for their highly evolved aesthetic sense, the Huichol people of Mexicoâ?TMs Sierra Madre Occidental preserve their religious traditions and symbolism in a variety of art forms, such as this yarn painting by Gonzalo Hernandez Carrillo. The Huichol Center for Cultural Survival and Traditional Arts is dedicated to the transcription and safekeeping of Huichol myths, symbolism, and tribal wisdom. One thousand interlocking pieces. Box size: 10 x 13 x 17/8 in.; puzzle size: 20 x 25 in
Pomegranate
1000 pieces
We actually took this on a trip to SF and did it during the 5 days we were there for ePod's birthday.
bear was exhausted when he finished it.
Jigsaw puzzle reproduction of "The Huichol Deities Teach Humans to Honor the Sacred Seeds," yarn inlaid into beeswax on wooden board by Gonzalo Hernandez Carrillo (Mexican, b. 1960). When the universe was created and the supreme beings set out to organize the world, the deities could transform themselves into humans, plants, animals, and insects. For example, Dove Woman could shape-shift into a dove, a human, or the Corn Mother; she and her many daughters, such as Blue Corn Girl, Amaranth Girl, Squash Girl, Bean Girl, and Gourd Girl, provided abundance. When the creators decided it was time for the shape-shifters to choose their final forms, they invented a human, Watákame. He would teach his species to survive by learning how to care for, honor, and plant the precious seeds. The rituals he began in those ancient times to pay tribute to Father Sun, the Rain Mothers, Brother Deer, the Corn Mother, and the life-giving forces continue to bring sustenance to the Huichol people. Renowned for their highly evolved aesthetic sense, the Huichol people of Mexicoâ?TMs Sierra Madre Occidental preserve their religious traditions and symbolism in a variety of art forms, such as this yarn painting by Gonzalo Hernandez Carrillo. The Huichol Center for Cultural Survival and Traditional Arts is dedicated to the transcription and safekeeping of Huichol myths, symbolism, and tribal wisdom. One thousand interlocking pieces. Box size: 10 x 13 x 17/8 in.; puzzle size: 20 x 25 in
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tibetan Wheel of Life
Tibetan Wheel of Life
Pomegranate
1000 pieces
We mounted this on canvas and gave it a border of red / gold crepe paper, and used it as a component of a meditation retreat. Really great puzzle..
Pomegranate
1000 pieces
We mounted this on canvas and gave it a border of red / gold crepe paper, and used it as a component of a meditation retreat. Really great puzzle..
Friday, July 22, 2011
Frank Lloyd Wright's Pencils
Frank Lloyd Wright's Pencils
1000 pieces
Pomegranate
Pomegranate puzzles are so well made. Too bad they don't come larger than 1000 pieces. The pencils were fun, but the white and black bands were pretty boring.
1000 pieces
Pomegranate
Pomegranate puzzles are so well made. Too bad they don't come larger than 1000 pieces. The pencils were fun, but the white and black bands were pretty boring.
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