A Puzzle Piece and a Finished puzzle

The last of the puzzle pieces for Andrea. Her theme is birds.

My finished puzzle. My theme was The Raven.


Last year my local art group got together and decided to do an altered puzzle. There are eight of us that meet once a month and work on projects, try a technique, alter books, and do some Round Robin things. I have shared several of those pieces with you. I thought you might like to see my finished puzzle. I am so pleased with the way it turned out. I wish you could see the dimension and texture it has. The scanner just doesn't do it justice.

One of the girls found these great puzzles at the Dollar Store with 24 pieces. She handed them out and sent us home to gesso them, mark the up and down sides, number them, sign them and then put three adjoining pieces in a bag for each of us. We were to come up with a theme and put that on our box.

The next month we met, we exchanged puzzles and the journey began. Each month we brought our puzzles and exchanged with a new person. It was so much fun to see them evolve. Some did not want to see them until they were all completed, others oohed and awed each month.

This weekend was my go through the obligation pile. I have a number of unfinished projects. Also, I am embarrassed to say two projects of other peoples that got buried in my pile. One of those was to finish my three pieces for my puzzle and put it together. I also found Andrea's "missing pieces". I am happy to report, all are finished, and those that need to be mailed will go out today! Yeah!