Derain Thames Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle

by Artifact Puzzles

Product Features

• 11"x 13.5"
• 226 pieces
• laser-cut wooden jigsaw puzzle
• Made in USA
• big pieces

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B001W8US6A
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #210,735 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Product Description

Product Description

This 226 piece puzzle is a Fauvist rendering of the St. Paul Cathedral as seen from the River Thames in England. An oddity about the Thames is "swan upping": every year since the 15th century the locals ceremoniously capture and tag swans to mark ownership (please see wikipedia for further details). The 226 pieces in this puzzle include multi-piece figurative whimsy pieces celebrating swan upping designed by Seattle artist Maria Berg (click on the small image below the big image above to see example puzzle pieces). The image is a 1906 painting by Andre Derain. Andre Derain was called a Fauvist, which translates as "wild beast", for his ferocious disregard of the sobreity of real-world colors. All our puzzles are made of layers of hard and soft woods and measure roughly 1/4" thick. Comes packaged in an unfinished pine wooden box. Warning: puzzle pieces are a choking hazard for small children.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So arrestingly beautiful that touching them makes you happy, May 7, 2009

By	Evan Goldstein (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Derain Thames Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle (Toy)

I just bought one of these and am like totally blown away. The itty bitty laminate wood pieces in their screaming colors are just arrestingly beautiful-- far more spectacular, actually, than the art from which they were disassembled. Just cut art up. Into ragged little pieces.

These things are so wicked gorgeous that just touching the smooth pieces kind of makes you happy.

And likely others, too-- my friends and their kids, anyway. Crazy, I know, but I just ordered 8 more. Some things make you happy.