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My mom sent a large box of books/photos with a request for jigsaw puzzles, some for her and some for her to give to a friend. I've just started scratching the surface, but here are 10 Amish puzzles from a photo book by Bill Coleman. Four of them in individual boxes made from Chakte Viga, and the other six are in double-boxes made from oak/walnut, leopardwood, and purple heart/eucalyptus. You'll have to use your imagination, as I am not going to reassemble the puzzles just to take a pic. The other box (tan oak) with four compartments holds a set of 8 flower-themed puzzles from, I think, Manet paintings. They are smaller, so I chose two puzzles with similar colors/backgrounds for each compartment to be assembled together. Not pictured are four Normal Rockwells and a set of 3 small Amish puzzles, and something with a cat that I will be building boxes for once I decide on a box style - I don't want to just build the same box over and over.

Not all pictured, but after the 9x12 Detlefsens I did a series of 8 Monet's. The Monet puzzles are 8.5 square and are mostly 100 piece jigsaws (with one 99 because I lost count, and one 62 because I wanted to try a different cutting technique.) I also did 7 or 8 mini 4x6 puzzles with 20-35 pieces each. They were from a book on famous watercolor paintings and can be completed in the time it takes to boil a cup of water for tea. I think I've got the technique down now - no need for frisket paper or patterns. And I switched from contact cement to 3M Photo mount. Next up I'll be trying a bunch of 12x14 prints from old Arizona Highways calendars. I made a little cherry box for each of the larger puzzles with a photo of the puzzle glued to the top. The mini puzzles I'm still designing a multi-compartmented box for. And just for grins - I took a simple cat and gecko profile from google images and made a bunch of fridge magnets. 12 cats (3/16" thick, approx 2" high) in walnut/mahogany/maple/cherry/mesquite and 4 geckos (1/4" thick, 4" long) in walnut/satinwood/mesquite. Easy to stack cut and I drilled a hole in the back of each and glued a rare earth magnet flush with the back. Two cats will hold one piece of child's artwork to the fridge door. The magnets in the geckos are a bit bigger, one of them will hold a phone book. If you switch from the rare earth to the stick-on magnet sheets, these would make quick and easy giveaways. Also - I'm still looking for a new source for plywood. Every single sheet (bought 10) that I got had voids, some big enough to ruin the piece. I'm looking at Sloan's Workshop but if you know of anyplace else that also sells quality walnut/cherry/maple plywood please let me know. thanks for looking Joe