#false fits

[relativelypuzzled]

Started off the year with a win: I completed The Clearly Impossible Puzzle!

I told myself I was going to build up to this one but it was too enticing. Felt so proud of it, I've framed it on my wall now. 😂

The full journey is on my instagram (relativelyposi) but overall I would say I enjoyed it. Took me about 3 weeks total, didnt track my hours but several days straight working on it.

There were quite a few disappointing false-fits, but I was always able to figure it out eventually. Also disappinted because the pieces do not snap together nicely, they actually move around quite a bit still. The four I held up were already stuck together and I did not break them apart, but the rest of the pieces could not be held up like that.

[relativelypuzzled]

The puzzle I was working on last week was this pretty 1000 piece Thomas Kinkade Studios puzzle. Its a cheaply made basic ribbon-cut puzzle you can get anywhere that was gifted to me at Christmas, and I have another one I'll do later this year, but I really did not enjoy this one.

The cut was too generic, cardboard too thin, had some false fits, and the sky gradient wasn't distinct enough to tell the difference between color sections. Also although I grew up on Kinkade Puzzles, at this point they are all made by a studio who doesn't sign or share who these ghost painters are on their work, since the painting is designed to evoke the work of this past painter, and as an artist that bothers me.

Puzzle Info

"Sierra Paradise"

Puzzle #3310-97

1000+ pieces

Size: 26.6"x19" in (68x48cm)

Year: 2021

Brand: Thomas Kinkade Studios

Manufactured by: Ceaco

Made in Newton, MA, USA