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Puzzle 795 - Mombasa Market
By Custom Puzzle Craft
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Puzzle 795 - Mombasa Market
From a lithograph print of a photo by Michael Seewald
Puzzle made for a guy celebrating his 80th birthday!
Puzzle 795 - Figural Set
Concrete Boat (the celebrant built them during WWII)
Shamrock (Irish),
Trowel (the celebrant used to be in construction)
Horse Head from the logo of the Philadelphia Country Club (celebrant was a member)
Liberty Bell (Philadelphia)
Letter M (wife, Marge)
80 for 80th birthday celebration
Bull from Merrill Lynch logo (worked there) modified slightly for puzzle piece strength
Alligator logo from The Everglades Club, Palm Beach, Florida
Some of the figural designs were provided by the customer
As it happened (from my Journal archives)
June 12, 2008
Thursday 11:18 pm - A cactus which after five years of struggling to remain above ground level at Mixed Media, suddenly bloomed!
Thursday 5:39 pm - A new puzzle cutting marathon is underway as I continue to focus on "The Monkey" (May-June-July). Early this morning I mounted #795 and #796, then designed the figural set for 795 (nine figurals). Later I started cutting #795 and in sustained periods of cutting cut about 215 pieces, obviously cutting at a faster rate than the previous puzzle! Cutting going well. I changed my mind about the style and am cutting the puzzle in Long Round instead of Swirl Curl. Cutting will continue tomorrow; I'm going to attempt to complete the puzzle. I plan to cut #796 over the weekend, good chance completion will slip into Monday and then immediately start the auction. #795 will ship on Monday.
June 13, 2008
Friday 6:27 pm - In a sustained effort I completed #795, Mombasa Market, an excellent Long Round puzzle with a cool figural set. As the puzzle is being purchased as a gift for someone who I think occasionally visits this journal, pictures will be held of until early July; I promise to post pictures! The puzzle has "around" 505, pieces. Will count / box / ship by Monday afternoon. I recently come across some "600" grit sandpaper, and tried it on this puzzle, the back is supersmooth. Previously I've been using "320" for the final sanding, upgrading over a year ago from "220".
June 15, 2008
Sunday 6:52 pm - Yesterday I had too many "maintenance" things to do, plus a good afternoon nap, and did not get any puzzle work done.
June 16, 2008
Monday 6:37 pm - Inspected, boxed, packed, shipped #795, Mombasa Market, final piece count 506.
Specifications
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Name
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Mombasa |
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Artist
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Michael Seewald |
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Date Completed
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June 13, 2008 |
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Size
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13 3/8" x 13 3/8" |
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Cutting Style
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# Pieces
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506 |
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Color Line Cutting
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None |
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Figurals
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See description, above |
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