sexta-feira, 30 de janeiro de 2015

Os 5 Gatos XV (La 5 Katoj XV)





Chegou o momento mais aguardado. Só entende essa agradável expectativa para montar um quebra-cabeça quem gosta desse jogo. É como abrir um capítulo novo na rotina diária.


Como sempre, comecei separando as peças das bordas, ou seja, aquelas com 1 ou 2 faces retas. Resolvi separar também as peças cujo papelão de fundo era mais escuro, com o qual foram feitos 4 dos 6 quadrados.









Em seguida, separei as peças de canto, pois são várias, já que este quebra-cabeça é composto por 6 quadrados pequenos além do painel de base. E depois, organizei as outras peças de borda conforme alguns formatos. Hummm... logo percebi que tinha uma tarefa difícil pela frente, já que a pintura é abstrata e todas as cores estão em todos os lugares, dificultando o agrupamento por imagem ou cor.









Com elas fiz as bordas dos quadrados pequenos e do painel de base.









As peças escuras foram organizadas pelos formatos e com elas preenchi grande parte dos 4 quadrados.





  





Muito bem! A primeira parte foi feita.

Agora eu tenho na minha frente um mar de pecinhas multicoloridas organizadas pelo formato e 3 superfícies para montar.
Avante!










Manufacture a Jigsaw Puzzle ~ 15

Here we are at Day 15 and our Artist Antônia is now sharing the wondering photos of assembling the 1005 pieces together….wait till you see these…..
Dear Readers,
And the long awaited moment has arrived.  Only those who really like puzzles can understand the eager anticipation of assembling one.  It`s a nice break in our daily routine.
As always, I started selecting the edge pieces, that is, those with 1 or 2 straight sides.  I also sorted out the pieces which were cut from a darker cardboard and, therefore, whose back was darker.

As this puzzle is composed of 6 small squares on a base panel and I knew that the darker cardboard was the basis of 4 of those 6 squares, that gave me a good head start.  Then I picked out the corner pieces because, having 6 squares, there would be many of those.  After that, I sorted the other edge pieces according to their specific shapes, number of tabs or blanks.  Hmmm… I soon realized what a difficult task lay ahead of me, as the picture is abstract and all the colors are everywhere, making it difficult to group the pieces by color or picture.


With the first selected pieces, I worked on the edges of the small squares and the edges of the base panel. -
The pieces with darker backs were reorganized by shape and with those I compiled a great deal of the inner area of the 4 squares.


Very well! The first part was done.
Now there lies in front of me a sea of multicolored little pieces, also grouped by shape and 3 surfaces to work on.
Carry on!

Now next week we will continue on putting the pieces in place to complete this jigsaw puzzle…..

Well? What do you think? Looking pretty good isn’t it….SO colourful and pretty…..I want one too….We carry on with more next week. This has been a very interesting and fun. There has been so much work put into this project. I am so impressed and pleased to be part of this journey with Antônia.
Linda Richard, Amin
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Os 5 Gatos XIV (La 5 Katoj XIV)





Cortando, cortando….

…700 peças…







…e 1005! Terminei!







Agora vem a melhor parte! Certamente a que todos os amantes de quebra-cabeças mais aguardavam: a MONTAGEM!

Peças na mesa! Aqui vou eu!










Manufacture a Jigsaw Puzzle ~ 14

Today Article 14 will complete the cutting phase of the jigsaw puzzle by our Artist Antônia as she gets close to the end of manufacturing her puzzle…..how many pieces did she cut you ask????….
Dear Readers,
Cuttings, cuttings……700 pieces…

…and 1005! I’m done!
Now the best part begins! Certainly the part that all jigsaw puzzle lovers awaits: the MOUNTING STEP! Pieces on the table! Here I go……

Next article will show the work in progress of putting the manufactured puzzle together with many photos too.

On my goodness….after days of accurate cutting over 1,000 pieces I am so impressed with the determination of the Artist to create her piece of work that will be in our world forever. And now I am totally stoked to see the next article with the photos……so exciting…..
Linda Richard, Admin
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quinta-feira, 29 de janeiro de 2015

Os 5 Gatos XIII (La 5 Katoj XIII)





Durante o processo de cortes, procuro nunca seguir o mesmo padrão. Tenho um conjunto de facas com várias “curvinhas” em suas lâminas, por isso mudo com frequência o padrão com que faço os cortes maiores e, a partir daí, posso escolher sempre alterar a ordem que sigo para cortar em partes menores. 








Assim, matematicamente falando, a probabilidade de haver 2 peças iguais é quase zero.... mas pode acontecer.







Vejam o vídeo, que está em câmera rápida, pois o processo é bem demorado.











Manufacture a Jigsaw Puzzle ~13
Posted On : January 28th, 2015 | Updated On : January 28th, 2015
We are still in the cutting strategy for the puzzle as our Group Member Antônia shares how she determines the patterns and shapes of the puzzle pieces. This is how she does it…..
Dear Readers,
During the cutting process, I try to not follow the same pattern of pieces. I have a kit of jigsaws which comprises of several “curves” therefore I always change the big cutting patterns. From there, I can choose the sequence that will make the smaller cuttings.
In this sense, mathematically speaking, the probability of having two identical pieces is almost zero; it can happen though.
This video has used a speed view to make the process look fast but it is not as fast as that. Great care is taken to be sure the lines are cut proper and cleanly. Cutting continues next.

That was such a great video to watch the Artist in action. I watched it several times and I am still amazed at the accuracy Antonia creates her cuts. Next up it looks like the cutting is close to then end. So what’s next???
Linda Richard, Admin

- See more at: http://www.jigsawpuzzleconnections.com/manufacture-jigsaw-puzzle-13/#sthash.v3j2YbNy.dpuf