Inspiration for Personal Puzzles - Wentworth Special & Tesselation Jigsaw Cuts

            UPDATE Aug 2023: This Wentworth MDW project needs a push. 
Wentworth have continued to expand these puzzles during and after the Covid 19 pandemic
- first in the launch of their standard-sized 'Colour Gradient' range
- in the 40/80pc Mini-Mindful range
- with one or two tessellation jigsaws in their seasonal ranges, Easter, Autumn/Halloween, & Christmas.
- with occasional 'double-sized' tessellation cuts c500pc and in July 2023 with the first 'Quadruple-sized' tessellation image of 865pc. 

UPDATE Oct 2021: I'm making an album of Wentworth MD & Tessellation cuts. This is a subject I've wanted to write for the BCD magazine about for a long time and creating the album will help me understand it.

Original Text, Nov 2012: Personal Tessellation Puzzles
For ages I have been fascinated by these special 'MDW' cuts by Wentworth, which combine mathematical or tessellating cuts with challenging images (though generally only in 250pc puzzles). I bought one recently (my first) with an especially challenging image called 'Barley Field' and it really is extremely difficult, having only two types of pieces (which fit together in four possible ways, and both pieces have 4-fold rotation axis through the centre). The Wentworth designers are especially proud of these puzzles - and rightly so.

Most of the puzzles shown here date to 2005. The two peacock puzzles compare a normal whimsy cut with a tessellating cut. I was strongly tempted by 'Backlit Daffodils' and really regret not buying this puzzle when it was available.

The two snow scenes were both cut in the snowflake pattern. Peppers and toys have a triangular -based cut. The squiggly cut was used on a puzzle of tall ships and three other images.

P.S. I have put this in the 'our jigsaw shots' set to serve as inspiration for discussions - not to imply that I am responsible for any of these cuts or images!

   

Taken on: November 7, 2012

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Sets appears in: • Wentworth MD Tessellation Jigsaws • Wentworth Jigsaws more » • our jigsaw shots • BCD Transport & Naval History • wooden jigsaws • jigsaws, & something different « less

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