Artist: Julia Snegireva
Maker and Year: Hinkler, 2016
Count: 500 pieces
Final size: 28 x 23″
Piece Type/Variety: Straight ribbon cut, standard
Piece quality: Average
Skin irritation: None
I finished coloring the puzzle. It felt tedious. I admit it drew me in, I’d start on one area and then feel compelled to just keep going until hours passed, even though my fingers became quite sore. Not very imaginative, except in the mane and tail- I colored the flowers according to what I thought their shapes looked like- roses, morning glories, sunflowers, passion flower, etc- but then at the end felt like there was too much bright red in the picture (tried to darken/dull some). Seems it took just as long to color in, as it did for the initial assembly!
I thought I would box it up again and put together a second time much later on, but kept thinking curious how different would the experience be, doing this one with color rather than black and white? So I re-assembled it immediately. And that was enjoyable, I found myself in the calm, meditative state that puzzling usually brings. I also thought this would be a puzzle I’d do once and then give away or trade, but don’t think anyone else would want an already done coloring puzzle, plus it feels rather personal to me now, putting together these pieces that I had a hand in making, so to speak.
I did take in-progress photos of the coloring process, but didn’t think that would interest anyone to see, so here’s the usually puzzle assembly ones:
