How the puzzle was conquered

Here are the rest of the process pictures. Second day I decided to work on the grass on the other side of the house. Two reasons: one, I now bother the OTHER neighbor with my incessant jig-saw noise; and two, the wind was blowing and I didn't want to get cherry dust on my front porch.

Here we go...


More holy blocks, they look so empty!





That's kind of cool on the grass!



Several hours later...these are the last blocks!



Now THAT is really cool!
"Jig Doodle" 4 x 3.5 feet x 2"
Saw lines on styrofoam by Maria Arango

 That last picture is the styrofoam board I used for support. Really made cutting the puzzle pieces a lot easier than last project. Before I had to clamp down the big blocks while cutting out every piece and had to be careful not to cut my bench support.

With the styrofoam, I just laid the big block on top and the jig-saw blade goes right through the foam while the block is completely supported. This lets me jig-saw very quickly and the block doesn't chatter at all even when most of the pieces are removed. What a time saver!

The final piece of styrofoam looks kind of like a quirky giant line drawing. Let's call it "Jig Doodle" and sell it! Kidding, kidding...
Mailing pictures tomorrow. That part was really boring, by the way, after all the excitement and stress of cutting pieces in the great outdoors the mailing was a tedious and long task.

Blocks being mailed!

Quick update to let everyone know that the blocks are being mailed.

Keep an eye on the blog for "updates without words": http://puzzleprints.blogspot.com/

When someone asked me how I planned to cut 113 blocks for this print, I quickly replied: "one at a time"

Well, one at a time and a few days later all 113 were in a box awaiting to be sent off.

I finished the cutting task yesterday and started packing the freshly cut blocks.

Today I managed to mail out about half, phew!

I will have some last minute instructions but they are currently in my "mailing room" and I just don't have the strength to get over there to get my notes. But I thought I'd let everyone know to expect the blocks very quickly now.

General instructions are now in html so that our foreign friends can translate if they wish:

http://1000woodcuts.com/projects/cityoftheworld/instructions.html

IMPORTANT NOTE!

Please let me know as you receive your block, just a quick "got it" so that I know they all arrived safely.

Thanks!

The future City of the World is now in your hands...or will be very soon, anyway.

Your tired and happy instigator,

Maria

A project-obsessive personality

I confess I'm "project-obsessive". Once I start something, especially a large project, I just put my head down and work until it is done. I think that's the only way I stay motivated enough to finish. Starting and stopping is just not the way I work.

Anyhow, here is my latest obsession:
http://puzzleprints.blogspot.com/
I'm planning on finishing the first stage this week. Should be a cool humongous print!

Chopping day! Spring is here...

Here we go! My favorite back-breaking part...

All set up outside in the sunshine on my styrofoam support

I told you it was back-breaking...but I'm so short, the ground is closer than the table top



Poor first piece, looks kind of lonely in there



The block is starting to look puzzled

Holy block!

Spring is here, have to stop and enjoy the first green buds

Ah, here we go, looks like a puzzle now