This is just to note that yesterday I uploaded seven videos to You Tube
that showcase my puzzle passion. All you need to do is type "You Tube
Dennis Mott Jigsaw Puzzles" in the google search bar and it'll pop up to
at least a few of them. They were all filmed in the last couple of
weeks and my two bedroom apartment was jammed with puzzles I had
out on display. In my living room I had made a ten foot display board
that I laid over my couch and had on it seven 1000 piece puzzles and a
couple of 2000 piece puzzles. Behind the couch I had two long folding
tables that held two 1500 piece panoramic puzzles and in the corner of
the living room on my two work tables I had eight of my thirteen
completed MC Escher puzzles showcased. In the other corner and on another work
table I had three other puzzles on display plus a collection of empty
jigsaw puzzle boxes that pretty much represented the number of puzzles I
built in 2011. I think all together the number of unframed completed
puzzles I had in the living room were 23 and I also had 14 framed puzzles
on my walls and in my windows of my living room. Here's a few photos.
I also had puzzles on display in my two bedrooms. In my bedroom I exhibited my two 3000 piece puzzles that were built in the past year. One is "The Bombardment of Algiers" and the other is a Clementoni Landscape puzzle of "The Dolomites". These puzzles are just about four feet wide so the only way to store my big ones is under my bed. Also because I do not glue my puzzles storing my puzzles is a challenge all by itself! For the big puzzles I sandwich them between stiff davy boards or foam boards and seal them with tape or staples to keep them secure. This way I can handle them vertically when I have to move them around. For the smaller ones (1500 or less) I build my puzzles on paper and store them in the drawers of my storage cabinet in my second bedroom which I have made into my workroom for framing. The five drawers of my storage cabinet contain around 150 completed and unglued jigsaw puzzles. In my workroom I had three 1500 piece puzzles showing - two Gustav Klimnt puzzles and Botticelli's "Primevera".
Please check the videos out. Enjoy.
I also had puzzles on display in my two bedrooms. In my bedroom I exhibited my two 3000 piece puzzles that were built in the past year. One is "The Bombardment of Algiers" and the other is a Clementoni Landscape puzzle of "The Dolomites". These puzzles are just about four feet wide so the only way to store my big ones is under my bed. Also because I do not glue my puzzles storing my puzzles is a challenge all by itself! For the big puzzles I sandwich them between stiff davy boards or foam boards and seal them with tape or staples to keep them secure. This way I can handle them vertically when I have to move them around. For the smaller ones (1500 or less) I build my puzzles on paper and store them in the drawers of my storage cabinet in my second bedroom which I have made into my workroom for framing. The five drawers of my storage cabinet contain around 150 completed and unglued jigsaw puzzles. In my workroom I had three 1500 piece puzzles showing - two Gustav Klimnt puzzles and Botticelli's "Primevera".