In the beginning.....

[Carter Johnson]

When I was in high school and college, I liked to doodle during classes: rather complex doodles that weren't completed until many sessions had gone by. After graduations more than 50 years ago, I saved them. Shortly after my wife and I were married (almost 50 years), we filled in the doodles with colored pens. Then they just sat in a file......until 16 years ago (September 1993), when I first began cutting puzzles.

These are pictures of doodles #'s 1 and 2, two of the first ten puzzles I ever cut. In them, you can begin to see my color-line-cutting style developing. They may look like extremely difficult puzzles to assemble, but they're really only moderately tough - and still phun...

I hope you enjoy them and that it gives those of you who are getting started some ideas for using your own home-art.

Your comments are always welcome..... Carter

 

[JAYJAY]

Thanks for letting us see them Carter i was amazed with the picture of the back which shows your cut lines!
got to say those are some weird and wonderful doodles...........what exactly was going through your mind :shock: were your college years a bit of a blur??? :lol:

 

[wizer]

thanks for showing these Carter. Oddly, I did very similar stuff all over my classbooks at school. I'll have to dig them out to show.

 

[Gill]

Carter, your doodles and jigsaw puzzles are much more creative and demonstrate more talent than most 'modern art' currently hanging in prestigious galleries.

 

[Blacklabradorman]

They're Great Carter! I'd definitely have them hanging on my walls

Sean



I've cut this piece of wood twice but it's still too short!

 

[hog&bodge]

Having shown them to my wife who is in her opinion a
Professional Jigsaw tester...lol
She said she would love to have a go at your jigsaws..
Very impressive work Thanks for showing them to us.
How long did they take you to complete..?
Alex

 

[Carter Johnson]

I don't exactly remember from back then, Alex, but I imagine it took 5 to 6 hours at the saw.

Carter