teddy bear operation, the puzzle

a one-off puzzle made with my “toy box” exhibition in mind (this april) – after placing my order it took just three days for the finished item to arrive on my doorstep from the company in slovakia! – 300 pieces, 26 x 38cm – took a couple of hours to complete – quality is nice but i think cost might preclude having lots made to sell – especially being unsure how much interest there would be in it? – going to look into more financially viable wholesale alternatives with japanese companies…


19 comments

  1. lele said on 26 Jan 2012 at 10:14 pm

    Very nice. The jigsaw looks great.
    If selling a jigsaw on it’s own doesn’t seem to generate enough attention, releasing it as a supplement to a future publication (ala the Pop-Up for the ‘Alice’ special edition) may be a nice treat.

  2. trevor brown said on 26 Jan 2012 at 10:27 pm

    actually, the reason i wanted to use this image is because it’s a few years old now, still “a good one”, and hasn’t been in any trevor brown book, and probably won’t be in any foreseeable future trevor brown book

  3. Anonymphous said on 26 Jan 2012 at 11:07 pm

    Looks great! TB`s babyart as a jigsaw fits perfectly. It`s just kinda sad that there isn`t any jigsaw in the jigsaw. It would fit to the image and would have been a nice play on words.

    The picture itself is great too! Reminding me of the old Dali skulls I`ve always loved very much.

    Although, I`m not sure, but it just still looks kinda strange on some parts, as if the image elements were forced to cooperate for the greater purpose. But I guess, it`s also very hard to create such optical illusions in a rather realistical style.

  4. Blakat said on 27 Jan 2012 at 5:09 am

    excellent ! Much more pieces than my cheap czech provider….
    Just in time before the deadline in 5 days for whishes …. like lot of success, paintings, publications, vynil figures, ball jointed dolls, … and travel (?) for 2012

  5. Anonymphous said on 27 Jan 2012 at 5:26 am

    @lele: WTF you have the EVA book for only $89.99?!?
    @Blakat: WTF you have the MAMA again for only 29.00 €?!?

    This is soo great! Must have, must have!

  6. Daniel said on 27 Jan 2012 at 8:19 am

    Nice puzzle! I actually just bought a few of your books to help with my PhD on depictions (artistic and commercial) of female gender role development. I’m currently looking forward to looking through the black & white book today. :-)

    I wish I had patience to do a puzzle! Hope you have great success with them!

    Daniel

  7. Harry Gruiformes said on 27 Jan 2012 at 9:01 am

    +1

    I would buy a puzzle

  8. C ourtney said on 27 Jan 2012 at 10:29 am

    I’m terrible at doing puzzles. But I still want the art! Trevor, can you glue it together for me please? ;-)

  9. an:Dreas said on 28 Jan 2012 at 6:14 am

    why did you not use this image ??
    http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=436808&GSub=68540
    it would be much less time consuming in completing ;)

  10. Darren Bentley said on 30 Jan 2012 at 2:14 am

    I like the puzzle and the artwork. It\’s a great idea.
    I wish there was some vinyl figures of your stunning designs.
    I\’m a big fan of the \"Orchid Seed\" vinyl figures (not sure if you know them).

  11. AkaTako said on 31 Jan 2012 at 11:40 am

    I like it! Of course I’d want to buy some for my shop. :)

  12. trevor brown said on 31 Jan 2012 at 12:05 pm

    for cost-effectiveness i’ll probably be doing 100 …which is more than i want and can sell myself?

  13. an:Dreas said on 2 Feb 2012 at 2:27 am

    2 puzzles min. would be alredy sold ;) )

  14. trevor brown said on 2 Feb 2012 at 4:44 pm

    98 to go – i think i’ll cancel – my good idea not such a good idea – the puzzle held in too low reverence – for japanese it’s just a novelty that comes out of a purikura machine for 200yen ($2) or an eighties thing – so, back to boring posters and post cards : (

  15. AkaTako said on 3 Feb 2012 at 2:58 pm

    :(

  16. gea* said on 4 Feb 2012 at 4:56 am

    That’s horrible news, was looking forward to it.

  17. trevor brown said on 4 Feb 2012 at 8:52 am

    it’s happening again (….maybe???) – i got a good price for doing 50 from the slovakia company

  18. Intan Sebastian said on 21 Feb 2012 at 9:34 am

    I would like to purchase one :) Where can I get it?

  19. trevor brown said on 21 Feb 2012 at 10:06 am

    maybe some available at the end of april (after my “toy box” exhibition) – check back here for info

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