RoseArt - Abraham Hunter Cork Puzzle - Homestead - 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle for Adults

We finally got around to working on this puzzle over the Thanksgiving holiday. The quality is great. I've never had a cork backed puzzle before. You can't flick the pieces across the table to someone, they're a little grippy.The cut quality was good, there were only 3 pairs of pieces still connected when opening the box. They came apart easily. There was zero board dust in the box. I've honestly never opened a puzzle that didn't have any cardboard dust in the bag; I'm impressed.The print quality is also very good and the pieces fit together well. I have no complaints. For the quality, the price is great.

The media could not be loaded. I was so excited to get a cork-backed puzzle as I hadn't seen one in ages. Sadly, the cut on this puzzle is just awful. Sure, there is a variety of piece types, but for each variant, every single piece is cut completely identically. This made false fits a nightmare, and I was never completely sure if I got the sky quite right. At the end, my last piece obviously didn't go where my last space was, and I had to hunt down the piece that I'd mistakenly placed elsewhere to switch it.In the video, you can see a sample of the identical pieces, and in the picture, you can see how it's entirely possible to put the pieces together completely randomly, so long as ins match outs. If a piece is symmetrical, you can rotate it, and it will still fit. This made assembling this puzzle quite a bit less enjoyable than I'd hoped for.I'd really give it 2.5 stars, but I'm rounding up since it's really just the piece cut that's the issue. If you go in knowing about it, and knowing how much more difficult it might be as a result, it could be more of a challenge puzzle than a frustration.I do hope this company makes more cork-backed puzzles, but with a better cut pattern.

Different tecture to pieces than regular puzzle.Went to together well, color palette/picture is pretty.Quialty good, pieces interloking

Absolutely beautiful art when the puzzle is completed, and doubles as a corkboard that can be hung and used further when complete!

I REALLY wanted to love this puzzle. I was very excited about the cork backing...which truly is exquisite! However it was basically impossible to put the puzzle together as every piece fit every piece. After a few hours on this one...I did not complete. Hopefully others will have an easier time with this one, I couldn't hack it! LOL

2 stars for packaging in paper. 1 star for all pieces pretty much fitting together regardless of pattern or color making puzzle frustrating and impossible. Puzzles are supposed to be relaxing and fun but this one is not.

You have to be careful when buying puzzles today. Too often you see manufacturers downloading stock images, mass producing them onto cheap cardboard, and selling them at a premium price. It's not until you receive the box that you realize that the pieces aren't cut right, the printing is shoddy, or the picture isn't as nice as it looked on the box.Puzzles like this are a breath of fresh air.First of all, the painting. It's original art by an artist named Abraham Hunter. Included in the box is an enlarged full-color poster of the completed artwork for you to use as a guide while building it (no squinting at the box, although you can also have someone helping you put the puzzle together use that). The poster includes a photo of Hunter and his personal story of how he realized his God-given talent at age 12 and what inspires his art. I love that RoseArt lets Hunter tell his story of how he is inspired to paint gorgeous scenes like this, which adds a real human touch to this product.The painting itself is stunningly gorgeous. The colors of the flowers, the bird, the cottage, and the tranquil creek all pop out at you in vibrant color. There are four puzzles in this series, but I love this one the best. I remember growing up I loved Thomas Kinkade puzzles, but after a while those got a little too cliched and "dreamlike" for me. I appreciate how this painting manages to balance realism with just the right amount of impressionism.The quality of the puzzle is excellent as well. Instead of cheap cardboard or card stock, the puzzle is made of corkboard, which is not just more sustainable, but durable and easy to handle as well. The pieces come in a sealed paper bag, so you know that all the pieces are there.I do wish they could have manufactured this in the USA, but the manufacturing quality is pretty good for a puzzle manufactured overseas.I definitely recommend this if your family is into puzzles. At 1000 pieces, it'll be a nice challenge for adults and kids aged 10 and up, although a precocious 8 year old could certainly help as well.

This puzzle has some very stunning colors. Due to all of the colors, it was a bit challenging. The cork makes the puzzle very sturdy and easy to work with. It is a fun puzzle and definitely challenged me, but I can vouch that it is very well made.