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Sam: "I just finished this "Ice Cream" 1000 piece puzzle from Cobble Hill! It was so much fun to do with all the neat piece shapes and colours. Highly recommended!"
Pat: "Oh, I have that one too, but it was from Ravensburger! It is a fun one."
Conversations like this are real. However, what puzzlers may not realize is that a lot of Cobble Hill puzzles are "Truly Original Photo" (T.O.P.) puzzles. This means that they were created in-house by our design team and photographed with our local studio partner. So it is not possible to have completed the puzzle in another brand. That is what makes some of our puzzles incredibly unique!
(When you do see an image in several different brands, it's because the artist or licensing company licensed the work to various companies either at the same time or in different years - all depending on the negotiations for exclusivity...now back to our T.O.P. puzzles)!
Our design team is daydreaming about inspiring puzzle themes as we speak...or as I write and you read. We're constantly processing feedback from puzzlers about themes they want to see for our collages and dreaming up the logistics of making them happen!
Let's look at our Ice Cream puzzle for an example. Our Creative Art Director, Allegra Vernon, learned how to make an ice cream dough. Why a dough? Because if we tried to use real ice cream, it would melt at the photoshoot under the hot lights before we could even finish! So, on photoshoot day, a few of us rolled up our sleeves at the studio and scooped dough making sure to create that desirable rippling affect.
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| Allegra Vernon, Creative Art Director and dough maker - far left. Linda, me, the blogger. Photographer, JoAnne, far right. |
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| The strawberry ice cream dough and for stability sake, half-cut ice cream cones |
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| See the ice cream rim and ripples! Looks so real and delicious! |
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| Testing the shot for composition and lighting |
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| Checking the computer for the best images |
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| With toppings! |
The important part of the photoshoot was to get enough great images of the ice cream before adding toppings. This way, we had options to create a puzzle with or without toppings. We chose to do both, in different piece counts! Voila!
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| Family Pieces 350, with toppings |
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| 1000 piece, wihthout toppings |
Now that's how one satisfies a #CobbleHillCraving. Thanks for reading our post. If you would like to see more Truly Original Photo puzzles, please check our website under Shop By Artist, "Cobble Hill Creations". Puzzle on!
Fun to see the process, and a great puzzle to do! Love it!
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