06/02/2026
This design is 'Woodpile', a 1000-piece Lininus Puzzle which features the art of Benjamin Degen Studio .
The thing that struck me most about this puzzle is that the pile of wood is made up of these small intricate little dots and lines. Each little part of the wood is made up of a different combination of parts of the color palette. I really love the color usage here because Degen has made so many individual elements that each have their own pattern/combination of color and they all visually work so well together. I initially thought this would be a really good one to do my big color sort on and I'm glad to say that ended up being correct. I sorted just about all of it, but I did put a small portion of mixed pieces onto a tray because while it was useful to sort, it also took a bit longer than normal as there are so many individual collections of color.
Putting it together was quite fun. I enjoyed chipping away at all the different parts of the logs. I did end up lightly referencing the box (something I don't always do) just so that I could start placing each log in approximately the right spot as I worked, because with a puzzle like this it tends to spread out if you don't do this as you go. You absolutely do not need to fully sort this puzzle to enjoy it. This would be a great one to pick and pull for because all of the different patterns make it fun to rifle through the pieces looking for that right color combination.
This is the second that I've worked on this year and I enjoyed the quality of these puzzles so much that I've added them to my shop. You can now buy this puzzle, as well as the 3 other Lininus designs at www.shopeverylittlepiece.com