THANK YOU MAGICAL SPACE POTATO FRIEND!!! YOU HONOR ME WITH YOUR PHRASES

A photo of a bunch of rocks in some dudes driveway

Got pretty stoned today

Several hundred colorful wooden jigsaw puzzle pieces creating a whole bunch of triangles that will eventually all connect to each other

Meanwhile at the triangle factory

This jigsaw puzzle convention blew my mind YouTube video by Karen Puzzles

Some really nice video documentation of the Puzzle Parley released today from Karen Puzzles! She did a great job of showing our aims, activities and the fun we all had!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXdn...

Several hundred colorful wooden jigsaw puzzle pieces creating a whole bunch of triangles that will eventually all connect to each other

Meanwhile at the triangle factory

Michael Chaboud :
The tool becomes the artist, n.d.

2026.04.16

A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a sunset in Maui

A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a sunset at Stonehenge

A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a sunset in Monument Valley

Puzzling sunsets in Maui, Stonehenge & Monument Valley! Made in 2020.

A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a sunset in Maui

A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a sunset at Stonehenge

A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a sunset in Monument Valley

Puzzling sunsets in Maui, Stonehenge & Monument Valley! Made in 2020.

The Pageant of April
Mary Wrinch
n.d.

In the home of Dresden art collector and patron Ida Bienert. Known as the Salon de Madame B... à Dresden, this project is a landmark in the expansion of Neo-Plasticism, a "new design" philosophy favoring horizontal and vertical lines, primary colors, and non-colors, into 3-dimensional architectural space. Key Features of the Salon Design Composition: Mondrian did not treat the walls, floor, and ceiling individually, but rather as a unified "spatial compound" where colors form balanced, asymmetrical relationships. Palette: The design incorporated large areas of white and various shades of grey, highlighted with strategically placed, meticulously arranged rectangles of red, blue, yellow, and black. Furnishings: The room's furniture was included in the plan, highly stylized to match the geometric and color scheme of the walls and floor, creating a completely immersive interior. Windows and Doors: These were integrated directly into the orthogonal grid, often functioning as, or containing, the white elements of the composition. Context and Preservation Commission: Following a 1925 exhibition in Dresden where Bienert bought his work, she requested a study-library in her villa. Realization: Although Ida Bienert approved of the design, it was never executed, likely due to financial reasons or the practical limitations of that time. Preservation: The original design—comprising a floor layout, wall sections, and ceiling view in gouache and pencil—is held in the Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Modern Reconstruction: A modern installation based on these plans by artist Heimo Zobernig was installed in the atrium of the Albertinum in Dresden.

Piet Mondrian : Colour Scheme for Salon of Ida Bienert, 1926

gouache on paper

Kupferstichkabinett

This project, alongside his own Parisian studio, served as a primary example of Mondrian's effort to move his painting style off the canvas and into the living environment.

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A colorful hand-cut and hand-painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a cartoony turtle that also is a chef

A colorful hand-cut and hand-painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a cartoony turtle that also is a construction worker

A colorful hand-cut and hand-painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a cartoony turtle that also is an artist

A colorful hand-cut and hand-painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a cartoony turtle that also is a WIZARD

Here are some turtles at work!

PANEL 1: From behind NOSH and the CAPTAIN, ORLA pushes her point with her arms stretched out. ORLA: You all haven’t seen the Jinyiwei reports I’ve seen, so let me bring you up to speed: PANEL 2: Close up on ORLA as she counts on her fingers. ORLA: The CEO of Indústriaglobo? DEAD. Head of Banco Imperial? DEAD. Four planetary governors? DEAD. PANEL 3: Orla continues, pointing, while CUDDOW reacts with eyes wide next to her. ORLA: TWENTY THREE high-ranking members of La Familia have been killed since the Emperor took the throne. HE CLEARED THE BOARD OF COMPETITION. CUDDOW: Oof. PANEL 4: ORLA continues talking, moving her hands to the side. ORLA: So, seeing what was coming, a working group of cousins came together to keep ‘Nando safe. He was, after all, his father’s son. So they got him out of Madrid, and into space, and into a ship they knew they could trust. PANEL 5: ORLA continues, CUDDOW and VINNIE look up at her. ORLA: And along the way, a handful of Drive Corps were called in to help as well as a select few of Jinyiwei agents. PANEL 6: NOSH points at ORLA, CUDDOW and VINNIE react with eyes wide and mouth open. NOSH: And is that how you got pulled in? As Jinyiwei? ORLA: No, Nosh… I got pulled in as FAMILIA. —— Want to read the full story? Join us at Patreon.com/drive for the *FULL* Tales of the Drive archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! DRIVE copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

Bluesky pals! I have a sci-fi graphic novel called DRIVE, & it's my favorite thing I've ever done! If you need a long, escapist read at the moment the entire thing is free to read, here: drivecomic.com
(THIS PAGE: A Working Group of Cousins )

A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a large hand sculpture in the desert

A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a heart with a mountain landscape scene inside it

A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a very abstract valley landscape

A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a psychic panda

Here's some of my new Baffler batch for April! Check 'em all out here: chrisyates.net

Boards of Canada sitting in a glass obelisk on a remote Scottish island fast-forwarding through VHS tapes of old Sesame Street episodes, waiting for Big Bird to say 'toilet' so they can sample it, distort it beyond recognition, and bury it so deep in the mix no one will ever hear it.

Thanks Ray :)

A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a large hand sculpture in the desert

A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a heart with a mountain landscape scene inside it

A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a very abstract valley landscape

A colorful hand cut and painted wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting a psychic panda

Here's some of my new Baffler batch for April! Check 'em all out here: chrisyates.net

happy bday d boon!

Thanks much!

A photo of a rock garden in progress

A photo of a rock garden in progress

A photo of a rock garden in progress

Hey Chris, how’s that rock garden thing going? It’s going! Gonna do some pebble shopping soon!

A metal lunchbox with a 6-square grid. Each square has a very Schoolhouse Rock-esque illustration of an aspect of American culture and/or geography

Day #237: See America (1972)

Just 3 sets left of this rather bizarre puzzle experience!

An apparently outclassed Eowyn in mortal combat with Angmar, leader of the Nazgûl. The style is of a bold woodcut.

In a forest, the Hobbits Merry and Pippin sit on the “arms” of the Elk Treebeard while discussing matters with him.

The destruction of Mount Doom. Lightning bolts fire out from a mountain’s summit while a blast carries away its mid-section.

“The Grey Havens” - Three figures on a hill watch a lone ship sail out to sea. The trip ahead is shown to be sunny, leaving behind the rainy skies over the land being left behind.

Some of the small spot illustrations by Eric Fraser that accompanied the Radio Times magazine’s weekly listings for the BBC’s 1981 radio adaptation of Tolkein’s “The Lord Of The Rings”.

Scale Force falls. One from many moons ago, exploring the wonderfully lush Lake District #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #Waterfalls www.damianshields.com

thanks!

A photo of Chris' garage workshop which is slightly more colorful than most garages

Another day at the office!

An image of a hand-cut and painted wooden puzzle, depicting a 3.5" floppy which had just 1.4MB of spacious storage space.

An image of a hand-cut and painted wooden puzzle, depicting a 3.5" floppy which had just 1.4MB of spacious storage space.

Three Point Five chrisyates.net

Still holding out for Des stuffies

A photo of three customized salt shakers filled with colorful puzzle pieces and pom poms.

A photo of colorful puzzle pieces

A photo of three customized salt shakers filled with colorful puzzle pieces and pom poms.

A photo of three customized salt shakers filled with colorful puzzle pieces and pom poms.

A set of 3 hand cut and painted wooden mini-mystery Baffler puzzles contained in customized salt shakers, featuring progressive difficulty. (I apologize in advance for the red ones) Each set has approximately 56 pieces and the shakers are 4.5" tall. Edition of 6. chrisyates.net/products/sha...