No. 22 - Toymaker's Workshop

Number twenty-two in Tracy Hall's Collectors Edition series, and it is two scenes in one. At the bench end a toymaker in a Santa hat paints a wooden cat while his colleague works under the lamp; at the counter end a woman in a pink coat is being served, a child in a yellow coat waiting beside her and a dapple-grey rocking horse standing ready with a red saddle. Model aeroplanes and a paper dove hang from the rafters, a nutcracker guards the drum, and the tree is lit by the window.

The Big 500 puts that whole picture on the full-size board with pieces about twice the usual size, so the same crowded toyshop is a good deal easier on the hands. Includes unique shaped pieces. Finished size 69 x 48cm.