Seymour Powell

Heston Blumenthal - Seymour Powell

Reproduction and digital file retouching for 8 metre wide Jigsaw Puzzle. Commissioned by Heston Blumenthal.

The Challenge

Heston's new Fat Duck restaurant in Melbourne wanted to install an 8m x 2m jigsaw puzzle. The artwork would be supplied as 2 large canvases as well as a number of smaller pieces. All the elements would be photographed in our studio and composited into a single file ready for printing and cutting in 19500 pieces.

Colour accuracy on a massive scale - 8 metre wide!

The project required critical colour management from start to finish. Also due to the large format nature of the final output, we developed a range of strict processes to maintain maximum resolution so that the file piece would be consistent and ensure it looked as close to the original artwork as possible.

19,500 pieces being organised by the installation team at the Michelin star restaurant!

Digital compositing a 15 gigabyte file

The was one of the largest compositing projects we had worked on. The finished size had to be 8m wide by 2m high at 100%. The detail needed to be pin sharp. In order to achieve this, we developed a process right from the start to maintain colour accuracy and resolution.

19, 500 piece jigsaw.

Reproduction and digital file retouching for 8 metre wide Jigsaw Puzzle. Commissioned by Heston Blumenthal.