Maze of the Week #82 - Mexican Door Maze

July 24, 2023

Maze of the Week #82 is a bit different than my typical maze because it deals with a scene, specifically a scene of a door in Mexico. You may or may not know that I have spent a few Winters in Mexico to get out of the cold. It’s wonderful. This particular door was made as a conglomeration of many different doors I have seen around the country. My reference pictures came from Querétaro and Oaxaca where I have spent the most time. The main picture used was from a house in Oaxaca. This is my 5th maze from Mexico and my 2nd “scene” in the country:

Part 1 - Chichen Itza

Part 2 - Museo Soumaya

Part 3 - QRO walking street

Part 4 - Templo de Sangre de Cristo

Photos: The main door used for the structure of the maze (Oaxaca). A little bit of brick, concrete, stones…typical for Mexico.

Flowers typically found on the sidewalks crawling up the building (Queretaro).

Colorful door with window used in the maze (QRO).

My old neighbor. One version of the electrical you find in Mexico (QRO).

A typical rooftop Water tank (OAX)

The Maze: I changed the colors many times and am still not satisfied…anyway here it is (for now). Start and Goal are in yellow (INICIO and META in Spanish)

I hope you enjoy the maze. Maze download is available on the homepage. Don’t forget to check out my YouTube channel where you can watch this maze being made and solved!!

Coming next week:

A maze of a museum in the news this week !

Maze of the Week #77 - Giraffe Maze

June 19, 2023

Maze of the Week #77 takes us to the plains of Africa or maybe your local zoo with this Giraffe Maze. While this is not my first animal maze, it is my first high level maze. I am debuting the maze this week to celebrate World Giraffe Day on June 21 !

Photo: I used this photo from flickr user Mad Ball and adapted it into a maze. I was watching a YouTube video one day and noticed that the coat of a giraffe would make a good maze

The Maze: Color. Large Size. You cannot see the maze on most screens and this is meant to be printed and solved on a large piece of paper.

I hope you enjoy the maze. Download is available on the homepage. Check out my YouTube channel !

If you like animal mazes, I have some much more simple, kids focused mazes from a few years ago. There are over 30 and my favorite are the Iguana, Pug dog and the Bald eagle.

Coming next week:

A sign maze.

Maze of the Week #75 - Peter B Lewis Building Maze

June 5, 2023

Maze of the Week #75 takes us to the city of Cleveland, Ohio and the campus of Case Western Reserve University for a maze of the Peter B Lewis Building. The building houses the Weatherhead School of Management, opened in 2002 and was designed by the famous architect Frank Gehry. You can learn more about the building on the university website and also the historical page of the city.

YouTube video of the building:

Photo: Taken by my friend Heidi !!

The Maze: I went back and forth of the use or non-use of shadows with this maze many times. I found that in order to show the true unique shape of the building I needed to do the shadowing as best I could, otherwise the structure looked flat to me. I hope you like it ! Also I did the maze with a paper ratio that is longer than normal.

Peter B Lewis Building Maze — Peter B Miller Building Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. Download is available on the homepage. Also you can watch the making of the maze on my YouTube channel !

Coming next week:

A sign maze.

Maze of the Week #74 - Templo de Sangre de Cristo Maze

May 29, 2023

Maze of the Week #74 concludes our run of religious building mazes with the Templo de Sangre de Cristo (Temple of the Precious Blood of Christ), a church located in the centro of Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca. It was consecrated in 1689 and is not as famous a church compared to it’s very impressive neighbor down the street, the Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán or the Catedral Metropolitana de Oaxaca (which opened in 1573).

Very short, YouTube short link.

Photo: Taken by me

I went back a few times to get some additional photos of details of the church to help in my making of the maze. Hopefully this additional detail helps make the maze more interesting. Here is a collage of some of those photos:

Templo de Sangre de Cristo photo collage

The Maze: There is not a lot of color in this building, but I went with a mostly black and white version with a few detailed items in color. It is medium difficulty.