How Jigsaw Puzzles are Made and Other TriviaHome >> How Jigsaw Puzzles Are Made and Other Trivia How Jigsaw Puzzles are Made and many other interesting facts, including famous people involved just add to the wonder of jigsaw puzzles. You will have your own favourite type, images, number of pieces, degree of difficulty and possibly even manufacturer.
Perhaps you are fascinated by jigsaw puzzles, have a keen interest, are researching for a school project or are just curious. The articles referred to below will hopefully give you a great start. History of Jigsaw PuzzlesHistory of Jigsaw Puzzles – a brief history of Jigsaw Puzzles, starting in the 1700s with the London Mapmaker John Spilsbury, moving on to wooden and cardboard puzzles, the 1930s Depression and records sales, and the great manufacturers in the history of how jigsaw puzzles are made. Brought up to date with more modern manufacturers and techniques.
Further Jigsaw Puzzle TriviaHow to Solve Jigsaw Puzzles – simple tips on how to solve jigsaw puzzles. Starting with organising your table and lighting, getting those edges, followed by colours, shapes and patterns. Also glue as you go if you are keeping the puzzle for display.
How jigsaw puzzles are made – making Jigsaw Puzzles, including the right image for the picture, the materials (wood, cardboard, plastic foam and metal), cutting methods to get those built in challenges, number of pieces and shapes. This could be the start of a great new hobby for you or someone you know. 18,000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle – story and picture of an 18,000 piece Jigsaw puzzle. How long it took, how it was organised and pictures of the happy puzzlers! I do admire their tenacity. They must have been ecstatic at the end!!
A great read is Anne William's book, The Jigsaw Puzzle - Piecing Together a History. This is an outstanding piece on jigsaw puzzles. Great to think that famous people love them too. The first sentence from Anne's book is "Queen Elizabeth, Bill Gates, Stephen King, Albert Einstein, Barbara Bush, virtually every preschooler in America, and millions more, how can they all fit naturally into the same sentence?" Worth a read!
American Puzzle Society - you may wish to join a puzzle society. How jigsaw puzzles are made and the other great trivia surrounding jigsaws is quite fascinating.
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