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Jigsaw puzzles were originally were cut from a sheet of wood using a jig saw. While mainstream jigsaw puzzles began being mass-produced from cardboard, the best jigsaw puzzles are still cut from wood. Some are still cut by hand, but most modern wood jigsaw puzzles are cut by laser.
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Wood pieces have a satisfying feel to touch and play with, and can be cut into all sorts of shapes, including recognizable shapes called whimsies. For example, here is a whimsy of a hiker, a goose and a dog from an Ecru Puzzle: |
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Wood puzzles sometimes have complex shapes for all their pieces - for example here are some split tendril connector puzzle pieces by Ecru Puzzles: |
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And this Ecru Puzzle is extra hard with its snaky hexagon pieces: |
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Most wooden jigsaw puzzles are a lot more challenging than cardboard puzzles, but it depends on how tricky the pieces are cut, and the image. You can find wooden jigsaw puzzles with every kind of art. |
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Another trick wood jigsaw puzzles use to make puzzles harder and more fun is irregular edges, sometimes with parts of the image dropped-out (called drop-outs) like in this Artifact Puzzle: |
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Curious to try out a wooden jigsaw puzzle? Here are some good for all-ages wooden jigsaw puzzles with 100-150 pieces If you later decide to join this club, you can contribute these puzzles for $15 club credit. |
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Photos by Aaron D'Souza, Amy Tang, Sarai Cervantes, and Stephanie Teng. |
