Jigsaw puzzles were invented by the English mapmaker and geographer John Spilsbury in 1760. He used a marquetry saw to produce maps of the British Empire cut in pieces.
Early jigsaws were known as dissections. They were produced by mounting maps on sheets of hardwood and cutting along national boundaries, creating a puzzle useful for the teaching of geography. Such puzzles were used to teach the children of King George III and Queen Charlotte by royal governess Lady Charlotte Finch.
After completing in January 2001 a jigsaw given to him for his birthday, English widower Stuart Spencer noticed that the puzzle showed a picture of his late wife, who'd died back in 1997, when they were on holiday. The couple never knew that her picture had been taken.
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Early jigsaws were known as dissections. They were produced by mounting maps on sheets of hardwood and cutting along national boundaries, creating a puzzle useful for the teaching of geography. Such puzzles were used to teach the children of King George III and Queen Charlotte by royal governess Lady Charlotte Finch.
After completing in January 2001 a jigsaw given to him for his birthday, English widower Stuart Spencer noticed that the puzzle showed a picture of his late wife, who'd died back in 1997, when they were on holiday. The couple never knew that her picture had been taken.
The world's largest jigsaw puzzle in size is the 54,000 piece Travel Around Art puzzle by Grafika. It measures 864 x 204 cm (28 ft 3.37 in x 6 ft 8.11 in) and weighs 49.6 kg (109.3 lb). It was created in 2022 and features a collage of famous paintings from different artists, including Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Gustav Klimt.
The world record for the largest-sized jigsaw (most pieces) puzzle comprised 551,232 pieces. It was compiled by 1,600 students at the University of Economics of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam in 2011.
The world's largest commercially available jigsaw puzzle is produced by Czech company MartinPuzzle and contains 52,110 pieces showing a collage of animals.
English craftsman Dave Evans spent weeks making a hand-cut 40,000-piece jigsaw puzzle for a world record attempt, using photographs of the Queen's diamond jubilee. Just a day after adding the final piece in April 2013, it collapsed on the floor of his workshop in Weymouth.
There is a jigsaw puzzle designer that specifically targets the wealthy with his extremely difficult high-quality wooden puzzles. His name is Steve Richardson but people call him the 'Chief Tormentor' and his puzzle can go as high as $8,000.
Most Jigsaw Puzzle companies use the same cutouts for Puzzle pieces, which can be mashed up to create brilliant surreal art creations.
The world record for the largest-sized jigsaw (most pieces) puzzle comprised 551,232 pieces. It was compiled by 1,600 students at the University of Economics of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam in 2011.
The world's largest commercially available jigsaw puzzle is produced by Czech company MartinPuzzle and contains 52,110 pieces showing a collage of animals.
English craftsman Dave Evans spent weeks making a hand-cut 40,000-piece jigsaw puzzle for a world record attempt, using photographs of the Queen's diamond jubilee. Just a day after adding the final piece in April 2013, it collapsed on the floor of his workshop in Weymouth.
There is a jigsaw puzzle designer that specifically targets the wealthy with his extremely difficult high-quality wooden puzzles. His name is Steve Richardson but people call him the 'Chief Tormentor' and his puzzle can go as high as $8,000.
Most Jigsaw Puzzle companies use the same cutouts for Puzzle pieces, which can be mashed up to create brilliant surreal art creations.
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