Coffee table, inspired by jigsaw puzzles

Now here is a use for those puzzles with missing pieces - United Kingdom designer, Rupert McKelvie has produced a coffee table inspired by jigsaw puzzles. The coffee table is known as Missing Pieces Coffee Table.

Within this design, Rupert McKelvie used several jigsaw puzzle sets with missing pieces. Individual missing pieces makes a puzzle incomplete or functionless. However, in other hands, individual missing pieces produce a complete and functional stylish coffee table. Read more about it here

Give a jigsaw as a gift - with a difference!

We all enjoy giving a jigsaw as a gift, but here is an idea for a jigsaw gift that is a bit different - do the puzzle yourself, and send chunks of completed puzzle to the birthday person over a number of days - makes for an air of mystery! Click here to read about it.

What do you call a person who enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles?

A Dissectologist!

The BCD, or Benevolent Confraternity of Dissectologist’s to give it it’s fuller title, is a Worldwide club for lovers of Jigsaw Puzzles from all Nationalities and time periods.

Recycle Old Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces: Craft a Wreath, Ornament or Picture Frame

Heres a novel way of finding a new use for those old jigsaws with missing bits - make them into a Christmas decoration or wreath.

Pieceless Jigsaws

These puzzles are made from single sheets of felt like material with a pattern cut into it like a jigsaw puzzle. The pieces, however, are not cut 100% so they stay attached in a single strand. In this way you can never lose a piece. The puzzle has a picture on both side - like having two puzzles in one.
They are perfect for traveling or while waiting (doctor's office, dentist, anywhere you end up sitting with nothing to do).
Take a look at this utube video for a close up look at the pieceless puzzle.

Jigsaw puzzle clock

Knowing how puzzlers lose track of time when engrossed in a jigsaw, I thought this was a fantastic idea - making a clock out of a jigsaw! A puzzle piece moves around on the hour hand, and when it strikes twelve the piece fits. Now how cool is that!! Tell me what you think.
Click here to go to the website.

Ever wonder how a jigsaw is made?

Last Wednesday, The Breakfast Show on TV 1 made a visit to the Holdson's jigsaw factory in Auckland, and followed the course of a jigsaw from go to whoa. I was fascinated, as despite my love of jigsaws I have never actually seen the process. If you are interested click here for the link

The pieceless puzzle

Here is a new idea! Made of soft flexible material, the Pieceless Puzzle is actually one continuous strand of interconnecting branches. Great for travel, fun for all ages, and--best of all--there's no risk of losing any pieces! Once you pick it up, you won't put it down! Whats more, it is 2-sided. Twice the challenge, twice the fun!