Welcome to Graves Wooden Puzzles
Home of custom handcrafted wooden jigsaw puzzles
If you’ve never experienced the pleasure of assembling a handcrafted wooden jigsaw puzzle, then you are in for quite a treat. At Graves Wooden Puzzles, we create puzzles made in the tradition of the original custom puzzle makers of the late 1800s and early 1900s. These puzzles are very different from today’s inexpensive die stamped cardboard puzzles produced in mass quantities.
Our puzzles are hand cut, piece-by-piece, specifically for our friends, family and customers. Each puzzle is meticulously crafted by Keith in his shop in Defiance, MO utilizing a scroll saw. There are no templates and no automation. Each puzzle is 100% custom made, by hand, using only the highest quality materials.
All of our puzzles are handmade with the highest quality 1/4 inch plywood. These hardwood plywoods are constructed with 5 plies assembled in 90 degree angles to maximize strength. For our premium puzzles we use plywood that is custom made to our standards, featuring a beautiful mahogany or cherry back. The puzzle image can be any image that you choose, whether it be an original work of art, a poster or lithograph, photograph, postcard, etc. We can work with about any type of media whether printed or electronic.
Once cut, your puzzle will be sanded and hand finished with Tung oil to protect the wood and bring out the natural color and grain, then disassembled while every piece is carefully examined and hand sanded. The pieces are then packaged in a custom made sturdy 2-piece box, lined with tissue paper. In the tradition of the original puzzle makers of the late 1800s and early 1900s, puzzle images are not included in or on the box. This adds to the challenge and excitement of assembly.
To learn more about us and the processes we use in the creation of our heirloom quality jigsaw puzzles, click here.
No two puzzles are the same, as all pieces are individually cut utilizing various cutting styles. Cutting styles can include traditional knobs, earlets/heart-shapes, spirals, continuous cuts, long arms, grid. Most customers prefer a mix of styles.
Our custom wooden puzzles can contain any number of specialty elements such as names, dates, themed figurals, complex figurals, color line cuts, disguised edges, trick edges, sculpted edges and dropouts.
To see samples of our puzzles, click here.
To purchase a custom wooden jigsaw puzzle, click here.
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