Each Michele Wilson jigsaw puzzle is a unique piece of art. The character and style of the painting illustration is preserved by a hand-cut along color lines. A Monet is not cut like a Vermeer because the painter did not apply the different touches in the same way. Invented 20 years ago by Michele Wilson, the special shape of the pieces depends also on the subject : sky pieces look like clouds, and you can find waves in the sea... The entertainment derived from a Michele Wilson’s jigsaw puzzle is multiple : the contact with the wood , the joy of discovering or re-discovering works of art , and the circumvention of the tricks and traps set by the cutter. Our wooden jigsaw puzzles are sold in adults games shops, museum shops, though our mail catalogue, ans also in our own shops in Paris (2). They can also be bought on Internet, www.pmwpuzzles.com, our website has been a reference for IBM when it opened in 1999.

Jigsaw puzzles originated in the 1770’s when Spilsbury, an English map-maker, thought up a modern way of learning geography. In France, the Véra company has procured puzzles for adepts, from 1917 to 1975. Having received her training with the Véra company, Michèle Wilson started up her own business in 1975, developing and expanding Michèle Wilson’s puzzles. Sophie Ollé-Laprune has had a life-long impassioned interest in jigsaw puzzles and has continued, since 1997, to craft puzzles. Michèle Wilson’s Puzzle is, today, the sole guardian in the world of the craft of art picture fretting along the colour lines. Its income has grown about 15% per year for the past 5 years. The society owns 9 persons in 2002, all fanatics of …jigsaw puzzles.

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