Every year Marcello Conti adds a new limited edition puzzle to the 1000 piece range which is only available fromВ Gibsons. MikeвЂ™sВ puzzlesВ areВ veryВ interestingВ and are aВ hallmarkВ of an artist who has sold over a million puzzles through the Gibsons catalogue.ДЄfter Mike Jupp's vast selection, the next largest group of puzzles are Christmas jigsaw puzzles. MoreВ as of lateВ Steve Noon, SteveВ CrispВ and Tony Ryan haveВ employedВ their charming skills in paintingВ specificВ fashionsВ and ambientВ informationВ to theirВ phenomenalВ puzzles.В Of course someone like Mike Jupp, whoВ could be aВ masterВ of joyous disaster, when it comes to the BritishВ publicВ having fun, is in aВ leagueВ all by himself.

All theseВ points of interestВ bring backВ upbeatВ recollections. They possess skillsВ forВ dressВ andВ designВ butВ moreoverВ have an unerringВ abilityВ in rendering cars, buses, trains and boatsВ andВ indeedВ differentВ beguilementsВ andВ excitements В indeedВ ice creamВ sellersВ who carried theirВ sweetsВ in a refrigerated box strapped onto a three wheelВ bike.В There'sВ noВ endВ to what theyВ take noteВ of and put into theirВ astoundingВ pictures. They often employВ the same well knownВ craftsmenВ over and over such as Terry Harrison, Trevor Mitchell and Kevin Walsh whoВ specialiseВ in British scenesВ more often than not from the last century usually throughВ to the early sixties.

Gibsons jigsawsВ haveВ developedВ aВ specialВ nicheВ within theВ jigsaw puzzle market place. Puzzle board is made of superiorВ quality paper sheets that have been compressed under high pressure resulting in a dense and even quality board throughout.В Obviousy taking the step from producing hand sawn wooden puzzles to the machine stamped high precision puzzles required a significant advancement in technology.В Not until the 20th century was such an product available to a newly emerging consumer class with enough disposible income to be able to afford a (much less costly) pastime.A 1000 piece puzzle typically measures 68 x 49 cms. It would beВ completely impossible to make puzzles with the quality and size of the pieces we have today without the aid of serious machines such as precision cut dyes and presses that can exert up to two hundred tons of pressure. It would have also been all but impossible to ensure a repeating number of pieces in anyВ puzzle.The hobby has persisted for almost three hundred years and was essentially discovered serendipitously by Jon Spilsbury in London. Due to the sawing process a great deal of sawdust would have been producedВ leaving pieces that did not fit very tightly and a picture that would have had details missing. Given the difficulty of manipulating an actual jigsaw, the pieces which resulted were large, unevenly shaped, and would have lacked any shape consistency. Earlier on, before machines could consistently press out thousands of identical, high quality jigsaw puzzles, handmade puzzles were the only option. Of theВ various jigsaw puzzle sizes, the 1000 piece size puzzles are by far the most popular.

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