Jigsaw puzzle:How Now?

Each year since 1994, jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts, cutters, and collectors meet in an official venue for a Puzzle Parley. Over the course of a weekend the group holds an official program of workshops, lectures and displays; they also visit nearby puzzle-related attractions (individual collections, manufacturers, etc.) and spend time buying, selling and swapping jigsaw puzzles. Participants who cut their own puzzles can also participate in an official "Pagey Elliott Puzzle Exchange," named in honor of Rachel Page Elliott (1913-2009) whose idea for an open exchange led to the first Puzzle Parley in 1994, and who began cutting wooden puzzles in her 70s. 2014 marks the first year that all 18 of the cutters who participated in the exchange donated one puzzle to the collections at The Strong. The largest hand-cut jigsaw producer in America is Stave Puzzles of Norwich, Vermont. Known for trick pieces and trick puzzles, Stave produces work of consistent high quality. This puzzle is especially tricky because all the pieces are white on one side and brown on the other; puzzlers must turn some over to complete the puzzle.