March is Women’s History Month and we’re highlighting the women behind some of the small, independent puzzle brands that we carry in our rental catalog. Many of these brands select unique, beautiful art, and some of their founders and owners are also the artists who create them! We also love that quite a few of them make sustainable choices in the materials, manufacturing and packaging.
Read on to learn more about some of your favorite (and soon-to-be new favorite) woman-owned puzzle brands and see some of their beautiful designs!
Marcia has a team of women who help run the business including Adelyne, her art director, and Marcia’s sisters who help with sales! Art & Fable features fine art from artists around the world in a wide range of styles. Their pieces have a signature matte finish and luxurious velvet touch that puzzlers have fallen in love with!
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eeBoo has been making toys and educational materials since 1994 and launched its Piece & Love puzzles in 2017. They feature art from diverse women artists with many colorful and whimsical images. From the material used for the pieces to the inks used for printing and the packaging, eeBoo is committed to environmental sustainability and is certified carbon-neutral.
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Co-founded by Alistair with her friend Michael Hunter, LePuzz dubs itself “The Wonderfully Whimsical Wigsaw Wuzzle Wumpany.” Inspired by vintage puzzles from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, their puzzles have extra thick pieces, unusual shapes, and quirky and humorous images.
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Kelly is an artist, mom, former teacher and expert puzzler who created all the bright and colorful art on her puzzles. She runs the business with her family from their home in Washington state. Her puzzles have thick, sturdy pieces with a matte finish and are made with recycled archival cardboard.
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And read our recent interview with Kelly to learn more about her and her puzzles.
Taylor is an avid life-long puzzler who struggled to find puzzle images that captured her attention for every piece, so she decided to create her own. Pezel’s colorful, surprising and engaging photographs are printed on high quality, velvet touch, matte pieces for a premium experience.
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Patty grew up doing puzzles with her five sisters and now enjoys puzzling with her children and grandchildren. Many of her puzzles feature her own art and photographs! Patty loves to give back by donating puzzles and using puzzle sales to contribute to charities.
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Learn more about Playful Pastimes and their puzzles here.
Puzz was created out of love for the classic jigsaw puzzle and a desire for fresh and relatable designs for the modern-day puzzler. They team up with talented female artists to create illustrated puzzles you'd be excited to build and display.
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Puzzlefolk is a small, female-founded, family-owned business based in Richfield, Utah and partners with inspiring female artists from all over the world. They aim to feature fun, unique and vibrant puzzles that everyone will love.
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Tania is an Australian photographer who captures beautiful, vibrant images that showcase her love of detail, color and texture. Her puzzles are high quality with a great fit and varied cut that make it a joy to put the pieces together.
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Valeria is a New York based designer who is obsessed with patterns and textures. She and her other nomads walk 6 hours a day in any weather and photograph images of interesting textures. The Jigsaw Nomad selects and compiles those images into beautiful collage puzzles with fun random-cut pieces.
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If you would like to piece together any of these beautiful puzzles from woman-owned brands, be sure to add them to your wishlist, or join our puzzling community to rent unlimited puzzles!