AuPuzzle

Commissioning a puzzle

We can make a puzzle specially for you

• using an image that you supply to us
• by tailoring one of our images to your needs, or
• by designing a puzzle from scratch
• see examples below

Your puzzle will be made from plantation Hoop Pine plywood. The puzzle size, cutting style, the number and size of pieces, and the selection of silhouette pieces are all negotiable. As a rough guide, an A4 sized puzzle cut into 150 pieces will cost between AUD$80 and $AUD300. Discounts apply for bulk orders. We can assist with artwork, scanning, digital manipulation, and printing

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Marriage proposal puzzles have had a 100% success rate
Puzzles are also used to present ideas, as advertising, in training courses, and as interactive games

100 x 70 mm, 4 piece jigsaw given to participants at a sales conference. Design discussed by email and final image delivered as a file.

1200 x 1200 mm floor puzzle cut into 16 pieces for the cancer council. Puzzles this size are laser cut.
Click on the image to see an example of "strip cutting", the most inexpensive cutting style. Click here for more about floor puzzles

Business logo represented by discarding slivers of wood from a jigsaw, ie, this puzzle does not have an applied image. Puzzle designed by aupuzzle. 100 x 100 mm, 34 pieces

Business logo as a jigsaw. Logo was redrawn for the puzzle. 100 mm, 31 pieces including one silhouette piece and complex cutting

Jigsaw image selected from aupuzzle collection by client. Given as a Christmas present. Personalised with silhouette pieces and drop-outs (JC+T in lower right corner are dropouts). 200 x 300 mm, 225 pieces

Silhouette pieces from within a puzzle commissioned as a gift to a golf-playing bone surgeon. Silhouette pieces, designed by aupuzzle specifically for this jigsaw, show interests of the family. 295 x 180 mm, 170 pieces

Jigsaw made from a magazine cover. Silhouette pieces (on right of image) depict scientific materials and notations, chemical structures, and the origins of the authors of the article. 280 x 190 mm, 193 pieces

1. An image or design (we can assist with design). Note that some digital images do not enlarge well. Ideally the jpg file should be at least 2MB for 20x31 cm (8" x 12"), but smaller may be adequate. Look at the file on your monitor at twice the size you want the print to be. If the resolution at this magnification is acceptable to you, the print should be acceptable.
2. A budget
3. Ideas for silhouette pieces/dropouts if these are to be used. Remember silhouettes/dropouts can include dates, letters and scripts
4. An indication of how challenging you want the jigsaw to be
5. A timetable. Please give the date the puzzle is required by - if less than 2 weeks (within Australia) or 3 weeks (overseas) contact us immediately by email (jigsaws@aupuzzle.com) or telephone (61 3 9836 6815)
6. An address for mailing the puzzle
7. An address for billing the puzzle
8. A deposit of 50% may be required

1. Cash
2. Cheque or money order made out to Mary Lush
3. Direct deposit (Australian bank accounts only)
4. PayPal (run by EBay, allows you to use standard credit cards and pay when you get an email request from us)

One of the pieces shown here is a replacement - click image for a closer view.

In collaboration with artist Julia McLeish we replace pieces missing from old puzzles.Your puzzle should be in good order for this to be worthwhile. Each piece will cost $AUD25+.