Puzzle Reviews

In this 20.25-by-28.5-inch Photomosaic jigsaw puzzle, thousands of tiny pictures form an impressionistic version of the classic portrait known as "American Gothic." Mosaics, which date back some 5,000 years, were originally created by combining bits of tile, stone, glass, and so on, to form an overall picture. Here, 1,026 cardboard puzzle pieces are adorned with minute pictures--from landscapes and seascapes to aircraft and architecture. Rob Silvers, the mastermind behind photomosaic art, generates the computer-digitized photos that form the building blocks for these beautiful 21st-century mosaic puzzles. --Kathryn Gustafson