Wahani Puzzles

Wahani Puzzles is an Indigenous-owned business featuring high quality jigsaw puzzles of Native-made Wahani Puzzles will be available Summer 2021.

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07/26/2023

MOVING SALE! 20% discount for the next 48 hours. After that, our store will be paused for business starting July 28th for a cross country move. Thank you as always for your support! 🧩wahanipuzzles.com/shop

11/30/2022

Consider buying Native for your holiday shopping! Wahani Puzzles is Native owned, and all three designed feature art by three different Indigenous artists. ✨🧩🎁

11/29/2022

Puzzle orders on their way to their homes! Beautiful holiday gifts are awaiting you at wahanipuzzles.com/shop ✨🧩🎁

11/26/2022

Happy Small Business Saturday! Check out wahanipuzzles.com for the perfect gift for the art lovers in your life ✨🧩

07/12/2022

Shop “TV Indians” by Cara Romero at wahanipuzzles.com/shop or the link in bio!

07/04/2022

Fritz Scholder, Luiseño, “Bicentennial Indian”

Jim Denomie, Lac Court Oreilles Band of Ojibwe, “Non-Negotiable”

Jicarilla Apache, “Basket/Hamper”

Lakota, “Horse Mantle”

Dwayne Wilcox, Oglala Lakota, “From Here to Eternity”

04/21/2022

I was in my hometown of Minneapolis last week and had to check out at ! If you’re in the Twin Cities, swing by Corazon to check out ’s Monarch Buffalo Horn Cup and ’s Interrupted puzzles in person. You can even peep “Interrupted” from the sidewalk! If you aren’t in the Twin Cities, you can always purchase all three Wahani Puzzles on our website at the link in bio. 🤍🧩

04/06/2022

The Monarch Buffalo Horn Cup puzzle may be tough, but it sure is beautiful!! Our puzzles provide a way for you to spend time at home with stunning pieces of art.

12/03/2021

Hello folks! This holiday season, Wahani Puzzles will not be shipping any orders placed after December 9th until after Christmas.

I will be traveling a little to spend time with family (and still have my day job!). If you want to be sure your orders are in the mail in time to arrive for December 24th, be sure to submit your order before December 9th, 11:59 pm MDT 😊 Any orders placed between December 10th-December 25th will start shipping out the week before New Year’s.

That means you have ONE WEEK!! Time to shop small and to get your orders in! 📦🧩✨

11/27/2021

“TV Indians” by Cara Romero

This one is for the puzzler who likes variation and quick rewards.

If you aren’t a big puzzler, this is the most approachable of the debut collection. The texture of the ground as well as the sky both vary enough to provide some challenge but don’t feel impossible. Each figure’s distinct clothing is fun to identify and see them come together. In order to assemble the TVs, you need to note their differences and also look closely at the scene on each screen. As the puzzle nears completion, take a step back to take in the photograph and the story Romero tells through her careful composition.

How does the color of the sky change? What do you think the ground feels like under your feet? Which TV scenes do you recognize? What materials do you think the clothing is made from?

As with all three puzzles, you can learn more about Cara Romero and the photograph on the back of the puzzle box.

11/20/2021

“Monarch Buffalo Horn Cup” (detail) by Kevin Pourier

This one is for the puzzler who likes gradients, nuance, and texture.

This puzzle is technically composed of three colors— black, white, and orange. However, these are not solid fields of color— the black of the buffalo horn has several different hues, even streaks, and as a 3D object plays against the light. The orange of the inlaid sandstone varies quite a bit across the cup, and once those gradients are noted, after a quick look at an orange piece and quick color comparisons you’ll know which part of the puzzle it belongs to. The texturing dots, all hand carved, help guide the puzzler in assembling the sections of the wings— especially when referencing the photograph on the puzzle box.

What do you think this piece would feel like on your fingers? How does the network of black outlines form the shapes of the monarch wings? How do the lines of texturing dots differ between different sections of the design?

The back of the puzzle box has more information about the artist Kevin Pourier, the piece, and also includes a full image of the object itself.

11/18/2021

“Interrupted” (detail) by Dyani White Hawk

This one is for the methodical and detail-oriented puzzler.

While the beadwork may be intimidating, after a closer look you notice no two lines of beads are the same— it is all done by hand in the “lane stitch” style. Start by sorting the pieces by color, and after completing the border, address each field of color as its own mini-puzzle. Which ways are the beads oriented? Where are the shadows? How does it look different up close versus from afar?

Save the oil painted segment for last as a treat for a quicker wrap up, or start out with it to get you in the puzzle mood. You choose!

What do you think this piece is about? Each Wahani puzzle has more information about the full piece and artist on the back of the box, where you can learn more about the meaning behind White Hawk’s beautiful work.

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