Siblings launch jigsaw puzzle enterprise centered on Black illustration

Little Elm, Texas — Jigsaw puzzles are having their second as households caught at house through the coronavirus pandemic search for one thing to cross the time. But there have been a number of items lacking, till now.

William Jones and Ericka Chambers have been placing collectively puzzles since they had been youngsters rising up in North Texas.

“A lot of our puzzles that we ended up picking were like cartoons,” Jones mentioned. “It wasn’t, like, anything particularly that represented us as you know, as people of color.”

That sparked an thought — Puzzles of Color — which finds paintings depicting Black tradition created by artists of coloration and places them on puzzles. Corporate places of work are in Chambers’ storage.

Darryl Hill purchased one of many puzzles for his 3-year-old son Micah. Hill lets Micah be a child however feels it is also necessary for his son to see different individuals who appear like him when he performs.

“As he is growing up, I need him to know that he is represented in culture,” Hill mentioned.

Chambers added: “It’s all about that representation. You don’t, you don’t feel like an ‘other.’ You feel like you are part of the world that you live in.”