Séguy’s Papillons: a series of wooden butterfly puzzles

Today we are launching three new wooden puzzles bursting with butterflies! These puzzles feature the artwork of Emile-Allain Séguy, a French artist known for his intricate Art Nouveau and Art Deco illustrations of insects. I’ve long been a fan of Séguy’s artwork (we have two of his insect prints hanging in our home) and felt they would make excellent jigsaw puzzles. We’re showcasing four of our unique nature inspired puzzle cuts in this series: Coral, Maze, Matrix, and Wave. Each puzzle has a shaped border, vibrant UV printed colors printed directly on wood, and many butterfly and moth shaped puzzle pieces. Shop the Papillons collection here.

Séguy’s illustrations each feature 5 different species of butterfly and moth but we named the puzzles after our favorite creature from each image: Sunset Moth Puzzle (181 pieces, Matrix cut, $70), Zebra Mosaic Butterfly Puzzle (378 pieces, Wave and Coral cut, $105), Numberwings Butterfly Puzzle (247 pieces, Maze cut, $70).

Numberwings Butterfly Puzzle is based on Papillons plate 11 by E.A. Séguy
Featuring the Numberwings butterfly, Giant Blue Swallowtail, Tree-nymph, Stalachtis phlegia and Papilio pylades. My favorite butterfly in this artwork is the Numberwings (genus Callicore) , whose hindwings feature a striking pattern of dots that resemble numbers. These are often called eighty-eights!

Sunset Moth puzzle based Papillons plate 7 by E.A. Séguy
Featuring the Madagascan sunset moth, green-banded urania moth, and red flasher butterfly. At the heart of the design is the breathtaking Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus), known for its shimmering rainbow-hued scales.

Zebra Mosaic Butterfly Puzzle based on Papillons plate 3 by E.A. Séguy
Featuring Zebra Mosaic Butterfly, Mexican Silverspot, Common Joker, Blue Cracker and Variable Tigerwing.

You can view the complete book in the Internet Archive: Papillons by E.A. Séguy. Shop the Papillons puzzle collection here.

Watch Puzzle Cutting and Solving live on Twitch

We streamed lasercutting the Numberwings puzzle last week on our Twitch channel. Check out the recording below to see the full process. Join us this Thursday evening starting at 7:30pm EST as we try to solve one of the new puzzles live.