Orient Express : A 1000-piece Jigsaw Puzzle

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Maria Rivans is a collage artist based in Brighton, UK. She curated the images in the hugely successful Extraordinary Things to Cut Out and Collage (2020), has exhibited her work internationally, and created a book and three unique jigsaw puzzles. Known for its surreal approach, Maria's collages are in a constant dialogue with cultures of the past, reinventing narratives while spinning bizarre and dreamlike tales.

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A nostalgic jigsaw journey through a dreamlike collage landscape of European railways

Join celebrated collage artist Maria Rivans on a nostalgic jigsaw journey across Europe! Winding through the heart of the continent you'll be delighted by a host of cosmopolitan sights and spectacular landscapes, with intriguing pre-war imagery conjuring up travel's most glamorous era.

The collage will include hundreds of images, featuring all the stops on the historic Orient Express routes: London, Calais, Paris, Strasbourg, Zurich, Lausanne, Simplon Tunnel, Milan, Venice, Trieste, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Innsbruck, Munich, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Sofia, Bucharest, Varna, Istanbul, Athens, Berlin and more. Drawing heavily on the pre-war and fin de siècle, this is a mysterious, inviting, view of Europe.