The craft

    How a Little Sparrow American Mahjong set is made

    Each collection is a complete American Mahjong set built to National Mah Jongg League (NMJL) standards: 152 playing tiles plus 8 spares, with 8 jokers included. Every tile measures 26 × 36 × 12 mm, a size chosen so the artwork reads clearly across the table and the tiles sit comfortably on a rack.

    The artwork is original to Little Sparrow. Each suit — cracks, bams and dots — along with the winds, dragons, flowers and jokers, is illustrated for that collection's theme, then UV-printed directly onto the tile face so the colour sits in the surface rather than on a sticker or decal.

    Tiles are cut, tumbled, polished, finished and packaged by hand in Arizona, USA. Because every set is finished by hand, small variations in edge and surface are part of the character rather than a flaw.