Category Archives: Spirograph designs
New video: Pinwheel Design with Ring 150/105 and Wheel 84
I made another video demonstrating how to make a 5-pointed pinwheel design. This design is not for beginners – I’ve labeled it “Intermediate”. See more tips below the video. You can use this technique with other wheel and ring combinations. It works … Continue reading →
New Spirograph How-To Video: Wheel 48 in Ring 96
Excited to post my new Spirograph video! Now that I have the technology figured out, let me know in the comments if there’s any particular Spirograph theme that you’d like me to show in a video. … Continue reading →
Spirograph Valentines
Make spirographic valentines with the oval wheel inside a ring. Here are some ideas.
Continue reading →Spirograph Color Play with the Spider Web: Ring 144/96, Wheel 84
I love playing with color with my felt pens, using gradations of color, sometimes in a limited color scheme, sometimes playing with the whole spectrum. One day, I was drawing with Spirograph ring 144/96 and wheel 84, the biggest one, using the … Continue reading →
Videos: 5-Pointed Star
I’ve made my first two Spirograph videos! I think that the first one especially gives much more instruction on the fine points than other Spirograph videos I’ve seen. Let me know what you think. … Continue reading →
Spirograph Pattern Guide
In case you’ve lost the cover of your old Spirograph set, or the booklet showing the patterns, or maybe you’ll just find this handy, I’ve re-created the pattern guide showing the patterns created by Hole #1 of each of the … Continue reading →
Super Spirograph Therapy Session
The other night I’d had enough of thinking and working for clients, so I indulged myself in a spirograph therapy session. I took out my old Super Spirograph and set up a wave pattern, attaching the pieces to the paper … Continue reading →
One Loop for Every Tooth: Spirograph Wheel 52
Back in the day, when I was a kid and the only pens we had to use with our Spirograph sets were the ballpoint ones that came with the set, I dreaded Wheel 52 with Ring 150/105! Why? Because the … Continue reading →
“Star of David” Six-Pointed Star by Spirograph
The Star of David, or hexagram, is composed of two equilateral triangles. With the Spirograph’s 144/96 ring, Wheel 32, using Hole 1, gives you a triangle. Simply draw the pattern once and then a second time, positioning the hole halfway … Continue reading →