Ready for a Spirograph challenge? I didn’t get into the two-rack designs as a kid. Maybe I tried it once and found it too difficult; I don’t remember. But a request for some videos about them prompted me to sit … Continue reading →
Suppose you want to draw a Spirograph pattern using both rings. How would you change the ring so that everything still lines up, and you don’t lose the center and the symmetry? This was a question from Michaela Fredrich in … Continue reading →
Have you ever drawn designs on the outside of a Spirograph ring? They’re called epitrochoids, as opposed to hypotrochoids which are drawn inside the rings. Epitrochoids have their points on the inside and big arching swoops on the outside. You … Continue reading →
I’ve had a lot of new subscribers to my YouTube channel in the past few months. So I thought I’d make a new introductory video on using Spirograph. I took the new Deluxe Set and went through the different parts … Continue reading →
Here is the original 1967 Kenner Spirograph instruction booklet. It was posted to Scribd by user “shootme2001”. Whoever you are, thank you! … Continue reading →
I just made a new video in which I draw a couple of the designs in the booklet that comes with the new Spirograph and also older models. There are 4 wheels that give you a 7-pointed design when used with … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
