WildGears Multimedia with Watercolours
Spongepainting watercolour paper before drawing designs with Wild Gears to produce interesting multimedia artpieces. Leveling up.
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Fountain Pens, Zentangle and Wild Gears
Samantha learned about Wild Gears on this site, jumped on board Aaron’s Kickstarter campaign and got herself some sets. Now she combines them with her love of fountain pens and zentangle art. She created a thread on a forum dedicated to … Continue reading →
James May’s take on Spirograph
James May is a British presenter – i.e. “TV show host” as we’d more likely say in North America. Back in 2007 he did a documentary that appeared on the BBC called “James May: My Sisters Top Toys”. In this snippet … Continue reading →
The Rose Engine
UPDATES: I’m updating this post as I get photos and descriptions from Steve White. – HH A reader, Steve White, has been experimenting with using Spirograph pieces and just recently, Wild Gears, on a machine called a Rose Engine. A Rose … Continue reading →
Spirograph Cookies! Eat ’em if you dare.
How many Spirograph cookies would you eat? I’d never heard of edible markers, but apparently they exist. And Amber Spiegel, a cookie artist in Beacon NY is not afraid to use them with Spirograph! Here is her video. You can learn … Continue reading →
Spirotot Totally Mastered by Ariella Zwillinger
I don’t think many of the “tots” who ever used the old Spirotot toy – a basic version of Spirograph designed for smaller children – ever made patterns like this. It requires mastery not typical of 5-year-olds. Ariella Zwillinger from … Continue reading →
Learning Spirograph – A Helpful Video
Making Spirograph designs is a bit like riding a bike. Once you get it, you won’t likely forget it – at least that was my experience, because I learned it as a child, and had no trouble coming back to … Continue reading →
Spirograph Stained Glass Window by Rachel Evans
Here’s a cool time-lapse video by Rachel Evans Designs showing her creating a Spirograph art project. Maybe it will inspire you!
Continue reading →Ariella’s Incredible Spirograph Collage
I was excited to get an email from Ariella Zwillinger, a 15-year-old in Maryland, with photos of a piece she made for an art show this month. She says that it took her a couple months to finish, but in the end she is proud … Continue reading →
Five fun uses for your spirograph doilies
Guest post and photos by Angelika Holz (a.k.a. Freda Fredriksson) from Germany. Now what to do with all these beautiful little circles? You can scan them and if you are familiar with a graphic program like Photoshop you can recolor … Continue reading →