WildGears Multimedia with Watercolours
Spongepainting watercolour paper before drawing designs with Wild Gears to produce interesting multimedia artpieces. Leveling up.
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Using Rare Earth Magnets on Wild Gears
Suze from Australia sent a picture of her setup for drawing with Wild Gears, in which she uses a heavy-duty magnetic whiteboard and rare earth magnets. Unlike Spirograph pieces, which have a rim supporting the toothed edges, Wild Gears are … Continue reading →
Storing Wild Gears: by Jay Heyl
Being laser cut on demand out of sheets of acrylic, Wild Gears do not come with a storage system. So, how to keep them in some kind of tidy but usable state? Here are some great ideas with photos from … Continue reading →
Video: Loopy Wheel-Within-a-Wheel Design
I keep trying new combinations of Wild Gears to make “wheel-within-a-wheel” designs. Here is a lacey, loopy one, shown on video and also available as a colouring page.
Continue reading →High-Speed Colouring Video
How to condense 2 1/2 hours of coloring into a video that’s short enough for people to watch. And … glitter.
Continue reading →Colouring Wild Gears Designs
I made some colouring pages with full-page Wild Gears patterns. I drew the designs in black ink, scanned them, cleaned them up in Photoshop and printed them off. Then the fun began. I have to say I was surprised at … Continue reading →
Making Cards with Spirograph or Wild Gears
Got spiro-skills? Use them to make unique, hand-drawn greeting cards with your Spirograph or Wild Gears.
Continue reading →Two Wheel-Within-a-Wheel Videos
Two videos of making the same amazing full-page Wild Gears design using different colour combinations. Which do you prefer?
Continue reading →Wild Gears Kickstarter #3
UPDATE APRIL 2020: Wild Gears continues to evolve. Shop Wild Gears at this link. Just a few hours to go on the latest Wild Gears Kickstarter by Aaron Bleackley! He has already reached his stretch goals, but there’s still time … Continue reading →
Comparing Wild Gears and Spirograph
Wayne Schmidt has produced a video comparing the Spirograph Deluxe Design Set with the Wild Gears Full Page Gear Set. If you’re wondering how Wild Gears is different from Spirograph, you’ll find this video helpful. His explanations are clear and concise, … Continue reading →