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 →
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 →
I thought this coloring page was too finely detailed. I’d taken a number of medium-sized Wild Gears patterns, scanned them at high resolution, cleaned them up in Photohsop and shrunk them. Then I arranged them on a page in a … Continue reading →
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 →How to condense 2 1/2 hours of coloring into a video that’s short enough for people to watch. And … glitter.
Continue reading →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 →
Got spiro-skills? Use them to make unique, hand-drawn greeting cards with your Spirograph or Wild Gears.
Continue reading →Two videos of making the same amazing full-page Wild Gears design using different colour combinations. Which do you prefer?
Continue reading →The Royal Mail – that would be the postal service of Great Britain, “Royal” referring to Queen Elizabeth II, in case it isn’t clear – has issued a series of ten stamps honouring Classic Toys. And we all know, here … Continue reading →
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 →
