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 →
Pinwheel GIF animation
I created the pinwheel GIF animation below in Adobe Photoshop. Technical details: I scanned the image and cropped it to be square and centered. I duplicated the first layer and rotated it one degree, duplicated the new layer, rotated, and … Continue reading →
Wild Gears 2.0 Kickstarter
Aaron Bleackley, creator of Wild Gears (read about my own experiences with Wild Gears here), is running a Kickstarter campaign that ends tomorrow night (Wed., Oct 28, 2015). Aaron’s first Wild Gears Kickstarter campaign was two years ago. Since that time, he has learned … Continue reading →
50 Years of Spirograph
A quick video retrospective of 50 years of Spirograph commercials and artifacts in a minute and a half. I particularly like the headline, “Toy for children sets adult world on fire.” As many posts on this site demonstrate, it isn’t … 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 →Sparkle Spirograph
A reader, Paul, asked a question on another post: I found my son’s Spirograph glitter set that we purchased as a Christmas gift in the the early 90s (I think). His daughter is trying to learn how to use it. … Continue reading →