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 triangular shape like a Christmas tree. When I printed it off, I thought, “It’s too fine, too small. Who’s going to want to color that?”

But then I put on my mother’s old reading glasses and started coloring it. I tried my fine-tip felt pens and some gel pens, and decided it was OK after all.

I’m a long way from done, however. It’s kind of like a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle. We do one a year, over the Christmas holidays. I may not be doing a jigsaw puzzle this year; I’ll be too busy coloring.

You can too. The page is available to buy as a printable instant download.

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Have you seen my Wild Gears page, or any of my Wild Gears videos, or the Wild Gears channel on YouTube?

Then maybe you’re ready for Wild Gears. (Shop Wild Gears at this link.)

Something different

Wild Gears Compact Gear Set

Wild Gears are more expensive than Spirograph because they are not mass produced. They’re designed by Aaron Bleackley who laser cuts them on demand out of acrylic sheets.

Wild Gears give you lots more options. Each gear also has a ring with the same number of teeth. This gives you way more combinations, sizes and versatility.

Laser cutting is very precise, which makes for crisp smoothness to the gear teeth. The holes align precisely with the teeth, and the pieces stay flat – no warping as with the newer Spirograph pieces.

Wheel 35 in ring 48 of wheel 108 inside ring 135, using parallel lines

Wild Gears uniquely allow you to draw patterns with parallel lines. There are unusual shapes and gears with off-center holes that allow crazy wheel-within-a-wheel designs.

Save on bundles

Since 2013, Aaron Bleackley has taken the product through several design cycles and Kickstarter campaigns. There are large sets – the Enormous Gear Set has gears and rings as big as 12 inches – and smaller sets – like the Compact Gear Set (see my Unboxing video) which you can absolutely use with each other.

Aaron will ship Wild Gears just about anywhere.

Shop Wild Gears at this link.

Check out the whole Wild Gears section on this site for lots more videos and images.

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Maybe this is the year you’ll be buying a new Spirograph set for someone special.

Or perhaps Spirographic Art Christmas cards, gift tags and ornaments, jewelry, mugs, or a variety of other gift ideas will make your day merry and bright.

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