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.
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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 →
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 →
Wild Gears: The King of Spirographs – Video
Thanks to a reader who sent me a link to this video by Delcopond from Spain who calls Wild Gears “the king of spirograph” – which I think is a great tagline.
Continue reading →Wild Gears Video: Drawing Parallel Lines
A video featuring spirograph-like designs drawn with Wild Gears, using its unique ability to draw patterns with parallel lines.
Continue reading →Wild Gears Video: Two Wheel-Within-a-Wheel Patterns
I’m endlessly fascinated with what happens when you draw with a small gear inside one of Wild Gears’ asymmetrical holes in a larger gear, driving that larger gear inside an even larger ring. Maybe you have to watch a video … Continue reading →
How To Unpack Wild Gears
Aaron Bleackley has made a video with tips on how to unpack Wild Gears without breaking or losing anything. Maybe he saw my unboxing video – I was a bit over-enthusiastic and things got a bit chaotic. Wild Gears are … Continue reading →
Wild Gears Video: Ecstasy of Gold
I have one more video to share that I filmed last summer in the bright sunlight. I put it together with Curtis Thorpe‘s rendition of The Ecstasy of Gold, the classic spaghetti western theme composed by Ennio Morricone for Sergio … Continue reading →