Remember the Spirograph? This old-fashioned toy is just what you need to make your own decorative accents and accessories with a decidedly of-the-moment geometric look. If you’ve ever made designs ...

Spirographs can make some pretty groovy designs on paper, but what if you want to take it a step further? [Uri Tuchman] has used the pantograph on his milling machine to duplicate the effect in harder ...

Late last year at a craft show, [hahabird] and a friend came across a laser-cut Spirograph and they both had a go at it. After mocking his friend’s lack of fine motor skills, [hahabird] was struck ...

This spring, South End artist and maker Jake Blend’s daughter, Alexis, was playing with sidewalk chalk. Specifically, she was trying to draw some sort of “tear in reality,” Blend told Seven Days ...

When a British engineer named Denys Fisher introduced the first Spirograph set at a toy fair in 1965, he tapped into a demographic of non-artists who really wanted to create art. Those sprocketed ...

Have you been left in awe by the stunning intricate designs created by a pen and gears by seemingly following the same pattern of movement over and over again? Did you wonder "How the heck is that ...

If you’ve ever made designs with a Spirograph, you can probably conjure up the feeling of swirling the gearlike wheel inside the plastic ring using the tip of a pen — and also recall being amazed at ...