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 ...

If you’re a child of the ’80s or ’90s, chances are you’ve spent hours tracing out intricate patterns using the pens and gears of a Spirograph kit. Simple as those parts may be, they’re actually a very ...

Spirograph, the strangely soothing mathematical drawing toy, has an online counterpart where you can doodle whirls and curves to your heart’s content. Remember Spirograph? The toy set that came with ...

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 ...

With inspiration from the famous Spirograph Girl, primary school pupils aged 7 to 11, kids can create autumn themed Spirograph designs to win a Spirograph bundle for themselves and their school, plus ...

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 ...