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 ...

In 1965, there was one Spirograph set. Today, there are over 30 different sets to choose from. You can even buy a set that ...

If you like to create geometric designs you may be interested in a new tool called the Blossom which takes the form of a spirograph drawing tool that creates professional geometric art. Launched by ...

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 ...

The Dangerous Minds blog recently compiled these videos where clever people use music to create visual art. The process: “Robotic” arms holding pens are attached to the record player, and the ...

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 ...