Dabbling with both traditional and digital mediums for around twelve years, it was late 2021 when I reintroduced myself to a basic Spirograph set. It dawned on me that drawing with gears married my favourite elements of traditional methods (the tactile process of drawing, composition on paper, making a physical thing) and generative/emergent traits (odd interactions/motion, moirés, surprise).
Since then I have sought to utilise gears and mediums in unique ways to transform the basic shapes they create into something else altogether.