Category Archives: Drachen

Issue 70: Drachen Archives – German Submarine Rotary Wing Kite

Having attended the High Altitude Wind Power symposium at California State University in Chico, I [...]

Issue 67: Drachen Archives – Three Ferries, Plus One

Sitting on the ferry that travels from the Danish island of Fano, back to mainland [...]

Issue 66: Drachen Archives – Gold for the Serious Kite Researcher

On a recent trip to the National Art Education Association convention, held this year in [...]

Issue 65: Drachen Archives: Traditions of Woodblock

In Japan in the early 18th Century began a great kite-hysteria that lasted through most [...]

Issue 64: Drachen Archives: The Way We Were

Another year has slipped away and memories of Y2K have become distant as the first [...]

Issue 63: Drachen Archives: Making Kites Fly

The front end of every exhibition is the vision. It was Francisco Toledo’s vision to [...]

Issue 62: Drachen Archives

As director of one of the largest collections of kites in the world, I often [...]

Issue 61: Drachen Archives: Yukio Akiyama

Mr. Akiyama first came to Drachen’s attention when a set of origami kite designs were [...]

Issue 60: Drachen Archives: Gloria Stuart

I’m afraid I have an embarrassing story to tell.  There may be any number of [...]

Issue 59: Drachen Archives: Kites in Mexico

Being A Part of Kiting History with the Drachen Foundation Drachen seems to always be [...]

Issue 58: Drachen Archives – Der Papier Drachen Of Japan

Another easily overlooked gem in the Drachen Foundation’s collection is the 1914 German pamphlet,  Der [...]

Issue 57: Drachen Archives – A Cody

On October 16, 1908, cowboy showman and kite enthusiast Samuel Franklin Cody became the first [...]

Issue 55: Drachen Archives: Paper Japanese Kite

The Drachen Foundation often receives generous archival donations from unexpected places. Seldom is any donation [...]

Issue 54: Drachen Archives: Marconi-Crippen

It’s easy to be enthused about a new Erik Larson book; the stories he weaves [...]

Issue 53: Drachen Archives: Au fil des Vents

The Drachen Foundation recently placed a database of its library archive online for the public [...]

Issue 52: Drachen Archives: Guatemalan Kites

While visiting the village of Sumpango, Guatemala, in 2003, to investigate their Dia de los [...]

Issue 51: Drachen Archives – Bell Tetrahedral Cells

After describing Alexander Graham Bell’s Sable Island kite (a version of Hargrave’s box kite) in [...]

Issue 50: Drachen Archives

The following story tells of an interesting experiment with kites performed by Dr. Alexander Graham [...]

Issue 49: Drachen Archives: Featured Item

The historical record of kites in Korea dates back to the seventh-century Silla Dynasty, when [...]

Issue 48: Drachen Archives: Featured Items

No one (to The Drachen Foundation’s knowledge) owns an original Roch Donzella “Monobloc” kite from [...]

Issue 47: Drachen Foundation Archives

Three years ago the Drachen Foundation completed an ambitious, multi-year project designed to draw the [...]