Perhaps it is a bit “odd” to have so many individuals write about one kitemaker. [...]
Having just seen the third in his series ourselves, we thought our readers might enjoy [...]
Plans for the Spring Sewing for Summer Soaring kite making retreat have just been finalized. [...]
Okay, we’re on our way again. This time, it’s Theresa Norelius and I – on [...]
I am not sure how everyone else builds kites, but I will assume that anyone [...]
Whether the Marconi-rigged kite actually gets added performance from its overlapping jib and Venturi slot [...]
When is a bridle not a bridle??When it is a single line attached to a [...]
When I first met Johan Hallin from Sweden, and saw his beautiful feather kites flying [...]
In Japan in the early 18th Century began a great kite-hysteria that lasted through most [...]
We first saw this kite bobbing over the boardwalk at Ocean City, Maryland during the [...]
I admire the beautiful appliqué work of today’s kite artists. But one long-time kitemaker told [...]
The front end of every exhibition is the vision. It was Francisco Toledo’s vision to [...]
When I heard my name announced at the banquet at the Washington International Kite Festival, [...]
Mike Agner and I are just back from the huge German festival of Lunen. What [...]
The first time I visited the International Kite Museum in Weifang was back in 1989. [...]
The Texas Tech Extension Campus once again extended an invitation to the kite makers for [...]
No one (to The Drachen Foundation’s knowledge) owns an original Roch Donzella “Monobloc” kite from [...]
I just returned from the 18th annual Midwest Area Kitemakers Retreat, (MAKR,) in Oregon, Illinois. [...]
Photos by Grant Lovett, Ron Schwartz, Rick Agar, and the Larkey Family [...]
The focus of this article is to help explain with both words and photos just [...]
Introduction I had been building and flying what I thought were real Eddy style kite [...]