Tag Archives: kite making
Issue 45: The Original Eddy Kite
Based on the Eddy Kite Patent No. 646, 375 issued on March 27, 1900. Introduction [...]
Dec
Issue 45: Flying Nun Kite Plan
I’m not sure exactly how old this kite design is, but I imagine it’s at [...]
Dec
Issue 44: ProFile with Otto Vossen
Amidst my travels to India, Malaysia and Taiwan last year I kept bumping into one [...]
Oct
Issue 44: Otto’s Creations
Amy The joy of seeing someone else enjoying, might be the life motto of Amy. [...]
Oct
Issue 42: ProFile with Ron & Sandy Gibian
If we’re very lucky, at least once in our lifetime we’ll meet someone we just [...]
Jun
Issue 42: Laminating a Bamboo Spine
There is one aspect of bamboo spines in fighter kites I have never liked. I [...]
Jun
Issue 41: ProFile with Shawn and Patty Tinkham
When we first approached Shawn and Patty Tinkham about the possibility of a Kitelife interview [...]
Apr
Issue 41: Fort Worden Kitemakers Retreat
This year I had the pleasure of attending the 22nd annual Fort Worden Kitemakers Conference. [...]
Apr
Issue 39: AKA Grand Nationals
If there is one event that I try and make a point of always attending, [...]
Dec
Issue 38: Tangler Fighter Kite Plans
Specifications [fourcol_one]Sail Bow Spine Battens[/fourcol_one] [twocol_one]Ultra-light Orcon, Icarex or polyfilm .06″ carbon rods, 24 9/16″ [...]
Oct
Issue 38: “No Secrets” Trains Pt. 2
When I wrote the original No Secrets Handbook of Kite Trains back in 1990 (and [...]
Oct
Issue 37: Crazy Eddy 2
Hi! Welcome to part two of my Crazy Eddy kite arch project. If your just [...]
Aug
Issue 35: Crazy Eddy
Hello… No, I’m not opening a used car dealership. In fact, I’m a kitebuilder. My [...]
Apr
Issue 35: On-Line Kite Project 1.0 – Della Porta
Kitebuilder.com recently presented a very new and encouraging variation on the traditional kite building workshop. [...]
Apr
Issue 34: Virtual Kite Makers Retreat
In our ongoing mission to gather and present useful concepts or programs to the larger [...]
Issue 32: AKA Grand Nationals
As Kiting editor Mike Gillard and I arrived at the host Hope Hotel on Sunday [...]
Oct
Issue 5: Kitemaker Profile 2 – Richard Gareau
Now that Kitelife has gone bi-monthly, I will try to include profiles on more than [...]
Oct
Issue 5: A Special Experience
Recently I had the good fortune to be contacted by Pam Brasseux of Camp Periwinkle [...]
Oct
Issue 3: Welcome to the Machine
Needles and thread The needle and thread combination is to your sewing machine what gasoline [...]