Tag Archives: kite building
Drachen: Deb Cooley
Deb Cooley I jumped into kiting with both feet in 1984 when I attended my [...]
Feb
Issue 75: ProFile: Will Sturdy
It’s been nearly a year and a half since our last interview here at Kitelife [...]
Dec
Issue 74: Build a D-Stix Tetrahedral
When I was a junior in high school I became obsessed with the geometry of [...]
Oct
Issue 70: Kite Plan – Tekaweya
This kite design challenged us more than any other we ever set out to create. [...]
Feb
Issue 51: What are you flying? Oh, nothing.
Yup, as the title suggests I built a flying zero, nothing, nada, zip, zilch! Well [...]
Dec
Issue 49: Junction Kite Makers’ Retreat
The Texas Tech Extension Campus once again extended an invitation to the kite makers for [...]
Aug
Issue 48: Drachen Archives: Featured Items
No one (to The Drachen Foundation’s knowledge) owns an original Roch Donzella “Monobloc” kite from [...]
Jun
Issue 48: Midwest Area Kitemakers Retreat (gallery)
Photos by Grant Lovett, Ron Schwartz, Rick Agar, and the Larkey Family
Jun
Issue 46: Applique – How do they do it?
The focus of this article is to help explain with both words and photos just [...]
Feb
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 41: Fort Worden Kitemakers Retreat
This year I had the pleasure of attending the 22nd annual Fort Worden Kitemakers Conference. [...]
Apr
Issue 7: KiteCraft – Pizazz
Article by Dick Barnes of Pizazz Kites Overview Part One: Tools and Supplies Part Two: [...]
Issue 6: Kitemaker Profile 1
Welcome back to Kitemaker Profiles for November/December! In this issue we will get an insight [...]
Dec
Issue 6: BORK – Building
Active Bridle on BoT I actually thought it was already going out with it on, [...]
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