The Shavit Kite Gallery

News and kites from Eli and Shula Shavit

September 9, 2019

Patchwork Kites: Lecture to the Israeli Quilters Association - 2019

›
Shula was guest speaker at the 2019 Israeli Quilters Association Workshops
January 1, 2019

Seasons Greetings - 2019

›
 
December 31, 2018

Picasso Meets Sewing Machine Artists - Fanø 2018

›
kite.builders has an article about our Fanø Kitemakers Workshop. "...Meanwhile, the men tried the sewing machines. Eli and Shula S...
December 30, 2018

Thing 1 and Thing 2 - 2018

›
Flying Saucers - diameter is ~ 1.9 m The kites are inspired by Jim Rawlands'  FLYING SAUCER kite  which is based on a design by J...
December 29, 2018

Interview - 2018

›
Our interview with Ralf Dietrich from kite.builders .
June 21, 2018

Kite Reunion

›
We had an opportunity for a kiteflyers reunion with old friends! From left-to-right: Shula Shavit, Suli Omer, Itamar Kastelanski, Uri Abe...
June 14, 2018

Fanø Kitemakers Workshop - Fanø 2018

›
We were honored to be invited to teach a Patchwork Kite Masterclass during the 2018 Fanø Kitefliers Meeting in Denmark. We chose a Tessellat...
June 13, 2018

Inspiring Others

›
Pete Schmidt was inspired by our Bedspread kite. He called his creation "The Shavit Kite". We are immensely proud,  imitation i...
March 1, 2018

Arabian Nights - 2018

›
From paper to sky
January 1, 2018

Seasons Greetings - 2018

›
 
October 9, 2017

The Israel Museum Homepage - 2017

›
The 32nd Kite Flying Festival, The Afifoniada, at the Israel Museum is tomorrow, and we made the front page! and on mobile with the d...
September 5, 2017

Patchwork and Kites Puzzle - 2017

›
When we came upon Jane Wooster Scott's Patchwork Sampler  1000 piece jigsaw puzzle , we just had  to assemble it. Kites and Patchwork, ...
September 1, 2017

A Kite Quote

›
A lovely quote from Romain Gary's book Les Cerfs-Volants (The Kites) : It's perfectly clear that a man that has devoted his whole ...
July 4, 2017

Octagon - 2017

›
The Pattern of the kite is called "Star of the Orient" Quilt Pattern.  The kite's diameter is ~ 1.2m

Geo-Pointer - 2017

›
The Geo Pointer kite, designed by Ceewan is a Single Point Bridle kite. Size: 5.5m x 2m
May 21, 2017

Cervia - 2017

›
Fabulous photos from Cervia ARTEVENTO 2017 by Ivan Cimadoro   And another from  Barbara Baroncini
January 22, 2017

Twisted Drum Box Kite - 2017

›
Here's our version of Dick Toonen's Twisted Drum Box Kite . Note that our version uses only vertical strips as opposed to the reg...
January 1, 2017

Happy New Year - 2017

›
 
November 11, 2016

Little White World Kite - 2016

›
Flying the signed  Little White World Kite at the annual Kite Flying event at the Art Garden of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The ...

Our Booth at Dieppe International Kite Festival - 2016

›

Hamsa - 2016

›
Our entry into the  Arts Premiers  kite creation contest at the 2016 Dieppe International Kite Festival. Spinnaker on transparent Myla...

Rosie, Emoji Kite - 2016

›
Our contribution to the "Personage" Mass Ascension Challenge 
‹
›
Home
View web version
Powered by Blogger.