The Shavit Kite Gallery

January 1, 2012

Happy New Year 2012

September 29, 2011

Hamsa 2011

Ohashi-style Edo.
Applique.
Wing Span: 100 cm x Height: 125 cm

September 2, 2011

Kites over Jaffa

Yaffo-Portal covered a fun fly in Jaffa.

Attending kitefliers: Eli & Shula Shavit, Suli Omer, Vladimir Zviaginzev, Meir Tannenbaum and Idan Schwartz.

June 20, 2011

Eddy-Tiled Keel-less Delta

One hundred small Eddy kites that were meant to become a long Eddy train and were lying around for many years, were finally converted into this colorful Keel-less Delta and the Hata below.

Size: 150cm x 300cm

June 15, 2011

Eddy-Tiled Hata

Most of the remaining small Eddys from the Delta above, were used to make this Hata

Size 1m x 1m

April 27, 2011

Artevento Octagon

Graphics based on the Cervia Artevento logo design ed by Caterina Capelli

Size: 110cm diameter

April 1, 2011

Tosa-Dako - Reframed 2011

Sail made in 1998 & practically never flown. Recently remodeled as a Japanese Tosa-Dako. Uneven Log Cabin Patchwork

Size: 235cm x 235cm

February 5, 2011

Anemone Rokakku - 2010

Uneven Log Cabin Patchwork

Size: 160cm x 120cm

Disco-Ball - 2010

Weaving Patchwork with appliqued silhouettes

Size: 120cm x 90cm

Night Sky - 2009

"Stars-in-Motion" Patchwork Technique.
Size: 1.7m x 1m

TripleHex - Reframed 2010

Originally built in 1997, re-framed in 2010 for a new modern life.

Sode/Kimono kite variation. 1.4m x 1.4m.

Patchwork technique - Log Cabin with a Twist

Flowers Genki - 2010

Size: 4m wingspan.

Wan-Wan Kite - 2010

9° Bargello Patchwork.
Size: 2m diameter.
Originally built in 2004 and never flown until 2010 reframing.

Hearts - 2010

Uneven Log Cabin Patchwork

Size: 160cm x 50cm

Tosa-Dako - Reframed 2010

Originally built in the mid 90s, recently remodelled as a Japanese Tosa-Dako.

Our Booth at Dieppe 2010

January 1, 2011

Happy New 2011

January 1, 2010

Happy New Year 2010

October 9, 2009

White Dress - 1995

Kimono Kite - Sode Dako.
Patchwork inspired by traditional Israeli folklore dance dresses.
Wingspan: 2m

Black Dress - 1995

Kimono Kite - Sode Dako.
Patchwork inspired by traditional Bedouin dress embroidery.
Wingspan: 2m

Flying on Top of Fox Glacier, New Zealand - 2009

Pocket Sled - 2006, Log Cabin Patchwork.
Size: 40cm x 70cm

Fire Spark Hexagon - 2009

The patchwork technique is Triangular Log Cabin.
Size: 1.2m x 1m

Trapezoidal Heagon Hexagon - 2009

Hexagon Patchwork technique.
Size: 80cm x 65cm

TripleHex - 1997

1997, Sode/Kimono kite variation. 1.4m x 1.4m.
Patchwork technique - Log Cabin with a Twist (from Barbara T. Kaempfer)

December 27, 2008

Pearson Roller - 1996

:: Photo by Don Brownridge ::

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:: Aerial Photo by ?? ::

This light-wind Pearson Roller is our first use of the Log-Cabin patchwork technique.
Size: 3.5m x 2.5m