Bubble Fish Ohashi Edo - 1994/2015

Originally built in 1994 for a Sea-Themed kite competition.

Rebuilt and re-bridled Ohashi-style in 2015.

Nylon fabric applique.

Graphic taken from illustration in the amazing, out-of-print book 

The Witch's Hat by Irvin Dremer, Illustrated by  Tony Meeuwissen

Le Grand Livre du Cerf-Volant, G. Spini - 2003

It has just come to our attention that the French kite book "Le Grand Livre du Cerf-Volant" by G. Spini has a photo of our Bargenki Kite!

Jelly Beans, Hata Variant - 2016

Psychedelikite - 2016

Lupa Smartphone Photography Competition

The International Photography Festival is holding The Lupa Smartphone Photography Competition.

As its website banner, they chose a photo showing several of our kites! 

Here's the original photo:

Credit: Felix Lupa

Happy New Year 2016

Kiting Magazine Cover - 2015

We are featured on the cover of AKA's Kiting Magazine!

Supernova - 2015

Cervia Selfies - 2015

Come rain or shine, Cervia 35th anniversary! 

... and two days later on the same beach...

Electric Company Warning - 1929

This is a 1929 notice from the Electric Company notifying people of an electric network going live. At the bottom, it appeals to parents and teachers to warn children not to climb the poles and not fly flying snakes near them (nor tie beasts of burden to the poles either).  

Flying Snakes is a rough translation of the Russian word for kite: "воздушный змей" (VOZDUSHNYY ZMEY) which means air-snake. The notice probably predates the Hebrew word for kite: עפיפון (AFIFON) which appeared in the late 1930s.  

Source

28th Afifoniada - Israel Museum - 2012

Found this great shot on the web.

Photo credit: Aharon Barak

A Local Community TV News Report about Kites

Happy New Year 2015

Op-Art Genki - 2014

Illusive to the eye and pleases the wind                       מתעתע את העין ומשמח את הרוח

Exhibition - Fly with the Wind - The Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem

A wind inspired exhibition in the The Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem in the spirit of the MAKE movement.

We were invited to exhibit a few of our kites and this blog was chosen as the Science Museum's Site of the Month! Welcome!

30th Afifoniyada - Israel Museum, Jerusalem 2014

This summer marks our 30th year of kite building!!
It all started in summer of 1985 which also marked the Israeli Museum's first "Afifoniyada" - a kite festival and kite making competition.

Bandana Delta over Henry Moore's Vertebrae

Israel Museum, Jerusalem 2014 

One Sky One World - Israel 2014

video credit: Mary and Roni Peeri

One Sky One World - Israel 2014

We organized this year's OSOW meet at a beach-side park in Jaffa. The weather was wonderful and the sky was full of kites.

For the event, we created a new kite with the OSOW logo in Hebrew.

Flower Bed - Ohashi-Style Edo - 2014

The design is inspired by a recent patchwork workshop. 

First flown in the Dieppe, NB, Canada, International Kite Festival in August 2014.

Exhibition - Playing with the Wind - Eretz Israel Museum Tel-Aviv

Our kites will be on display at a new exhibition: Playing with the Wind at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel-Aviv. Opens: July 15, 2014

The exhibition's catalog.

Frigate Flock - Keel-less Delta - 2014

Rainbow Bols - 2014

Not only a kite & a quilt, there is also a pair of matching bols rotating in opposite directions and assorted drogues.

Petals - 2014

Our latest patchwork creation inspired by our Phoenix Rising Wan-Wan kite.
On display at the Israeli Quilters Association "My Color Palette" exhibition at the Jerusalem Theater.

Phoenix Rising Wan-Wan - 2014

Yes, that's a hole in the middle!

Happy New Year 2014

Royal Chef, Shakshouka Hexagon Kite - 2013

We were contacted by an Israeli TV reality show to make a Shakshouka themed kite for one of the show's contestants, the venerable Dr. Shakshouka.

Shakshouka is a dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, chili peppers, and onions, often spiced with cumin.

Here's the finished kite, with the scrumptious Shakshouka with parsley on a blazing hot skillet:

And here's a short clip from the final show, featuring Bino Gabso, aka Dr. Shakshouka, and The Flying Squad.

Fire and Ice - 2013

Dieppe, Canada - 2013

Photos credit: Loïk Lamalle