From paper to sky
March 1, 2018
January 1, 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 distinguished company of Ai Weiwei:
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, that's so Shavit!
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 life to kites is not without a grain of folly. It's just a question of interpretation. There are some who call it a 'grain of folly', and others who talk of a 'sacred spark'. It's sometimes hard to tell one from the other.(Translated by Philip Le Riche)
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
May 21, 2017
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 regular triangular sections.
January 1, 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 kite is flying over Robert Indiana's renowned giant sculpture "אהבה".
Hamsa - 2016
Our entry into the Arts Premiers kite creation contest at the 2016 Dieppe International Kite Festival.
Spinnaker on transparent Mylar
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
October 20, 2016
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!
June 17, 2016
March 24, 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:
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| Credit: Felix Lupa |
January 1, 2016
July 18, 2015
May 29, 2015
Cervia Selfies - 2015
Come rain or shine, Cervia 35th anniversary!
... and two days later on the same beach...
May 13, 2015
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.
April 11, 2015
March 1, 2015
January 1, 2015
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