Inventor of the Sauls Barrage Kite used in WWII, the Sauls Vangrow company was formed in 1941 and, between 1943 and 1945, produced 3300 of …

This artist team has come to kites to add an element to their artistic landscape installations. They have collaborated with kite artist Carl Robertshaw of …

Helen is the elder stateswoman of Australian kite making. Her flowing, creative designs, usually based on Hewitt Flexform kites, are colorful and graceful in flight. …

Owner of Vienna’s Fly High kite shop, Georgi has been an active promoter of kites for the Austria public, serious kite enthusiasts, and kite artists. …

One of the first notable “manufacturers” of custom kites, Lochman’s White Bird label was familiar to all who came to kites in the 1970s and …

Clayton was the chief weather observer at Boston’s Blue Hill Observatory starting in 1884. He was in present during all the kite ascents at the …

Jebe has reconstructed a George R. Lawrence camera, like the one Lawrence used to photograph “San Francisco in Ruins”, the 1906 kite aerial photograph of …

A retired fireman, Matsutani was an active kite ambassador representing Japan in the 1980s and 1990s. His constant drawing, on the field, at the dinner …

Hiromi is the owner of Los Angeles’ Hiromi Paper International, the primary US importer of fine, handmade, Japanese papers. Her papers are used by notable …

Holm is an active participant in contemporary German kite making and kite flying. He has organized and led numerous historical kitemaking workshops and helps make …