“Stretch” quietly studied for years with Dom Jalbert and became a fine maker of parafoils. Developing his own parafoil designs, inspired by Jalbert, Tucker added …

An avid collector of kite images in Japanese ukiyo-e and e-hon (woodblock prints and picture books), Hussain is one of the authorities on these kite …

Like Curt Asker, Bodoczky came to kites early, first as a family pastime, then as a serious artistic pursuit. A professor of art and pedagogy …

One of the Northwest’s avid kite pin collectors, Jack amassed one of the largest kite pin collection from his home in Westport, Washington. Trading, buying, …

Granddaughter of artist Henri Matisee, Jacki has used kites in a variety of ways in her environmental art. Long, flowing tails in a wide variety …

Born in 1973, Hashimoto followed his calling to art through his adult years. What he does with paper is magic. He is perhaps best known …

Kite-couple James and Eva are active in the traditional and contemporary Indonesian kite scene. Both are enthusiastic and active flyers and are kite ambassadors of …

Belgian Desimpelaere has amassed one of the world’s finest collections of European and American historical kites. Concerned most with man-lifting systems of the turn-of-the-20th century, …

Jan and wife, Wilma, were two of the first serious searchers of kite ephemera; post cards, postage stamps, newspaper prints, ukiyo-e, and almost anything else …

An associate of Helmut Georgi at Vienna’s Fly High kite shop, Houtermans is an inventive kite maker, using the most modern materials, traditional paper and …