Longtime enthusiast Groen has made a number of beautiful contemporary Sode kites using piecework and patchwork sewing techniques. All are meticulously crafted and strong airborne …

Bequet is a professional magazine writer, editor, and publisher who was first noticed in the publication of Kite Passion Magazine, Paris. From here he moved …

Living in one of the Cody family homes has led Jean to become the world’s authority on the life of Samuel Franklin Cody. She has …

Accomplished sculptors who have presented work throughout Europe, the Simonnets have created unique kites that are sculptures created by the wind. The surprisingly creative kites …

Producer of Vertical Visuals Kites, an innovative cottage industry of designers, produced throughout the1980s, Jilly reproduced many of the designs found in David Pelham’s Kites. …

Retired carpenter Day is a skilled craftsman, having done custom woodwork in many of Seattle’s finest homes. He comes to kites with energy and humor …

One of the wind-energy pioneers currently working on a viable kite system for harnessing wind power (Joby Energy). His fixed-wing, modular approach carries generators aloft …

With brothers Dave and Jim, Joe invented and then marketed the radical Revolution four-line kite. The kite was a radical departure from traditional sport kites: …

Another of the post-WWII-adults who played with kites, Stanley took the road less traveled by developing his own unique designs. Never worried about “finish” Stanley …

An innovative kite designer who pushed the kite industry in the US, Joel produced a number of three-dimensional and flat kites that flew well, looked …