Contemporary artist Lesley Dill collaborated with Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) students, their teacher, Gail Deery, and Drachen Foundation founder, Scott Skinner on a …

Montana artist Johnston made several series of remarkable paper and bamboo kites in the late 1980s and 1990s. Based on insect forms, fruit and vegetable …

Master carpenter Johnson uses state-of-the-art technology to laser-cut graceful line winders, stacks of kite sails for workshops, and countless re-enforcements. His nonchalance with high tech …

One of the most active kite enthusiasts – others included Saconney, Houard, Perrin, and Pujo – who contributed to La Revue du Cerf-Volant, Ickx wrote …

From the kite-rich city of Daimon, Japan, Ohye has traveled extensively to show his city’s kite styles and his own kite artistry. He is the …

Kite collector and promoter, Goodman has been involved with the Sunderland festival in northern England for over two decades. His extensive collection of kites includes …

Margaret’s “Kites for Everyone,” and its companion volume, “More Kites for Everyone,” are two of the go-to kite making books for newcomers and veteran builders …

Both are past presidents of the American Kitefliers Association and were instrumental in the creation and perpetuation of the Smithsonian Kite Festival. Margo, now deceased, …

The elder-statesmen of Texas kite flying, the Robertsons took up kite flying with their children and continue to fly today with their grand-children. Both were …

Inventor of the Synergy Deca, a four-line sport kite that featured a tensegrity kite frame (a structure held rigid by opposing compression and expansion forces …