Ty used tie-dying techniques on ripstop nylon, allowing him to expand the palette of his kite making. His creative designs included “hippy vans,” dancing bears, …

Tyrus Wong, born in 1910,  is a Chinese American who lived in San Diego, made traditional Chinese kites from his childhood, and among other things, was …

Wahl is interested in wind-produced music; Aeolian sounds produced by harps or flutes. His website features traditional kite designs featuring the devices: Cambodian Kleng Ek, …

In the 1930s, German kitemaker Oesterle produced a number of fantastic box kites, most with an airplane configuration, that were models of engineering skill. Used …

Started “Kite Lines” magazine in 1977 and published it for 24 years. A very high quality publication, it chronicled the world kite movement in the …

Kite promoter and flyer, Heredia is well known for his “Vics Fighters” of the early 1970s. The mylar and bamboo kite was a model of …

A member of Germany’s Team No Limits, Volker has become one of the world’s great giant kite designers. Starting with huge Sesame Street Characters, the …

Freelance author, Diem collaborated with Werner Schmidt on Drachen Mit Geschichte (Kites with History), a book with great significance for historical kite builders, worldwide. Containing …

Hosking has been a long-time advocate of kites in education. This has led him to write and self-publish a number of how-to books on kites …

A director at Los Angeles’ Amateur Athletic Foundation, formed after the 1984 Olympics, Dr. Wayne brought extensive archival skills to the Drachen Foundation. He served …