Author: Henk2 Jordaan, December 19, 2011

Learn more about our new website and how to make it work for you! We will have a computer to demonstrate and teach you how to upload your own kite items to our website. Bring 5 photos of kites or items related to kites on a media stick or disk, …

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Tags: North America, ,

Author: Henk2 Jordaan, December 19, 2011

  This is an interesting issue of Discourse because most of the issue came to us from Australia and New Zealand. Two articles take us deep into the kite-buggy world and have something familiar in common: passion. Follow Charlie Watson as he spends two weeks with old friends – some …

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Tags: Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, North America, Cultural, Historical, Scientific, Sport, Bowed, Flat, Sport

Author: Henk2 Jordaan, December 12, 2011

"After 17 years of collecting, studying, documenting, digitizing and finally redesigning a massive website that could not only hold the DF collection, but also the world’s kite collections, I am delighted to share these examples of how the new website is working!" 

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Tags: Argentina, India, Japan, North America, United States, Art, Cultural, Historical, Bowed, Figure, Flat

Author: Henk2 Jordaan, December 12, 2011

The magic of the Checkley family touched many in the kiting world. Beginning with Dave and Dorothea and ending with their daughter Liz, the Checkley’s embraced the kiting community, sharing their love of kiting and making friends throughout the world. We will miss them all.

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Tags: Japan, United States, Art, Cultural,

Author: Henk2 Jordaan, December 6, 2011

  For the 6th KIWA Exhibition held in the Kyoto City Museum in April 2011, we devoted space to woodblock printed kites!  This coveted collection of print kites made their way to the United States and are featured in two locations.

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Tags: Japan, United States, Art, Cultural, Bowed, Flat

Author: Henk2 Jordaan, December 5, 2011

Clear skies and enthusiastic participants made the Day of the Dead celebration in Tieton, Washington the best of the season. A program developed by Tieton Arts and Humanities, directed by Christopher Ornelas and Sylvia Imbach, empowered seniors of the local Highland high school to work giving cultural workshops for the …

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Tags: Mexico, North America, Art, Cultural, Figure

Author: Henk2 Jordaan, October 3, 2011

On the afternoon of Sunday, September 11th Hiromi Paper International had their much anticipated drypoint woodblock and kite making workshop. This workshop was in collaboration with the Drachen Foundation and Christine Yuengling, who taught the drypoint woodblock technique. Scott Skinner also assisted with the workshop.

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Tags: United States, Art,

Author: Henk2 Jordaan, September 27, 2011

During the endless hours I spent staring into two large computer screens in order to move digitized data to our new website, I would take breaks and let my mind go wandering through the information that I was moving. My break would be to discover something interesting, an archival piece, a …

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Tags: Iran, United Kingdom, United States, Art, Cultural, Sport,

Author: Henk2 Jordaan, September 21, 2011

Last call to join us as a publishing patron for the first definitive publication on the traditional kite making of Guatemala. Over 120 pages, 10.5 x 11 inches portrait format in full color with two pull out panoramas. This publication will capture over a decade of work with the kitemakers of Guatemala …

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Tags: Guatemala, Art, Cultural, Flat

Author: Henk2 Jordaan, September 20, 2011

The exciting difference between Discourse and our previous publication, the Journal, is that articles come from anyone and anywhere in the world. Rather than passing through the Journal editorial filter that began with Ben Ruhe, articles for Discourse are left, to the greatest extent possible, in the original words of the writers.

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Tags: Argentina, Australia, Germany, Nepal, New Zealand, United States, ,