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2002 Class List |
Multicellular Box Robert Brasington St. Helens, Tasmania This award winning kite maker will guide you to build a traditional compound box of his design-a small (800mm x 800mm), lightweight box kite in a 4 x 2 cell configuration. Robert's clean techniques with light nylon fabric and carbon frame result in a higher-angle, lighter-wind flier than most cellular kites. |
Silk Painting Diane Butler Tigard, Oregon Diane returns with her silk painting process. Practice the basics of painting with the "Serti" technique on luxurious silk fabric. Bring a simple design or use Diane's patterns, and apply resist lines and brilliant liquid dyes to a 30" silk square, which will later be steamed, rinsed, and cured (optional participation on Saturday and Sunday). |
Catherine's Wheel Dave Christenson Westport, Washington Sew a 48-cell, whirling, red, white, and black circle of line art, then learn various bridling methods and requirements for scaling the design up or down. |
Waves of Color Deb Cooley Lincoln City, Oregon Join pieces of fabric together to make a stunning 11' or 14' tall banner. Deb will provide a couple of designs and various color combinations from which to choose. |
Bargello Butterfly John Freeman Parksville, British Columbia, Canada John has taken the "Bargello" technique in a new direction. Try his distinctive wedge-cut "Bargello" piecing method as you construct his 6' wingspan butterfly-shaped kite. |
Fighter Kite: Buka Variants Karen Gustavson Solvang, California Create a buka-style fighter kite using either "western" materials and construction or traditional methods with paper and bamboo. If time and weather permit, practice tuning and flying. |
Square Dancing in the Sky Scott Hampton Sandy, Utah With pre-painted, richly shaded fabric, you will create your own design or use one of Scott's, and appliqué and assemble a 20" square kite. |
Take-Along Miniature Kite Pendant Kathy Horn Lindenwood, Illinois Make an ingenious, fully functional pendant that opens to reveal a secret treasure-a postage stamp-sized kite complete with fly rod and line! |
Non-Sewn Icarex Sode Kite Sam Huston Kent, Washington Learn, in detail, Sam's famed techniques for making permanent, high-quality, non-sewn kites. Construct a lightweight, collapsible, 5' x 5' Sode kite with PC Icarex polyester fabric, 3-M industrial adhesives, and fiberglass. |
Heat-Seal Genki Kite Dan Kurahashi Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Make Dan's 80" wide version of this high-aspect ratio, bowed kite using multi-colored plastic sheets and fiberglass |
Heat-Seal Ladybug Kite Train Dan Kurahashi Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Each student engages in making a bright, impressive 10-segment train of plastic and bamboo ladybug kites. |
Low-Tech Construction of a BIG Kite: Group Project Rick Miller Silver City, New Mexico Groups of classmates will start by collaborating on coming up with surface designs and painting them with water-based dyes on Tyvek sheets. Then, teams will follow simple steps with tapes, fiberglass, and precut lines to build and bridle large-scale, Shirone-style rectangular kites. |
Color Theory and Introduction to Design Basics Sharon Musto Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Participants will explore color and learn how to combine visual elements such as lines, shapes, colors, and values to achieve contrast, balance, emphasis, pattern, unity, and movement in a composition, especially as it relates to kite art. |
Beginning Sewing Gerry Pennell Olympia, Washington Go from "I want to sew" to "I can do this!" Gerry relates inexperienced sewers to the tools and techniques needed for basic sewing, with an emphasis on kites. Exercises to familiarize students with their machines are followed by a simple kite or windsock project. |
Black and White Kites George Peters Boulder, Colorado Design and make unique small- to medium-sized kites using traditional bamboo, Japanese paper, and luscious black sumi ink. Invent new forms by following the natural shapes of the bamboo frames and the simple, bold graphics from brush and ink. |
Kite Puppets George Peters Boulder, Colorado Concoct a kinetic figure with high-reaching arms and sandbag feet that holds onto the line of your staked kite, or "field-dances" on the lines of your dual-line kite! Dive into a wild assortment of colorful, lightweight materials, and find parts to combine in your whimsical kiteflying character. |
Grenadian Crafts Kites George A. Peters Seattle, Washington Arrange and decorate brightly colored tissue paper panels on a tensioned frame you form out of coconut flex to complete one of several variations on classic Grenadian lightweight kite styles. Each kite in the class is unique! |
"Chocolate" and Cocoa Leaves George A. Peters Seattle, Washington Experience two pleasures from the Grenadian cacao plant! First, George relates the background of the plant as you roast, shell, and grind the aged beans to make a traditional spicy brew. Next, you create and fly a kite made of a cocoa leaf. |
Kerori Kite Barry Poulter Tacoma, Washington Barry enhances the broad shape of this traditional Japanese design with his Celtic Crossed Saber Knot appliqué for his exclusive 2002 conference project. Students complete an 80" wide, active flier with an unusual 90', multifunctional bridle! |
Paper and Bamboo Anna Rubin Maria Rain, Austria Experiment with designing one or two easy kites as you learn about bamboo splitting and frame construction and about different qualities of Japanese paper. |
Tumbleweed Cell Kite Terry Sansom Wimberly City, Texas Terry shares his precise sewing and fabrication techniques as you assemble his playful, innovative, steady-wind kite formed with two intersecting circles, using ripstop polyester and carbon rods. Flight tips and demonstrations will follow if time and weather permit. |
Totem Flags Randy Shannon Flagstaff, Arizona Discover an easy, exciting way to paint with dyes on uncoated nylon. Each participant will paint original designs on three panels, which will be joined as a set to hang over a doorway (inside or out) to keep away "demons"! |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Charlie Sotich Chicago, Illinois Make a simple 4" diameter, 5-pointed star kite with a holographic film or tissue paper sail, nylon spar, tail, and flying line. Fly in the classroom, then make larger and/or smaller versions. |
Air Mail Special Charlie Sotich Chicago, Illinois From hundreds of postage stamps, choose a kite sail (professionally designed), then Charlie will show how to make your stamp thinner and lighter, add some creases, tails, and flying line, and fly your tiny kite right there. |
Starfish Rolf & Claudia Zimmermann Bad Salzuflen, Germany Sew a fantastic, soft inflatable starfish to use as line art or a tail for other kites. Discussion of Rolf and Claudia's methods for adapting similar inflatables as flyable kites may be included, if time permits. |