Coming Art

Last month, I participated in a exibition of some "young" artist in Antwerp. Although kites is not the most easy thing to show, I do believe that it was a success...

A few more

Thanks to Livia Lancelot for these nice pictures

Zeevaartschool

some more pictures

 

HZS

Also in the newspaper; Gazet Van Antwerpen of 21 10 2010 (Printed on 400.000 ex.)

and in the Standard

Holy Man

My Holy man kite

(made in mutual agreement with Jim Day).

If  you want to see the original Holy Man kite created by Nicolas Chorier:  Please check the following link:

India: A kite's eye view

The "holy man" imagined by Nicolas Chorier in India, initially crafted by Robert Brasington in Tasmania, fine tuned by Jim Day in Seattle, tested in Seaside Oregon.
A wonderful kite, extremely stable, with a great lifting power and without too much pull.(size is 12 feet) According to Pierre Lesage

Holy man  2,20m wide and 3,0m high, The total surface is 5,2m²; Sail surface is 4,2m².  Frame made glasfiber  Black/Green Skytex fabric,  Bridle and flying line: Climax Blackline.
A short movie from Leon Choong made at the Borneo kite festival in Bintulu Sarawak

Maple

A  leaf kite designed by Christophe Tournay 

Made in a kite workshop organized by the ZVV - Holland

click here to see the drawing 

Stars

 

There is much to say about the symbolic of all these stars.

Anyway, This Circoflex kite is a real eye catcher at your festival

See also:

Some data and plans on how to make a Circoflex

My Circoflex consists of 20 panels of 60 by 60 cm with gold colored stars stitched in. A panel of 5 cm (with seam) at the front containing a glass fibre rod of 4mm. At the back we have also a 5cm panel with a 2mm line to ply the fabric into a curve that increases the wind pressure. 12 bridles that joined in groups of 7 and 5, interconnected with a string to adjust the flight angle.      The inventors of the Circoflex are Tom Oostveen Helmut Schiefer my kite was built based on the info found on the website of Anthony Thyssen     (pictures: mieke.deblaere & Jeroen)

1000 holes

On other great picture of this kite in Sola; Norway
The plan
Cutting Edge

Vented Easy bol consist of 12 panels of 74cm -150 cm with 120 burned holes of 2cm in each panel. 8 meter bridle line

Oil

More than 10 meters of pipe...I am sure that they will need it.

(Made at the time that there was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico) 

Some more info:

-  OIL I

-  OIL II

-  OIL III

Cutting edge

Rotor with a red cutting edge 

Based on the Easy Bol Plan found on different websites. Scaled down from the original plan by approximaty 50%. (see also "1000 holes"). Red Dacron reinforcement areas and Eyelet inserted for connecting the 12 bridle lines of 3 meter each.. Yields a bol of about 1,5 m in diameter when inflated and spinning

Some other pictures (Zeebrugge)

Some other pictures (Sola)

Plan 

Some more: The drawing
Some more: The palace of justice 
Some more: For my friend Bouch
Some more: Folon 

Fish

A Long fin Banner Fish based on a design of Robert Van Weers (New Zealand) . The Heniochus acuminatus is it’s scientific name. This piece of line art is1,75 cm tall.

53 on a string

 

The Malay kite with in the background a train of 53 Eddy kites

extras

Black & White

One out of a couple, This kite is combing the best design elements of a Sled and a Flare. Stable, strong, for light-wind and it flies at a high line angle. The Fled is my preferred KAP kite.  

Based on a plan of Bill Wilson at the Kitebuilders forum

Birds

A flock of 11 birds on one single string

Some links:

- Birds-

- Birds on a single line

- Birds in Borneo

Left over

Nona

I designed this small kite as a birthday present for Nona.    Now I am building custom made kites for all kind of opportunities… think about; A birthday present, A party or just because an "I love you" present

Some other examples:

Special for Helena 

Special for Roos

Special for Arno 

Special for Zora 

Special for Nona 

Special for Arthur 

SnakeRok

 

A traditional Japanese fighter kite with a beautiful snake applique

Rokkaku dako => From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Rokkaku dako(六角凧) is a traditional six-sided Japanese fighting kite. Traditionally it is made with bamboo spars and washi paper. The rokkaku kite is often hand painted with the face of a famous Samurai. The structure is a vertically-stretched hexagon with a four-point bridle. One spar runs from tip to toe and there are two cross-spars. Flown on a taut string the kite is stable and rises rapidly. When the line is released the kite tumbles until tension is put on the line, at which point it takes off in the direction of the spine. Fighting two or more of these kites involves tipping over or destabilizing the opposing kite or cutting its kite line or bridle.

Stability can be increased by bowing the cross spars, making the kite stable enough to fly without a tail. The rokkaku kite is often used for kite aerial photography and in atmospheric science, thanks to its large surface area and simple construction.

UFO

 

UFO (Ultimate Fun Object) based on Lee Sedgwick’s design -> Revolution.      The original UFO got the most innovative award at the AKA Convention in Seaside (2007). The disc shaped kite is about 1m in diameter and can be flown in quad-line, single line and no-wind single line configurations. 4mm fibre spare.

Tribal

Skyship

This kite has a tensigrity design.  According to Wikipedia: Tensegrity or tensional integrity is a property of structure with an integrity based on a balance between tension and compression components. 

To see some other kites based on this technique; click here and/or  here

To see a drawing of this Sky Ship

Poppies

In Flanders Fields... 

  the poppies blow

Between the crosses row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow 

                                                                           

                                             Thanks Pauline for the invitation

Mini

My collection of mini kites

 

A nice gift from the "Grumpy old gits" at the Houlgate kite festival

Jan Van Leeuwen made the Maple leaf and the Rok. 

Ton Vinken made the fighter

Some more miniature;  See here 

Some more miniature:  See here