This is a manual for kite enthusiasts with easy-to-follow instructions and over 400 detailed illustrations that cover every step from start to finish. Choose to make an Origami Flying Bug or a McDonald's Coffee Cup kite, stunt kites, kites with sectional tails and drogues, even one that looks like an immense dragonfly. All the kites included here are reliable fliers, all the tips work, all the accessories are worth looking into, and all the construction ideas have been tested. Plus, to inspire the imagination still further, there's a collection of kites displayed in 16 pages of high-flying colour.
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YA-- An attractive book that explores kite flying basics from instruction to construction for novices as well as advanced aficionados. "Trefoil Dragon," "Pterosaur," "Stone Mountain," "Yakko Stakk" are the fanciful names for these magical creations of imagination and delicate engineering. The book is a good addition for high-school libraries because it provides technical material in such varied subject areas as art, science, and math. A history of kite flying is included, as well as detailed diagrams for specific designs of increasing difficult skill level. Eden provides thorough appendixes: lists of kite clubs, events and festivals, stunt kiting organizations, as well as a bibliography and index. --Jenni Elliott, Episcopal High School, Bellaire, TX
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Painter, writer, and kiteflier of some note, Eden Maxwell grew up on the mean streets of the inner city and fought his way out of the projects to find his walking shoes. He has contributed to many publications'from Popular Science to the Encyclopedia Britannica, and his art is in private collection here and abroad. Eden's the bestselling author of The Magnificent Book of Kites, Sterling Publishing; he's also ghostwritten books for HarperCollins and Kensington publishers.
Eden blogs regularly about purpose, meaning, and persevering as an artist on his website. His latest book (2008) is An Artist Empowered: Define and Establish Your Value as an Artist--Now.
Eden blogs regularly about purpose, meaning, and persevering as an artist on his website. His latest book (2008) is An Artist Empowered: Define and Establish Your Value as an Artist--Now.
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This review is from: Kiteworks: Explorations in Kite Building and Flying (Paperback)
This book is an ok book, but is a little confusing... I found that the drawings did not explain how to build the kites very well Intermediate-Advanced kite makers would love this book!!!
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