Calendar
5/1 Issue #21 of Drachen Foundation Kite Journal posted online.
5/1 Additions to the Drachen Online Store: Kono Beetle, Kono Butterfly, and Kono Salmon Kite Kits; Toki Rocket Kite Kit; Malaysian Traditional Kites; Drachen mit Geschichte and Drachen-Literatur.
5/10-14 Nobuhiko Yoshizumi, David McDaniel, and Scott Skinner lead printmaking-on-kite-sails workshops at at Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, Maui, Hawaii, as part of Paper in Flight activities.
mid-May DF tests "Variables" workshop with fifth-graders and Butterfly workshop with second-graders at Lockwood Elementary, Bothell, WA.
5/15-7/17 DF Touring Exhibit Kites to Kitty Hawk at North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC.
5/24 DF further tests fighter kite workshop with sixth-grade students at Hamilton International Middle School, Seattle, WA.
6/1 DF further tests Kono Korean fighter kite with industrial arts students at Hamilton International Middle School, Seattle, WA.
6/1 Twentieth-Anniversary edition of Hand Papermaking magazine available through DF Online Store.
6/8 DF Guatemalan kites at Renton Technical College International Fair.
6/17-9/17 DF Touring Exhibit Surf the Wind at Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA
Featured Archive Item: Roch Donzella “Monobloc” Replica
No one (to DF’s knowledge) owns an original Roch Donzella “Monobloc” kite from 1911. So DF recently added to its archive a replica, constructed under the careful tutelage of historical kite researcher and builder, Falk Hilsenbek. Read more about the significance of this kite, and learn how you can participate in an upcoming historical kite workshop, at Apeldoorn in November 2006.
Gray Whale KAP Project
Team Drachen (Skinner, Fujino, DF board member Sainz, and videographer Stubbs) joined 2006 DF grantee Oscar Frey at San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja Mexico for Phase III of a project using KAP to document whale behavior. Read more, and learn how to attend the KAPiCA/06 conference in Pacific Grove , CA , where Oscar Frey will present the results of his research.
Three new “critter” kites by designer Greg Kono—the Kono Beetle, the Kono Butterfly, and the Kono Salmon —are now available in ten-pack kits, complete with bamboo spars, line, and winders, for $10. Easy to make and fly; perfect for spring school projects. Also online: lesson plan, with three readings for students, to “Learn About Japan Through Its Kites” (grades 3-5). The plan accompanies the Yoshizumi Fish Kite Kit. New at the DF Online Store
The journal Hand Papermaking celebrates its twentieth anniversary with a special issue, Paper in Flight. The publication includes Scott Skinner’s article, Waves to Washi to Wings, and a miniature, flyable version of Lesley Dill’s Divide Light kite—available only in this issue. Special alert for DF newsletter readers: order a copy ($18) through the DF Online Store before May 26 th and shipping is free. Limited number of copies. Don’t miss out!