Title: Kite Making
1Kite Making FlyingAsian - American / Kite
- Kelvin YS Chun
- Honolulu, Hawaii
2Background
- Educator in Hawaii
- Magician
- Balloonologist
- Kite Maker / Flyer
3http//KelvinChun.com
4What is a kite?
- What does a kite look like?
- How many sides?
- What material is used?
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7Kite Definition
- A light framework covered with cloth, plastic, or
paper, designed to be flown in the wind at the
end of a long string.
8How is a kite made?
- A kite is an unpowered, heavier-than-air flying
device held to the earth by a line.
9Kite rises
- Wind resistance causes the air pressure under the
kite to be greater than the air pressure above
the kite.
10Three basic parts
11Many Purposes
- Communicating with spirits and gods - Thailand
and other cultures - Fishing aid - Solomon Islands
- Announce the birth of a child - Korea
- Shrieking kites during battles - China
- Carrying a person into the air - China and Japan
- Fighting kites (kites that fight other kites) -
India and Japan
12HOW DO YOU CONSTRUCT A KITE?
- Decide on a shape or form.
- Design the sticks and frames for the kite.
- Choose the cover material - strong but light.
- Choose how you will stabilize your kite. Will you
have a tail? - Will you bow or vent your kite?
13A Brief History of Kites
478 BC it was recorded that a Chinese
Philosopher, Mo Zi, spent 3 years making a hawk
from wood which flew
14Materials - Bamboo / Silk
15The first kite?
- Chinese peasants - tied strings to hats
16Other places
- Kites spread to India, Malaysia, and Polynesia,
and Japan after the Northern Sung period (960
-1126 A.D.)
17Malaysia, and Polynesia
18China
19Korea kites arrived from China about 1000 A.D.
20Europe
230 B.C., when the Greek physicist Archimedes
Fourteenth century - German military flew
kites on horses Bow kite (developed in Germany)
spread to France and England. 1749 - English
astronomers
21America
Benjamin Franklin - June, 1756
22Modern Kites
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24Saranggola / Sarangola
- Adaptation from the Filipino Kite
25Gurion / Guryon
- Classic Filipino kite design, elliptical wings
and tail-less variant
26Hawaiian/Asian kite
- Mix between Chinese, Filipino, and American ideas
27Materials
- Spine - 1 bamboo pole 44" long and 3/8" diameter
at top and 3/16" at bottom - (heat bamboo so it curves in the center)
28Patricio Gongob
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30Kite Contest in 1971
31Bamboo
32Wings
- 2 bamboo slats - 28" x 1/4"
- A. Shave bamboo so that center is 3/8" thick
and ends are 1/8" thick. - B. Bamboo should bend like an archery bow -
evenly curved. Bamboo should curve at about 16"
from center.
33Tail -
- 1 bamboo slat - 26 "x 3/16"Shave bamboo so that
center is 1/4" thick and ends are 1/8" thick.
Bamboo should curve at about 10"from center
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38Use plastic or tissue as cover for kite. You may
use contact cement to paste plastic together.
39Tessellation Design
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45Hummer creates sound
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47Modified design
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54Materials list for various kites
Plastic white kitchen trash bag
Bamboo sticks
Fluorescent paper
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56The Bumble BeeA simple paper-fold kite.
You will need for each kite 1 Sheet of copier
paper sewing thread.
Fold the sheet of paper in half...
57Mark two points, A and B on the folded edge of
the paper. Point "A" should be 2 1/2 inches from
the end, and point "B", 2 1/2 inches.
58Fold the top corners of the page to point A and
staple them in place. Do not crease the paper.
Just bend it back.
59Punch a hole at point B and attach you flying
thread.
60You may add simple ribbon tails.
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62Plastic Trash Bag Sled Kite Take the bag and cut
off the bottom Cut across the top Fold plastic
in half and measure the following
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64Open plastic to form hexagon shape and tape
sticks to plastic.
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66Cut 2 pieces of plastic and tape it to the sticks
for tail.
67Draw a nice design.
68Rules
- Never fly near power lines
- Never fly in stormy weather
- Never fly near trees
- Never use metallic flying line
- Never fly your kite near or over people.
- Always use extreme caution when flying large
kites.