#kitemaking
yep, this is gonna be my class project next week. any kitemaking tips appreciated! (spinning parts = on the kite line, aka line laundry; letterpress on those+main kite body)

rabbit holes on kitemaking, tyvek+ricepaper printing etc: 👍
unsure what text (Bambara's irresistible revolution, spinning?) +
currently researching DIY kitemaking for kites that have spinning parts (trying to mash up letterpress volvelle/info disk printing class + Penland's big meadow + wanting to make a print go aerial)
July 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Foggy kite flying today at Barbury Castle
#kites #kiteflying #kitemaking #feathersmcgraw
February 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Trying out a tetrahedral kite woth my artwork on some transparent yupo 🪁 not sure ill get a windy enough day to fly it, but we will see! #art #kites #kitemaking #watercolor #transparentyupo #rochesternyart
May 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
currently researching DIY kitemaking for kites that have spinning parts (trying to mash up letterpress volvelle/info disk printing class + Penland's big meadow + wanting to make a print go aerial)
July 5, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Looks like that's the end of bridling the latest creation for a while...
#kites #kitemaking #cats
November 30, 2024 at 12:21 PM
November 30, 2024 at 11:30 PM
My #kitemaking table has been upgraded with a shelf for fabric storage.

#workshop #fabric #kites #ripstop
February 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Broad Haven kite flyers' rendezvous May 2024, Broad Haven beach, Pembrokeshire, Wales. My pigs & sharks, Martin's whale.
#kites ##kiteflying #kitemaking ##whitehorsekiteflyers #minchmobontour
November 30, 2024 at 8:34 PM
I made a large extended surface for my #bernette out of a sheet of acrylic from the hardware store and some scrap wood.

#sewing #kitemaking #workshop
February 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Found a good use of carbon cutoffs from #kitemaking. Made peg board spool holders for my embroidery machine.

#3dprinting #embroidery
January 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Ready for maiden flight. #kite #outdoors #art #craft #applique #fighterkite @kitemaking
May 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Today we went to a kite store and a kind older man infodumped at us about kitemaking for 30 minutes and this is the exact kind of obsessive niche experience I was looking for, 10/10
Everyone please give me a hand in welcoming my newest hyperfixation: ARTISAN KITE MAKING 👏👏👏👏👏👏
March 16, 2024 at 11:23 PM
I've been working on making a new back-lit table for #kitemaking. It is starting to come together. A lot more #joinery than I've ever done, but I'm figuring it out. #kites #woodworking
December 30, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Finished building Void #3. Played with some holographic heat transfer vinyl for the labeling.
https://watty.us/build-log/2025/2/2/k123-void-3

#kitemaking #sportkite #kite #cricut #sewing
February 3, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Work in progress
#kites #kitemaking
October 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
February 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
New project underway
#kite #kiteflying #kitemaking
December 16, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Now that I've built a few standard Tempests, I've put it up on my shop and also published the plans so others can make them:

- https://watty.us/shop/tempest
- https://watty.us/kite-plans/2025/7/31/tempest-plan

#kite #sportkite #opensource #kitemaking #sewing
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
#sportkite prototype testing in #longbeachwa yesterday.

#kites #kitemaking
January 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Finished a new vented escape. The person ordering it wanted to frame it themselves, so I only have a picture of an unframed sail so far.
https://watty.us/build-log/2025/1/22/k122-escape-17

#kites #sportkites #kitemaking #opensource
January 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Added a few #3dprinting #kite fitting models to my website, and made a few other minor updates on existing models.
https://watty.us/3d-printing

#kitemaking #sportkites #sportkite #kites #fusion360
February 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Just finished the first non-prototype Tempest. The standard prototyping went well, next step: ultralights
https://watty.us/build-log/2025/7/4/k126-tempest-1

#kite #sportkite #kitemaking
July 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Finished #sewing and framing my next prototype team #kite. Some good little improvements from the last, I think. I need to find some time to go try it out.
More details on my build log: https://watty.us/build-log/2025/4/25/k124-tempest-prototype-3

#sportkite #kitemaking
April 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New project underway
Oh yes it is
It really is
#franksidebottom
#kites
#kitemaking
February 4, 2026 at 10:15 AM