Date: Fri, 4 Nov 1994 23:16:51 -1000 From: Charlie.Charlton@ind3x.dircon.co.uk (Charlie Charlton) Message-Id: Organization: ind3x Subject: Artistic Kites The Artistic Kite Group I am setting up a new group within the kite scene and would like to know if anyone else out there is interested in joining in. Although there are many regional groups / clubs of kite makers and fliers within the UK and Europe to my knowledge there are no groups dedicated purely to artistic kiting. Why bother, you may ask to set up a group solely for those interested in Art kites. Well although our current kiting organisations strive to promote all forms of kiting, often the interest tends to focus upon the kites' performance and not its aesthetic value. Kite making and flying now has such a wide range of activities, >From sport kite competitions at many levels, Buggying, Teddy bear dropping, Rokkaku fighting, Indian kite fighting, and the list goes on. Very few of the kite festivals in Britain however have any room for the more artistic sides to kiting whether that be patchwork, applique, or painted kites. I am setting up a group dedicated to the promotion and display of Artistic Kites specifically patchwork, applique and painted. which would encourage the growth of this area of kiting and help to spread a free flow of information, skills and techniques to as many people as possible within the kiting world as well as attempting to get artistic kite making more accepted within the artistic community as a whole and also the wider community through the exhibition of kites as art in their own right. Anyone who is interested in these ideas or anyone who has any suggestions that may help please contact me at the following address Charlie Charlton 38 Beechway, Maghull, Merseyside. England L31 1HP Email : Charlie.Charlton@ind3x.dircon.co.uk ... Kiteflyers do it with flare..roller..rokkaku..peel...etc... +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | ind3x.dircon.co.uk in Nottingham, England /_ _|_ | | // || |_|\/ | | "...Slave to the hormone, body and soul..." // ||_|_|/\ | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =