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[Grant L]

Hi All,
I finally finished the kite display in the youth section of the local library, to celebrate National Kite Month. I will probaly be adding to it each time I go with my son. I am also going to borrow a few of the kites back for the April 10th festival in Cincinnati It was hard to get good photos but you will have to take my word that it looks much nicer in person The staff was very enthusiastic while I was setting up and it is a treat to see the faces of the children when they see the kites



This is the display case as you come in, ( plus my helper ) The delta is the kite I have had for the longest time. It is at least 25 years old. I have very fond memories of flying it when I was young. The Native American, paisley and blue, (at the bottom left of the case, that you can barely see,) fighters I got from Stan. ( Thanks! ) The neon kites at the bottom are one piece deltas I made. The center shelf has a bunch of miniature kites, some pins and kite books throughout the display. The paper on the glass door lists events in the area for the months of March and April. There is also a sheet of paper on the bottom shelf with kite safety guidelines. I plan on adding a sheet promoting the local club and a sheet with AKA info.


This is looking to the back of the room. The tiger on the left is a store bought, centipede style kite. It needs a pretty steady breeze but looks really cool when it flies, ( the feet just hang down and look like they are running when it is flying )


This is looking from the back, toward the entrance. To the left, against the window, I have a "Sea Kite" area with SmoochyPus, a Joel Sholz fish I won at MAKR, shark stunt kite, a delta with a snorkeler on it and a ship kite right behind the brick post To the right you can just make out a Robert Brasington fan ( the tails are hanging into the second photo )


This is the second display case. It has two black/white tyvek kites ( to make Ronda happy ) Sodas the kids and I made at Kites On Ice, ( Thanks Paul ) some small Eddys and books.

I asked, and the librarians were nice enough to find all of the kite related books in the youth section and display them all on one table. It was a lot of fun to get to display and share my kites. If anyone else is doing anything for National Kite Month, share it with us


Below is a list so you can see how many of the kites you can find in the photos


From the ceiling I have hung the following:
-Delta Coyne with tube tails (Merrit Beck)
- RWB Sailing Ship (won at the area 6 welcome party at the Dayton)
- Brasington Angels Play ( made at MAKR 2004)
-Brasington Peace Dove (made at MAKR 2004)
- Brasington fan with crane ( Bought at MAKR 2004)
- purple/silver Sedgwicube (I Made)
- red/silver Sedgwicube (I made)
- red/clear Sedgwicube (I made)
- large indian fighter (Kevin Shannon won MAKR 2004)
- multicolor Tetralite tetrahedron (I made)
- Spencer facet star ( I made)
- 8 foot bat (I made)
- soft tyvek heart ( I made with my wife and daughter)
- tyvek butterfly (I made)
- 6-sided optical illusion flat kite with fuzzy tail (won at MAKR 2004)
- store bought cardinal
- store bought dragonfly
- Goodwind stunt ( I made from pattern set)
- store bought snorkeler delta
- Joel Sholz tropical fish (won MAKR 2005)
- store bought shark stunter
- SmoochyPus ( I built for my daughter)
- store bought big red cat with long tail
- store bought Tiger centipede kite
- 5 foot Rok (Kevin Shannon won MAKR 2005)
- Star Della Porta with fuzzy tail (I built)

[Mountain Man]

Super nice Display!~ the only kite missing is the DS did you loose it .....did Kiteguy put it in is car? last time ? Now that is really good promotion!

Thanks for showing us the good work and the good kites !
_________________
Bernie
the Mountain Man
Paint the sky...
"Fly a Kite!"

[Mountain Man]

would love to know more about that tiger !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now you got me going !

what can you tell us more about it ? and size and any side view ? want to make me a tiger ..... just need to know more about it !
_________________
Bernie
the Mountain Man
Paint the sky...
"Fly a Kite!"

[CJQ]

Hey Grant well done , nice to see someone promoting kites ,especialy in a public place like a library. BTW , Bernie asked about the D.S. being missing and thought that KITE GUY may have slipped it into his car trunk.Maybe just maybe he's going to use it as a patern and finaly make a Double Star. Think so ?????

CLIFF

[Grant L]

Believe me, I would love to showe off the DS I measured and there was nowhere I could hang the DS without it being in the way They have a round sectional where they have several computers but even if I put it above that, it would still whack everyone in the head when they sat down. I had thought of hanging it outside, in the main part of the library, ( it has a higher ceiling,) but it would be a production to hang it, ( and I want to be able to get it down for the April 10th, Cincinnati festival ) Maybe after the festival, I can hang it there for the rest of the month.

[KiteSquid]

GREAT display!!!!

I hope it motivates sombody to build a kite.
_________________
VR/
KiteSquid
AKA TakoIka
AKA Harold
King George VA


P.S. Yet another post by the Squid..... Doesent he ever shut up???

P.P.S. The wind is like the air, only pushier.

[Mike]

Very cool Grant! I'm inspired, maybe I should do something similar at our library. I don't have your big and varied collection of kites though...

[kiteguy]

[Grant L]

[Grant L]