kite making & flying asian - american / kite kelvin ys chun honolulu, hawaii

Kite Making & FlyingAsian - American / Kite

Kelvin YS Chun

Honolulu, Hawaii

BackgroundEducator in Hawaii

Magician

Balloonologist

Kite Maker / Flyer

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http://KelvinChun.com

What is a kite?

What does a kite look like?

How many sides?

What material is used?

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Kite Definition

A light framework covered with cloth, plastic, or paper, designed to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.

How is a kite made?

A kite is an unpowered, heavier-than-air flying device held to the earth by a line.

Kite rises

Wind resistance causes the air pressure under the kite to be greater than the air pressure above the kite.

Three basic parts

• Body• Line• Bridle



Many Purposes

Communicating with spirits and gods - Thailand and other culturesFishing aid - Solomon IslandsAnnounce the birth of a child - KoreaShrieking kites during battles - ChinaCarrying a person into the air - China and JapanFighting kites (kites that fight other kites) - India and Japan

HOW 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?

A Brief History of Kites

China





478 BC it was recorded that a Chinese Philosopher, Mo Zi, spent 3 years making a hawk from wood which flew

Materials - Bamboo / Silk





The first kite?

Chinese peasants - tied strings to hats





Other placesKites spread to India, Malaysia, and

Polynesia, and Japan after the Northern Sung period (960 -1126 A.D.)





Malaysia, and Polynesia





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Korea kites arrived from China about 1000 A.D.


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Europe• 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



AmericaBenjamin Franklin - June, 1756


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Modern Kites











Saranggola / Sarangola

Adaptation from the Filipino Kite



Gurion / Guryon

Classic Filipino kite design, elliptical wings and tail-less variant



Hawaiian/Asian kite

Mix between Chinese, Filipino, and American ideas



Materials:

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)



Patricio Gongob



Kite Contest in 1971



Bamboo





Wings 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.



Tail -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

Use plastic or tissue as cover for kite.

You may use contact cement to paste plastic together.







Tessellation Design



Hummer creates sound

Modified design



Materials list for various kitesPlastic white kitchen trash bag



Bamboo sticks



Fluorescentpaper



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•The Bumble Bee•A simple paper-fold kite.

You will need for each kite:1 Sheet of copier papersewing thread.

Fold the sheet of paper in half...

Mark 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.

Fold the top corners of the page to point A and staple them in place. Do not crease the paper. Just bend it back.

Punch a hole at point B and attach you flying thread.

You may add simple ribbon tails.

Paper Sled Kite



Use Sled Kite Template

Cut out Sled Kite

Decorate with crayons or markers

Add tape to black circles

Punch out holes marked by circles

Tie 36” thread to each hole & loop middle

Cut out air vent

Add tail with tape

Attach thread to kite



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Plastic Trash Bag Sled Kite

Take the bag and cut off the bottom

Cut across the top

Fold plastic in half and measure the following:

Open plastic to form hexagon shape and tape sticks to plastic.

Punch holes on left and right side and tie thread.

Cut 2 pieces of plastic and tape it to the sticks for tail.

Draw a nice design.



Rules

*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.

Sled kite flying journal

Sled Kite Flight

What happened when I...

Walk versus run

Tail versus no tail

Length of tail

Air vent

kite making & flying asian - american / kite kelvin ys chun honolulu, hawaii

Documents

bamboo slide

center slide

hawaii slide

polynesia slide

variant slide

sound slide

filipino kite slide

modified design slide