MAGNIFICENT BOOK OF KITES

This book includes instructions for making a collection of kites acquired from kite builders around the world. There are inexpensive, simple-to-make projects - such as origami flying-bug and McDonald's coffee-cup kites - as well as more challenging, award-winning, architecturally dazzling flying sculptures The step-by-step instructions and detailed drawings guarantee that every kite is well-constructed with advice on selecting the right flying line and knotting it properly, making-full-sized patterns and templates, piecing and appliqueing motifs, and more. Follow tips on designing by computer to ensure that the sky's the limit when it comes to your own ideas; Learn the ropes, tricks, and techniques to expert kite flying, aerodynamics, and safety; Sixteen pages of colour photographs complement over 1,500 black and white illustrations