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LaceWings and ColorWings
Ridiculously high-tech flying art
Designed by Tim Elverston and painted by Ruth Whiting, these ultralight flying machines perform in light wind as almost nothing else will. Carefully sculpted, these are not production pieces. This is precision-built flying art. We build them because we have to. Being freed from the constraints of a 'product' we were thus gifted the scope to make them at a level which reflects only our passion for wind.
See this gallery of making the new ColorWing Flames.
Current show dates:
Cervia, Italy: Artevento April 22 - May 1 2011
Venice [Lido Island], Italy: Aeolian Art Festival May 5 - May 8 2011
Spread Eagle - wings on the playa by Bryan Tedrick
Design
This body of work represents nearly 20 years of design, observation, and cumulative intuition. The forms were developed specifically for difficult low wind conditions. The labor involved in all of these kites is astronomical. They are available to own but the price doesn't translate well into money. Please contact us if you are interested in owning some. While expensive, they are designed in every detail to last a lifetime.
Here I would also like to thank the two people that showed me what this was all about. dean jordan and Mark Ricketts. I highly recommend viewing their work as well.
We put our life energy into our designs. It may be tempting for others in the kite industry to adapt, modify and simply to use these technologies. If you feel you must emulate our work, ask for express permission first! Please give credit where you know it is due. Tell 'em about us and maybe we'll tell 'em about you. ...Oh yeah and buy our kites!