The Four Arts of Kite Construction

by Wang Nian

Art and Technique of Chinese Kite Constuction

The Four Arts of Kite Construction

• Building which means choosing the suitable bamboo material, splitting it, bending, cutting and connecting

• Glueing which means choosing the suitable covering material, cutting, glueing, seams and borders, some recommendations

• Painting which covers the theme concerning colours and clouring, ground, copying, and decorating

• Flying which covers wind, lines, flying with respect to several chinese types of kites and  some recommendations

The first thre Arts and techniques will be covered within the next hyperlinks.

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