International Historical Kite Workshop 2006

The sixth international kite workshop will take place in Apeldoorn in The Netherlands November 10th, 11th and 12th 2006. The fieldresearchcentre Woldhuis is for the second time the place were Collectors, Historians and curious Kitersfriends and collegues come together.

The 2006 workshop has the same Program as in 2004:
presentations by three specialists and building of an historical kite from beginning of 1900. This time we will built a small children kite as we found it in the catalogue of Roach kites. The Workshop will be organized in close co-operation with The Drachen Foundation Seattle USA.

All participants are invited to bring their historic material : Original kites, Pictures, Books, Drawings and kite replicas. The house has some limited spacing to exhibit this material and experience from the past learned us that this material is subject of much discussions.

The workshop starts on Friday afternoon and ends on Sunday afternoon. In the past years we had participants from Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and the USA. The presentations are given in English.

Presentations :

• Jan Desimpelaere from Belgium about Russian meteorological and military kites.

• Hans-Ullrich Draheim (Ulli for all of us) from Germany is the biggest collector of WW2 kites and other interesting items.

• Paul Chapman from the UK has much experience in collecting and administrating kite material.

Cost :

Each participant pays € 145,-, included meals, bed and coffee-thee unlimited. Kite material for the workshop is included and drinks will be charged separately.

All guests will get an acknowledgement and driving instructions.

We look forward hearing from you.

Frits Sauvé
Jan Westerink
Douwe Jan Joustra