collection

Rhombus-shaped kites 1985
81 kites each kite measures diagonally 48 x 80 cm
total length of the chain: 158 metres (16 square metres)
Weight: 3.6 kg complete train
two sections illustrated
after Eiji Ohashi design
Photo Blackheath

Flare kite 1986
180 x 270 cm (4 square metres)
Weight: 1.15 kg
Photo JMH

Delta 1987
340 x 750 cm
colours: green, black, white
Weight: 3.2 kg mixed frame, bamboo and dowel
Photo Blackheath

Flare kitestack 1987
10 kites each kite measures 100 x 140 cm
tails: wind drogues
Total size: 1 x 1.4 x 27 metres (14 square metres)
Weight: 6 kg
JMH design
Photo Blackheath

Triple Malay stack 1988
27 kites each measures 70 x 70 cm
tails: 5 metres on each kite
Total size: 0.7 x 2.1 x 12 metres (8 square metres)
Weight: 3 kg
JMH design
Photo Blackheath

Double / Single Eddy stack 1989
each kite measures 70 x 70 cm
tails: 6 metres on each kite
Number of kites in the chain: 20 kites in total, horizontally alternating 2/1, 13 vertical
Total size: 1.40 x 0.7 x 15 metres (8 square metres)
Weight: 2 kg
JMH design
Photo Blackheath

Parafoil 1990 (14 square metres)
George Ham profile
Weight: 4 kg
Photo Cleobury Mortimer

Decs Rev 1 1991
re-made 1998,
8 kites, 4 illustrated
Photo Blackheath

Parafoil 1991 (20 square metres)
George Ham profile
Weight: 8 kg
Photo Berck Plage, France

Sanjo Rokkaku 1991
Size: 300 x 250 cm
Weight: 1.15 kg Light frame
Photo Southsea

6 banners 1991 350 x 50 cm
Photo Cervia, Italy

Sanjo Rokkaku 1991
Size: 300 x 250 cm
Weight: 1.74 kg heavy frame
Photo Blackheath

4 Rokkakus 1992
Size: each 195 x 168 cm
Photo Blackheath 10th July 2022

Decs Rev 1 1992 6 kites, 4 illustrated
Photo Long Beach, WA USA

Decs Rev 2, 1992 4 kites?
Photo Damp, Germany

Sanjo Rokkaku 1992
Size: 300 x 250 cm
Weight: 1.74 kg heavy frame
Photo Cervia, Italy

Composite Kite (Della Porta): Eight rhomboids 1993
each rhomboid: 120 x 90 cm
total size: 3.6 x 2.4 metres (6 square metres)
tail: 2 x 22 metres
Weight: 2 kg
Photo Blackheath

Composite Kite (Della Porta): Nine squares 1993
each square: 80 x 80 cm
total size: 4.5 x 4.5 metres (5.76 square metres sail area)
tails: 2 x 25 metres
Weight: 5 kg
Photo Blackheath

Composite Kite (Della Porta): Four rhomboids 1993
each rhomboid: 180 x 90 cm
total size: 402 x 202 cm
tail: 30 metres
Weight: 3 kg
Photo Cervia, Italy

Double Malay stack 1994
14 kites each measures 90 x 90 cm, 2 horizontal, 7 vertical
tails: 12 metres on each kite
Total size: 1.27 x 2.54 x 12 metres (11 square metres)
Weight: 2.5 kg
JMH design
Photo Cervia, Italy, 29th April 2022

Decs Rev 1 1994, 6 kites, 2 green made later
(8 kites re-made 2018, illustrated)
Photo Cervia, Italy

Edo Kite 1995
240 x 150 cm (3.6 square metres)
17 control lines of approx. 30 metres in length
Weight: 0.5 kg
Photo Blackheath

Asymetric Kite Stack 1995
9 kites each measures 140 x 140 cm from tip to tip (12 square metres)
full length of the chain: 16 metres
Weight: 6 kg
JMH design
Photo Blackheath

Expansible box kite 1996
120 cells, 4 x 30, 164 x 750 cm
Weight: 4 kg
after Eiji Ohashi design
Photo Cleobury Mortimer 20th July 2019

Composite Kite (Della Porta): 4 squares
no date 1996+
230 x 230 cm overall, each sail 80 x 80 cm
long tails
Weight: 1.6 kg
Photo Blackheath

6 banners, (late)
280 x 80 cm,
red grey and aqua
Photo Blackheath

Delta (late)
172 x 380 cm
Weight: 1.5 kg heavy frame
Photo Blackheath

Decs Rev 1.5 1997
remade 2015, 8 kites
Photo Cervia, Italy

Decs Rev 1 2007 10 kites, 8 illustrated
Photo Margate

Decs Rev 1.5 2007 10 kites, 8 illustrated
Photo Bristol

Decs 1.5 vented 2009, 8 kites 2009
Photo Cervia, Italy

Decs 1.5 mid vented 2009, 8 kites (fabricated 2018)
Photo Cervia, Italy