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Felix Mottram Born. 1955 in London. Lived in Wales 1961-72, returned to London 1973 Education. Studied Fine Art-Painting at St.Martins School of Art. Work. Administrator/Salesperson in an Art Gallery. Kiting. Took up kite flying as a hobby instead of trying to continue painting alongside full time work. Founding member of The Decorators. "I was intrigued to know how a kite could be controlled by a single line. I found out the hard way and then started visiting kiting festivals in 1987."
Jacob Twyford Born. 1963 in Leeds Lived in London 1964-71, then in Yorkshire until 1981. Education. Studied Jazz and Popular Music at Leeds College of Music. Work. Art Gallery Technician Interests. Music, cooking, theatre design and kites. Kiting. Became interested through talking with Felix a short time after he had got the bug! Teamed up with him to fly fighters and never looked back. Founding member of The Decorators. "Kiting provides a real focus for my creative activities, not just flying but organising, planning trips, writing routines and above all communicating ideas and enthusiasm with the rest of the team."
Johnny Claffey Born. 1961 in Galway, Ireland Lived in Dublin until 1986, has lived in London since then. Work. Technical support analyst for computer hardware maintenance company. Kiting. Introduced to kiting by friends in 1987. Member of Wicked Allsorts, The Blitz and Team with no name. Attended two World Cup competitions and was a member of the European Cup Holders team in 1991. "Kite flying allows me to travel to interesting places and offers a different challenge to other activities that I have tried."
Mark Eustace Born. 1960 in St. Merryn, Cornwall Education. Falmouth Tecnical College 1977-79. Yacht, boatbuilding and ships joinery. Brunel Technical College, Bristol 1982-83. Cabinet Making. Employment. Kiting. Introduced to the sport by the Peter Powell in the '70s. A Joint venture with Andy Preston led back to kites with the discovery of the Revolution in 1990.
Vaughan Livingstone
Romney Johnstone
David Ellison
Ashley Mottram
Jade Bloomfield
Jørgen Møller Hansen Web Site Born. 1954 in Ringsted, Denmark Lives in Århus since 1981 Education. Graduated as Graphic Designer from The School of Arts and Crafts in Kolding, Denmark, 1981 Work and Kiting I graduated as a graphic designer from the Art Craft School in Kolding, Denmark 1981. Since then I have been engaged as such in different companies. In the same period I have taught in graphic design at Art Schools in Denmark. I am not making my living by building kites but I have great fun in my spare time. As a student I made several small kites. In 1982 I was suddenly interested in building kites again and since then I have been very productive. When I am building my kites inspiration and aspiration is the idea of “creating graphics in the sky.” Normally I prefer to produce only with one exciting kite instead of making on several unimpotant kites. In addition to this I have teaching in kitebuilding at art schools in Scandinavia under the theme “Graphics in the sky”: The Art Craft School in Kolding, Denmark; The Art Academy in Stockholm, Sweden; The Art High School in Holbæk, Denmark; and The North Norwegian Culture Festival, Norway. I have done some talk too under the same theme in addition with slides, among theese The Art Museum Trapholt, Kolding, Denmark and Texas Tech., Junction, Texas, USA, Vienna, Austria. Participated in Exhibitions in: Cervia (Italia) 1986, 1987 Berlin (Germany) 1988 Bremen (Germany) 1988 The Art Museum Trapholt Kolding (Denmark) 1989, 1990, 1991 World Kite Museum, Long Beach WA (USA) 1989 Copenhagen City Hall (Denmark) 1990 Asker Art Gallery, Norway, 1991 Gainsborough's House Gallery, Suffolk, England Junction, Texas, (USA) 1991 Århus City Hall (Denmark) 1992 Main Atrium, County Hall, Chelmsford England 1993 Frederikstad Art Gallery (Norway) 1993 Ästetik und Technik, Drachen auf Zollern VI, Dortmund, 1996 The Museum at Koldinghus, Kolding, Denmark 1996 The Holstebro Museum, 2003 Participated in International Kite Festivals:- Berlin (Germany) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 1991, 2003 Stockholm (Sweden) 1986 Cervia (Italy) 1986, 1987 Hamburg (Germany) 1985, 1986, 1987 Sild (Germany) 1987, 1988 Damp (Germany) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Gerlesborg Skolan (Sweden) 1988 Risør (Norway) 1988 Castiglion Del Largo (Italy) 1988, 1990 Scheveningen (Holland) 1986, 1987 Kiel (Germany) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995 Lübeck (Germany) 1989, 1993, 1995 Washington (England) 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 Bristol (England) 1994, 1995, 1999, 2008 London (England ) 1990 Goslar (Germany) 1990, 1994 Manchester (England) 1990 Long Beach, Washington, USA 1990 Junction, Texas, (USA) 1991 Bangkok, (Thailand)1992 Weymouth (England)1992 Barcelona (Spain) 1992 Lubbock, Texas (USA) 1992 Frederikstad (Norway) 1993, 1994 Lillehammer (Norway) 1993, 1994 Montreal (Canada) 1994 Vienna (Germany) 1995 Dortmund (Tyskland) 1996 Sydney (Australia) 1996 Participated in nearly all Danish Kitefestivals 1982 - 1995. Among my kites are:- Eddy kitestack 1985 (64 kites - 15 square metres) Lozenges kitestack 1985 (81 kites - 16 square metres) Expandible boxkite 1986 (54 cells 10 square metres) Flare kite 1986 (4 square metres) Flare kitestack 1987 (10 kites - 10 square metres) Delta 1987 (11 square metres) Parafoil 1987 (11 square metres) Expandible boxkite 1988 (105 cells, 22 square metres) Triple kitestack 1988 (8 square metres - 27 malay kites) Parafoil 1988 (11 square metres) Flare kite 1988 (6 square metres) Parafoil 1989 (4 square metres) Eddy kitestack 1989 (405 kites - 20 square metres) Eddy kitestack configuration 1989 (20 kites 8 square metres) 2 Parafoils 1990 (4 square metres) 3 Parafoils 1990 (13 square metres) 1 Edo 1990 (10 square metres) 2 series of 6 Banners 1990 (each banner 4X1 metres) 1 series of 6 banners 1991 (each banner 5X1 metres) 5 Rokkakus 1991 (6 square metres) 1 Parafoil 1991 (4 square metres) 1 Parafoil 1991 (20 square metres) 1 Parafoil 1992 (13 square metres) 1 Parafoil 1992 (4 square metres) Configuration of 8 diamonds 1993 (6 square metres) Configuration of 9 squares 1993 (8 square metres) Double Malay Kitestack 1994 (14 kites - 11 squuare metres) Asymetric Kite Stack (9 kites-12 square metres) 1 series of 6 banners 1995 (each banner 5X1 metres) Configuration of 4 diamonds 1995 (4 square metres) 1 Edo 1995 (4 square metres) Expandible boxkite 1996 (120 cells, 24 square metres) 1 Edo 1999 (4 square metres) 5 Graphic designs at Revolution Kites for The Decorators(UK) Revolution Kites 2008