#KiteMaking

[allaboutyoupostnthings]

DIY Kite-Making: Rekindle Your Childhood Joy

Growing up, there was something so special about those perfect, breezy days when the wind was just right for flying kites. ️ I can still picture my siblings and I racing to the backyard, barely managing to contain our excitement as we grabbed whatever we could find—old newspapers, sticks, string, and anything else that might work. Our kites were often wobbly and crooked, but that was part of the…

[iimtcollege]

IIMT College of Science and Technology, Greater Noida is all set to host an exciting "Kite Making Activity" on January 10, 2025!

Unleash your inner artist and join us for a day full of hands-on creativity, learning, and a lot of fun! Let’s craft colourful kites and watch them soar high together!

[illustration-alcove]

Mercer Mayer's illustrations for his book Shibumi and the Kitemaker.

[vintagehomecollection]

Kites with water motifs enliven the Streeter master bath. The rabbit and crane on the left wall are by Teizo Hashimoto, the last of the traditional kitemakers in Tokyo. The powerful carp, swimming upstream by Shin'ichi Muramoto, is one of the Streeters' favorite kite paintings.

At Home With Japanese Design: Accents, Structure and Spirit, 1990

[visionsofpandora]

Kitemaker's Perch in the heart of the plains

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Terashi's Grasp

"The jeweler, the potter, the smith . . . They all imbue a bit of their souls into their creations. The kami destroy that crafted mortal shell and absorb the soul within." —Noboru, master kitemaker

Artist: Mark Tedin TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[wof-reworked]

dragon religion is an idea i think that is rlly awesome. i hope tui goes over it in the guide, anyway. if u have any specific religion ideas / hcs for dragons.. would they have jobs ?? like dragon priests orrrr idk tbh. sorry if this question is annoying im obsessed w the idea of dragons having religion and religion-based jobs

Originally I had like. a whole "series" of like. ideas for each tribe's religion and mythology, but in the interest of actually replying I'll do like. quick bullet points here and I'll try to fill in more later on ^^;;.

I have like. a lot of abstract feelings n concepts because I've always found it interesting how,,, little religion there is in wof at all. There's barely even really "magic", with only really animuses. wof's characters are occasionally superstitious, but all their superstition is based in like- historical events, like Darkstalker or Queen Oasis's murder, and not like. magic. so I want to keep some of that true because I think it's really fitting for a setting of dragons (who have historically usually *been* the gods, rather than the worshippers !!!) and it's also a rare opportunity to like. get into society without religion (this is a hostile zone for the great ice dragon, I'm sorry I Do Not Care About You and your One Off Mention, God Bless)

ANYWAY. Posting this under the cut bc it's kind of massive, read at ur own risk lol (cw for talk of death/funeral rites but that's really it)

Skywings:

Skywings for me have always been the clearest as like. focusing on historic figures as "saints" (though ik that's a pretty christian concept and word, just hang in there I prommy it goes places)

Point being- I've written about it before here, but for Skywings, the sky is alive and holy in its own right. They view it as the foundation of life and believe themselves (and all dragons, though the other tribes abandoned their way of living) as children of it, originally like birds.

It has some slight. monarchist overtures to it with how the sky itself is like an omnipresent parent, and its moods and shifting currents can be seen as a reflection of Skywing culture. When the sky is angry and casting out its children, there is a lesson that needs to be learned, and it is the collective punishment of all Skywings until the problem is fixed.

But past that, Skywings who achieve remarkable things can be recognized as local guardians and figures of protection- when Skywings die, they return to the sky in the form of clouds. Some Skywings also believe birds to be reincarnated Skywings, especially the spirits of those who rebuke the sky and strike off on their own (which is not an inherently bad thing, but a symbol of independence in its most neutral)

Some Skywing patrons I was thinking of were: the patron of duty- the first Skywing soldier, the patron of children/joy- the first kitemaker, the patron of guardians/parents- the lamplighter, and the patron of Skywing excellence/patriotism- the stormchaser.

Miners who die in Skywing tunnels also achieve something akin to a martyr status- spirits of those who bravely sacrificed their time in the sky to keep the caverns safe and protect those who would follow them. Not one patron, but the collective protection of spirits trapped underneath the ground

Sandwings

Sandwings are similar, but different: where Skywings have patrons who have been given a certain holy power, Sandwings have two kinds of spirits: the family spirits and folk heroes

I swear to god I wrote a Sandwing headcanon post, but I genuinely can't find it at all I don't know where it went. FOUND IT WHILE LOOKING FOR MY ICEWINGS POSTS. READ IT HERE. anyway tho starting with house/family spirits: Sandwings tend towards multigenerational homes, moreso than many other tribes, and remembering your family becomes increasingly important when there's so many of you

Most Sandwing houses keep a small shrine or altar for their dead relatives and their family history- some households have patron animals or spirits that they invoke for a little extra boost of fortune but these aren't like family crests as much as your family's,,, collective mythos

The Sandwing creation myth involves the First Sandwing tricking each animal into giving them a piece of themselves- the stinger and venom from scorpions, the quickness and wit of jackals, the resilience and scales of the lizards, and finally just snatching the wings and size from dragonbite vipers who used to rule the desert, who were reduced to their small snake status and have hated every Sandwing since. So if you want to pay special homage to your family being intelligent, the jackal might be your patron

This creation myth varies WILDLY- it can include many different animals or different exact retellings on what the original Sandwing tricked the animals into giving them, so patrons can vary and can be very house-specific

(I have a little draft, somewhere, of Thorn teaching Qibli her family history post-adoption/rescue and it being one of the moments that Qibli really starts to view her as family and not just the next Cobra)

Sandwing folk heroes are also super varied- I subscribe to Sandwings having a heavy oral storytelling tradition and general,,, art culture, so I'm not gonna write every single possible story you could tell with Sandwing folk heroes, but most of them embody those original Sandwing virtues- resilience, intelligence, and quick adaptability to come out on top

Mudwings

Mudwings already have their own dedicated post !!! yippeeeeee !!!! you can read it right over here :>

Mudwings are also big big oral storytellers but unlike Sandwings the gods are a more active part of these stories and the focus is rarely on individual Mudwings as much as the dynamics of the gods' dynamic as a sibling troupe.

Rarely,,, "worshipped" in the way Skywings will venerate their patrons or Sandwings will maintain their shrines, but passively appealed to and celebrated as like. the broadest encapsulation of what it is to be a Mudwing- the way they're moved by the seasons and their families moreso than anything else

Icewings

I wrote more lists originally about Icewing superstitions, which are right here, and I stand by basically all of that. I don't really know how to incorporate gods into that but I think a lot of Icewing superstition is just. vague cultural paranoia about Things Out There

Icewings have the strongest death beliefs/rituals out of any of the tribes imo- Icewing bodies need to be properly buried or the souls don't get to return to the soil, and become stuck on the ice.

Icewing funerals depend on if you live inland or on the coast- burials at sea are common for Icewings on the coast to allow the body to be taken by the water and allowed to disperse that way (though only when the ice isn't frozen over, as otherwise it may become trapped), and Icewings inland prefer open-air/sky burials that allow the body to decompose in nature.

Winter deaths are seen as bad luck, and are given extra caution and work (which also ties into Winter's role as a black sheep in the family- it's a bit of a dark name to give your child, especially as the youngest/least wanted heir of the family)

Great Ice Dragon,,,, I have no ideas for, I imagine just the source of all Icewings and their father who ensures that, despite it all, they can survive.

Seawings

least religious lets goooooooo

Seawings are just. straight up vibing. They're the most down to earth about being alive in the sense they're just animals like everything else (though they still have their own mixed feelings about dolphins from canon)

Seawings do put a lot of stock into destiny and fate though- almost as much as Nightwings, and they have a healthy stargazing culture and track the changing of seasons and time through the stars more than anything else.

Some Seawings think of themselves as fallen stars- scales still glowing from their core of starlight. Seawings who die return to the sky and come back in the form of comets, it's especially good luck to be born under a meteor shower.

Another common superstition is a Seawing's personal star- this can be as serious as knowing exactly where it is in the sky, or as lax as pointing to one and declaring it yours. This is the star that determins your destiny and is your personal guardian, you can look to it for good luck (plus if you pick right it can be a neat way to teach your children how to navigate).

Seawings LOVE tall-tales though. Almost everyone has a story of the time they 10000% saw A Sea Monster or a dolphin spoke to them in riddles, etc etc. Half the words out of a Seawing sailor's mouth are lies, and the other half are exagerrated beyond all reason (except of course,,, for the ones that are true)

This drives other tribes insane btw, especially the more devout ones like Skywings and Icewings. How are you going to make that shit up every time pls be serious for one moment (never)

Nightwings

The other least religious, but this time for complicated cultural reasons of. well. volcano.

Nightwings love science until they don't, essentially. Everything has a reason except the things we don't understand which are mysteries from beyond the pale that we just have to hope will one day become clear.

TL;DR: SO MANY GHOSTS. EVERYTHING IS HAUNTED.

Nightwings are like the closest to a lot of real world agnosticism- it could be real, but we just don't know yet. Lots of ghost sightings though and subtle signals from the universe. It's a bit of a collective coping mechanism for the loss of their powers + the amount of dragons, like Fatespeaker, who were born under the full moons but without a clear sky and thus only left with confusing powers.

(slaps the side of the canon Nightwing art) These bad boys can fit so much victorian ghost fear in them <3

Mastermind has and 100% would again drink absinthe to perform a seance to Nightwing seers of the past, prove me wrong

I think in older Nightwing mythology, there would have been lots of smaller gods and domains- complicated webs of connected esoteric spirits who each vied for power over the material world through their domains and contact with dragons.

The heart of it all is the Moons though- the three sisters of chance/luck, destiny/death, and soul. Something akin to the three fates but each in collaboration with each other over life.

In ye really olden days, some sects thought these spirits worked through scavengers. These guys are pretty broadly considered a strange cult though, and the history is scant at best.

Clearsight and Darkstalker would've grown up aware of these gods but given special privilege due to their powers- mostly as people exempt from the gods due to their connection to the moons as something surpassing the petty whims of spirits. Priests and priestesses would be preferred as powerless, as a clear head is needed to communicate with the gods fully.

Rainwings

Souls !! lots of souls !! Rainwings believe everything has a beating pulse and could be slash is alive in their own unique way.

The Rainwing gods are serpents- wingless but capable of moving through the trees as though they were flying, their scales a constant mass of brilliant colors. Names and identities are a WIP for me, bear with me as I flesh out these guys ;U;

Rainwings are big storytellers as well, and tend to create their own ideas and religions, in a sense. Being a puppeteer and performer especially is the closest to being a priest that a Rainwing can get- by embodying other things you are essentially changing your soul to align with them

Rainwings also aren't. super religious as much as just committed each to their own truth over a collective myth or story. Each Rainwing builds their own unique sense of mythology from the rainforest.

No gods no masters only fruit >:3c

I have some wips for each of these, some of them fics, some of them elaborations and continued myths, but I hope y'all enjoy them !!! All feedback welcome, as always.

[jannieka394]

AFOP hairstyles guide part 9

i'm starting a guide of where to find all available hairstyles and tints in Avatar Frontiers of Pandora. Search on my blog "AFOP hairstyles guide" for more! happy gaming!

Karmong's hairstyle

Type: Hairstyle Clan: Zeswa Location: Kitemaker's Canyon Contribution: Stormglider egg, must be superior or higher rarity.

Description Short hairstyle with small braids and dreadlocks woven to look like spikes along the head like a mohawk.

[het-geheim]

have been listening to a lot less digital music these last months, but gotta say this slaps

[eternalchant]

a ko-fi comm! this was for Kitemaker over on fr, of their bg3 character!

[graveyardgarlic]

6, 15, & 20 📖💗

hi celia ! 📚 thank u for asking <3, answers under the cut :•)

6. what books have you read in the last month?

in may, in reverse chronological order, i read:

why be happy when you could be normal by jeanette winterson

yentl the yeshiva boy by isaac bashevis singer (ok this was out a collection of short stories which i am stilling reading, but it's huge so i don't think i'll finish before i return it. this one really stood out to me and i'd recommend it!)

portraits by kate chopin

eating for england by nigel slater

talk to my back by yomada murasaki

the argonauts by maggie nelson

klara and the sun by kazuo ishiguro

15. recommend and review a book.

i read the kites (les cerfs-volants) by romain gary in april, and i really loved it. i can't remember why i ordered it from the library, i think i must have seen someone on here talk about it. it's set before and during world war 2 in france. about ludo, his postman/kitemaker uncle/guardian, and a polish aristocrat named lila. for a book i basically hadn't heard of before, it was brilliant. i liked the style, the themes of memory, french food, & growing up, ludo's uncle, and getting a feel for a little corner of normandy :•) i imagine it would be even more beautiful in the original french ! 🪁

20. what are things you look for in a book?

i'm often not so interested in plots as much as the quality/richness of the writing, i suppose. i especially like books that paint a picture of a place/culture i am unfamiliar with (portraits for louisiana, the kites for normandy, singer for jewish poland…), and sometimes go through phases where i read books from a particular region and cook some dishes from there too! i am also very much drawn to fiction and memoir with a moderate-to-heavy focus on food !! (kitchen by yoshimoto, joanne harris’s books, toast by slater, crying in h mart....) and i read a lot of cookbooks/food writing, but i don’t really count them 🥘

[sepdet]

kitemakers sittin' and pickin' these bleeping knots in solidarity

Knitting! Nope gotta untangle string first

Crochet! After I untangle some string

Weaving - untangle lots of string

Cross stitch - hold up, string is tangled and I am full of rage

Sewing: string tangled into tiny knots of hatred

[holyjak]

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[liftndrift]

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[gaatha]

The sky is freckled with kites on the day when the sun enters the zodiac of Makara or Capricorn. The sun commences its northward journey on Uttarayan (Uttar – North, Ayan – toward movement) and signifies the end of winter. This day is celebrated by sending out kites to the clear blue sky. The kites are of various shapes, sizes and colours, swaying and playing along with the tug of strings in the January wind. The strings hold a significant place too. Manja (kite-string) making is a traditional skill, which is handed down over generations and families jealously guard their secret recipes for the Manja paste. Read more ~ https://gaatha.org/Craft-of-India/handmade-kite-making-ahmedabad #makarsankranti #kite #gujarat #kitemaking #sankranti #gaatha #handmadelove #storytime #festivevibes #kiteflying #bihu https://www.instagram.com/p/CYrSbVkv2xG/?utm_medium=tumblr

[msbarrows]

Seconding what others are saying in the notes about backing it to help preserve it. As far as hanging it goes - here’s a slightly out-there suggestion based on kitemaking.

After backing it, strengthen the outer hems with bias tape or similar to help prevent stretching. Next, you’ll need some kitemaking (or similar but more heavyweight) supplies; how much and of what kind will depend on how you want to lay it out. These are the four options I can think of off the top of my head:

The 2nd one shown is overall the easiest to make; you just need to make a pocket on the back of each tip that the rods insert into. However, the triple crossover at the center means that the quilt won’t be flat, and since it relies entirely on tension, it could stretch the quilt over time. I’m also dubious as to if actual kitemaking rods would be able to support the fabric adequately, I’m not sure they’d be stiff enough for such long lengths, even with the crossover wrapped to reinforce it.

The #3 option with the rods laid out in two triangles is almost as easy, and in addition to pockets you can optionally create fabric channels for the rods (using something like wide bias tape), so they won’t require tension to hold them in place. There’s still crossovers so the quilt still won’t be entirely flat. This option lends itself well to using wooden dowels or PVC pipe rather than the more whippy kitemaking rods.

The #1 and #4 options require a bit more work, since they involve using hubs to connect shorter rods, though have the benefit of no crossovers and an overall flat structure. And again you have the option of running at least some of the rods through channels for better support and less tension.

I’m looking for advice and throwing this out into the void. I have the star quilt top that I’m pretty sure my great grandmother made. It’s all kinds of fabrics from quilting cotton to polyester so it has sentimental value but isn’t probably heirloom quality.

The question is: How do I hang this?

Signal boosts appreciated just in case other people have followers who quilt. I have no idea who to ask about this. More details about my conundrum below.

I've done some quilting in the past, just never any star patterns like this. I could probably do basic quilting to finish it without much issue but I’m also fine with hanging it as is. It's approximately 67 inches across, point to point.

The primary issue is that when I try to smooth it out to lay it flat, I end up with quite a bit of extra fabric as shown in the picture. Folded in half, everything lines up. I could fill in the gaps to make it a square but I’m afraid it would hang funny at the bottom center still. I also kinda like keeping the star shape for just a wall hanging.

Is the extra at the bottom something I need to worry about?

Is there a way I can use pockets/dowels/foam board or something else so it holds its shape and I don’t need to square it with other fabric to in order to hang it?

If I can keep it as a star, what would I use to hang it on the wall since a standard quilt hanger isn’t going to work?