In the 1920s, British Royal Air Force pilots over the Middle East recorded the first sightings of what they dubbed desert kites—massive patterns carved into rocky land, often resembling the famous ...

Painted canvases often hang on walls. Chuck Holmes' art flies in the sky. The Spartanburg man recently swung open the door to the storage shed behind his house. It's here where artistry takes flight.

As spring winds blew, a huge crowd gathered in a field in Weifang, Shandong province, looking to the skies in awe. Overhead, a sea of colorful kites in a multitude of sizes danced — their designs ...

Abigail Kempe started making Bermuda kites as a kid with her dad, Toby. Once she was old enough to do it on her own, she set a challenge of making “really big ones” and was thrilled when they actually ...