Leng Shixiang, 55, was invited by the Chinese Academy of Arts to be one of its 30 folk art researchers. He is a carpenter by profession, but he was not bestowed the honor for his woodworking skills, ...

After nearly 40 years of making Bermuda’s smallest kites, craftsman Brian Doars has come out of retirement for another miniature. “It’s a good thing I’m a Libra — I have got a lot of patience,” said ...

If Charlie Sotich sold his work by the pound, he would be the highest-paid craftsman in the world. Sotich is a kite maker, but he does not design the diamonds and dragons that skate across windy April ...

Webb Taylor pushed a length of white upholstery thread through the eye of a sizable needle. He tugged it through the wood forming the outline of a butterfly’s wing, but it snagged on a tiny dot of ...

The Blossom Kite Festival is a free, public event organized by the Smithsonian associates and the National Air and Space Museum. Handmade kite competitions, activity tents, demonstrations and kite ...