Robert Brasington
Robert Brasington has been involved in the kite world for quite some time!
I first became aware of his kites at the shop I worked at in Newport, RI. We carried his sport kite line under the name Ground Zero Kites.
At the same time he was making sport kties for the world wide kite community he was also making some fantastic single line creations!
He was known for making intricate cellular pieces with amazing color schemes. Because he had a working background in sport kite design,
most of his single line kites had the same fittings and pieces incorporated into their build (that also makes for very durable single line kites!).
In the not so distant past Robert closed down the sport kite end of his kitebuilding shop and is dedicated to building single line kites, and amazing spinners!
Lets get onto his creations.
Here at Windswept Kites we will be bringing out special offerings of kties from Robert.
You will find one of a kind pieces, prototype designs, alternate color schemes, new designs, old designs and more here.
Here is what we have at this time:
Outback Sunrise Family
Ravenette
Power of Angels
Seraph
Spinner
Random pieces
We have a workshop coming up with Robert in October.
Check it out
The Outback Sunrise
The Aurora Borealis is part of the Outback Sunrise family.
It had been planned that the Outback Sunrise was going to be a single piece but when Robert test flew it before shipping it to us he decided that he really liked it.
It is about 6' wide with wings that curve back like the Electric Slim.
The Aurora Borealis (and the Outback Sunrise family) have twin organza tails that flutter beautifully in the breeze.
This kite is 260$ shipped in the US.
Dark Angel Seraph
The darker side of Robert's Angels Play. These low aspect kites are great flyers!
As well as great conversation pieces.
Simple framing gets this kite out of the bag and into the air quickly.
The Seraph is 160$ shipped in the States
Power of Angels
This kite is a beautiful piece to have.
A must for night flys!
Graceful white scalloped wings and twin white organza tails let this kite shimmer like an angel in the wind.
The Power of Angels is 190$ shipped in the US.]
Ravenette
The Ravenette is a neat kite. It does have a very birdlike shape, but to see it soar in the sky just brings it alive even more!
With a 5' wingspan and a 3' spine it is a great size (it does have a ~25' ripstop tail too to finish it).
This kite is a different color scheme than the normal offering.
This Ravenette is 232$ shipped in the US.
Movement!
This is one of Robert's new spinning pieces.
Assembled it is about 30" wide and tall and spins in a slight breeze!
This is great for a graden piece, or as a piece of line laundry to bring out to the kite field!
This piece is 125$ shipped in the US.
We have a new pink/purple one as of today and will be posting up a picture very soon!
Random Pieces
 RB#1 |
 SOLD |
 SOLD |
 RB#8 |
 RB#3 |
 SOLD |
They do also look great hanging on a wall or in the sky. These could be new shapes or new color schemes.
The Random Pieces kites are all 115$ shipped in the US
October 2011 Workshop
After the AKA National Convention in Wildwood NJ Robert will becoming up to the North Shore of Massachusetts to run a weekend of workshops!Saturday 10/8/11 and Sunday 10/9/11 are the dates we have him for. This workshop is open to everyone!
The classes are scheduled as the Saturday class will be one of Robert's Concentrix kites.
The Sunday workshop will be all about the spinning Wind Tulips.
Feel free to come to both days, or just one.