Red Kite Yurts
Yurts Custom Built in Scotland
Welcome to Red Kite Yurts
from Paul Millard
My first encounter with the yurt was through my father, who spent time in the services on the North-West frontier of India and Pakistan, in the 1940’s and 1950’s. An article in the National Geographic about the Indian & Pakistani armies, living all year in yurts that provided space and warmth, a practical answer to the conditions, stimulated me to make my own yurt. This was a fairly ramshackle affair, but we enjoyed nights out in it with my children and served occasional Indian banquets to our neighbours.
In 2000 at the Edinburgh Treefest I came upon the Felt maker's beautiful Story Telling Yurt. The Scottish group had made a trip to Mongolia to establish links with people who still use ancient methods of felt making. On their return they decided to make their own yurt using the traditional methods, steam bending and hand-sanding. Mark Humphries, who later moved to New Zealand to make yurts, and Sam Thorley, gave them the assistance and nourishment they needed to complete their project.
