Archives for: December 2008
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Organ Grinders Illustrated, Part II | |
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Wednesday 31st Dec 2008 |
As promised in this morning’s post, here are more pages from Steve Light’s Organ Grinders book: To see more images of this project and several others by children’s book author/illustrator/toymaker/teacher Steve Light, visit the Koloist flickr page. You can also search “Steve Light” in the search field in the Koloist side bar on this page. And if you’ve not yet had the pleasure, treat yourself to a visit to www.stevelightart.com |
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Organ Grinders Illustrated, Part I | |
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Wednesday 31st Dec 2008 |
Last week we saw this "antiqued" Kolo Cortina Luxury photo album transformed into an Organ Grinders book in this very cool Kolo hack by Steve Light. He had previously shown how he soaked it in tea… then dried it out over a few days… then what it looked like interestingly worn and warped. He did to this book what time does to a face – he gave it character. |
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Time Saver Photo Sleeves | |
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Friday 26th Dec 2008 |
More photos are taken during the holiday season than any other time of year. Getting all the good ones into albums can seem daunting, but here's a great suggestion from the book Photo Album, The Essential Guide to Sorting, Sharing + Keeping Photos by Vanessa Holden and Susie Cushner: Photo Sleeve Albums: Shown here is an archival-quality Kolo Hudson three-up photo album. There’s more information about this book at www.kolo.com . Kolo is selling it on their web site and it is available at many retail stores that sell Kolo albums, which are listed on Kolo’s store locator. Previous Koloist posts about this book by can be seen here and here. - Ugo |
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Merry Christmas and Happy Winter! | |
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Thursday 25th Dec 2008 |
Artist and toymaker Steve Light shared this photo of his handmade "Happy Winter!" holiday cards. The rooftops of the houses (or Christmas tree branches, depending on how you see it) are Kolo photo corners colored with green chalk-soft pastel, and the snow is dots of White-Out. Who knew you could paint with White-Out? - Ugo |
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"Antique" Organ Grinder's Scrapbook | |
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Tuesday 23rd Dec 2008 |
Last week we saw this Kolo Cortina Luxury photo album soaked in tea... then dried ... and then warped to perfection. Here's an update from children's book author and illustrator Steve Light on his project: So now I had the new album looking old and worn and well-loved, and I decided to go with an old-fashioned organ grinder theme. - Ugo |



















