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Steve Light [Visitor] — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:47:35 +0000

Patrick, Zephyr Springsmith would be great for this kind of "old" looking book BUT I have other plans!! You will have to stay tuned! Same Kolo time--same Kolo station! All I will say is there are some monkeys involved!

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Fhung [Visitor] — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:05:36 +0000

Whoa! What an inspiration! Would love to give it a try one of these days :). Me too love the 'worn-aged-and-tattered' look! Can't wait to see what you will do with it next! Thanks!

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Nancy Oliviero [Visitor] — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:20:06 +0000

Steve---this is so cool--I have some tea leaves, I will have to get them to you--I love old stuff and old people too!!!!Get it?

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Steve Light [Visitor] — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:13:16 +0000

I soaked it in a black tea and used hot tap water. The loose tea works best because where the tea leaves are they leave darker spots/specks makes it look like old paper.

I did not leave it in very long--five--ten minutes tops. But I left the loose tea leaves on the pages and even scooped some onto the pages to dry. The cover got a soak but not as long. I was making sure to get tea in between each page.

HC -- The "handmade paper" in the background is Viva brand paper towels!!! That made me laugh--it looks like paper though!

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HC [Visitor] — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:46:13 +0000

Steve, This is such a cool idea. So how long does it have to soak?

Is that handmade paper behind the plastic tub?

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Ugo [Member] — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:38:42 +0000

"HACK" Since Koloist has visitors from around the world, it's probably a good idea to explain the term "hack" as it appears in Patrick Ng's Comment above. It's a slang term that you'll notice appearing in blogs about creativity. It's complimentary and is most likely borrowed from the technical slang word "hack," which means "a clever or elegant technical accomplishment, especially one with a playful bent." In this sense, it describes a project in which a product is creatively altered in a cool and unusual way.

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Patrick Ng [Visitor] — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:37:45 +0000

Would love to see a lot more hacks from koloists.
And I can see this album will be something related to Prof. Zaphire, the flying mad scientist character of yours?