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The Art of Oddly Correct
Gregory Kolsto founded coffee roaster Oddly Correct in 2008 in Kansas City, Missouri. After drawing custom images on bags of coffee, he was inspired to make prints. He began carving linoleum blocks and printing the images on Oddly Correct's coffee bags.
From the book's Background: "This book is a documentation of the years we have spent together drinking coffee. As you learned how to be you and you did your work, we learned how to be ourselves and do our work."
Kolsto's prints, watercolors, sketches, and dry wit pepper the next 300 or so pages.
From the book's Background: "This book is a documentation of the years we have spent together drinking coffee. As you learned how to be you and you did your work, we learned how to be ourselves and do our work."
Kolsto's prints, watercolors, sketches, and dry wit pepper the next 300 or so pages.
352 pages, Hardcover
Published December 22, 2019
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December 25, 2019
I've enjoyed Gregory's coffee for close to a decade now. I've sat in his shops for almost as long. I've had his art on my walls for the past six years (and I've had him as a neighbor for that long as well).
Now, in glorious bound form, I have the gorgeous artwork and thoughts of a Kansas City celebrity.
But seriously, there's fantastic art, wit, and lessons in here. Read it.
Now, in glorious bound form, I have the gorgeous artwork and thoughts of a Kansas City celebrity.
But seriously, there's fantastic art, wit, and lessons in here. Read it.
January 25, 2020
I knew I was getting a book of art prints, and maybe an intro. What I wasn't expecting were the series of short essays, thoughts, musing about art and life and small business and coffee that I enjoyed as much as the prints.
I met Greg when he sold my wife a letterpress, and I drove from Nashville to Kansas City to pick it up. He was just laying out the book at the time (I got an impromptu tour of the Oddly Correct warren and saw it as pages laid out across a dance floor). He was friendly and open and sent me off with a car _full_ of press and supporting bits, a bag of coffee beans, a belly full of pour over, and a heart full from conversation. His enthusiasm for everything they were doing was infectious, and that same thoughtful positive enthusiasm fills the pages of this book in words and art.
I met Greg when he sold my wife a letterpress, and I drove from Nashville to Kansas City to pick it up. He was just laying out the book at the time (I got an impromptu tour of the Oddly Correct warren and saw it as pages laid out across a dance floor). He was friendly and open and sent me off with a car _full_ of press and supporting bits, a bag of coffee beans, a belly full of pour over, and a heart full from conversation. His enthusiasm for everything they were doing was infectious, and that same thoughtful positive enthusiasm fills the pages of this book in words and art.
January 3, 2022
An excellent book showcasing a prominent coffeeshop in the Kansas City coffee scene. Loads of beautiful sketches, watercolors, and drawings paired with inciteful quips from the authors life of artistry and love of people.
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