Sunday, November 13, 2011

Hope for Thailand

Okey dokey --

It is finished! At least, the print is. I haven't listed it yet, that is on my to-do list for the next three days.

This particular print is very special to me. The verse is from Hebrews, which I have been studying this fall, and the proceeds from all the sales on Etsy (excluding the shipping costs) will be going to support church-planting in Thailand. I created the print by spending several hours laying out the verse so I had the space filled in a appealing way and the words I wanted to emphasize in compositionally important places. I printed the plate using oil-based black ink, and then tinted the lettering with watercolors.



I have mentioned before that I spend a summer in Thailand with Mission to the World on a team of interns. That summer changed my life and heart in significant ways, and I have been aching over the floods that continue in Bangkok, especially as I hear brief updates from my friends over there about their work caring for flooding victims.When I say that the proceeds of this print will be going to church-planting in Thailand, I mean that I will be sending the money  to the missionaries with MTW and to New City Fellowship Church on a rotating basis. You can read more about the team here, or on the entry I posted two weeks ago.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Our sure anchor

Almost done with a linocut for Thailand. I hope to put up pictures tonight!