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.
beautiful work friend, and words. Thank you for praying! Picturing you in C-down... :)
ReplyDeleteErin,
ReplyDeleteRan across this site on linoleum and woodblock printing from 'Lines and Colors' and thought you might be interested http://www.linesandcolors.com/2011/12/15/the-linosaurus/
Hope your schooling is going well, look forward to seeing more of your work one day... there seems to be fewer (of these) printing sites out there.