This postcard shows the small but most beautiful Orthodox church, dedicated to Archangel Michael, situated in Summassaari village, Saarijärvi, Central Finland.
The process lasted over half an year and began after a short discussion with Father Alexander - he has taken a photo of this tsasouna and sent it onto the website of our local Orthodox parish. I got the right to use it as a model for the work of my own (thank you, Father Alexander!). After some months of "not-so-regular" evening sessions with paper and colour pencils, I carried the finished drawing to my friend Eira who scanned it and printed four versions of it on a beautiful cartonboard, having a slight shade of yellow (thank You, Eira, too!).
Discussions with Eira, my wife Sanni and Vicar of our parish, Father Timo (many thanks to all!), led me to the agreement about the superiority of the darkest alternative among the four different brightness levels. It will reproduce the colour of the timber in a right way and also give the best impression of the depth in the landscape. This version is, like I tend to say, "much better than the original"!
This modest postcard of the Summassaari tsasouna is now for sale in Christ's Resurrection Church, Jyväskylä. Only the manufacturing costs will be excluded from the price and all the cents earned this way will be directed to the benefit of Anastasis Choir, singing in services. There are other artists in our choir, too (greetings, Erna!) and we have already sold some cards of our own during the Eastern week at our church.
