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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Many Suns



My own design based on traditional motifs.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Wheat with Poppies and Sunflower



Slightly modified from a pysanka featured in Ukrainian Easter Eggs: How We Make Them.

Monday, January 27, 2014

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Hutsul Horses with Ornate Band




Variation on a pysanka from Elyjiw's Sixty Score of Easter Eggs (Table 40, No. 12).

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Pair of Geese (Duck Egg)




My own design based on traditional motifs.

Hutsul Deer with Pine


Slightly modified pysanka from Elyjiw's Sixty Score of Easter Eggs (Table 40, No. 4).

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Etched Knot






My own design inspired by a pysanka from Kosiv, Ukraine written by an unknown artist.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Wedding Pysanka: Horse and Ram (Goose Egg)

Side One: Alternating horses (prosperity and endurance) and rams (leadership and creativity).


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Side Two: Chickens (rich family life) with Tree of Life -- typical motifs for a wedding pysanka.

My own design based on a Hutsul division. This pysanka was made as a wedding present for a good friend who just got married.