Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Monday, April 28, 2014

Folk Pysanka from Lviv Province




Close replication of a pysanka in Vira Manko's The Ukrainian Folk Pysanka (Table 5, No. 32, from Dovzhiv, Sokal region in Lviv Province; Dovzhiv does not currently exist).

Friday, April 25, 2014

Sunflower Sakvy


My own design using the savky (saddlebags) division. The pattern in the flower's center is adapted from a diasporan design, possibly by Luba Perchyshyn.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Hutsul Fish with Checkered Bands




Adapted from a Hutsul design in Vira Manko's The Ukrainian Folk Pysanka (Table 16, No. 29, from Kosmach, Kosiv region, Ivano-Frankivs'k Province).

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Folk Pysanka with Cross from Ivano-Frankivs'k




This is a near-replica of a pysanka from Vira Manko's The Ukrainian Folk Pysanka (Table 8, No. 34, from Ilyntsi, Sniatyn region).

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Abstract Bouquet



My own (non-traditional) design using a pattern I learned from Theresa Somerset (and she from info on Maggie Tarris Bauer's blog, Pysanky Basics).