Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Marigolds


This is my own design based on the savky (saddlebags) division.

Friday, July 25, 2014

Stylized Mallow Flowers


This is my own design using some traditional motifs. Mallow flowers actually have five petals but most flowers on pysanky are fantastical, anyway.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Hutsul Cross




A near-replica of a Hutsul pysanka featured in Zenon Elyjiw's Sixty Score of Easter Eggs (Table 68, No. 7).

Monday, July 21, 2014

Grape Vine



The medallion of this pysanka is borrowed from material from Luba Perchyshyn, the banding patterns are my own variations on traditional meanders. In the diasporan tradition, grapes signify a long-lived and loyal love. The meanders here also suggest an infinite quality.

Saturday, July 19, 2014

Kosmach Folk Pysanka




Slightly modified from a pysanka in Vira Manko's The Ukrainian Folk Pysanka (Table 13, No. 8) from Ivano-Frankivs'k Province, Kosmach, Kosiv region.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Folk Pysanky from Lviv Province

This pysanka is in the Sokal style with random placement of flowers and leaves (Table 6, No. 1, Sokal Region).

Alternate view of Table 6, No. 1. This pysanka was created by writing the first lines on a yellow-dyed egg, continuing with green and red, then etching back to white in vinegar.

Slightly modified from Table 6, No. 35. 
Both of these pysanky are featured in Vira Manko's The Ukrainian Folk Pysanka.