Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Galician Sleeves (Goose Egg)




I wrote this marvelously narrow goose egg at the Pysanky USA retreat using two Galician embroidery designs. I first wrote the white lines, dyed the egg red, wrote the red lines, then etched the egg back to white (only the large open spaces remained). Galicia (Halychyna) is a large historical region that spans part of eastern Poland into far western Ukraine.

Monday, July 24, 2017

Meandering Vine in Romanian Style (Duck Egg)




This egg is my own riff off of one of Karen Hanlon's Romanian Style class eggs at the Pysanky USA Retreat. In this style, wax colored with crayon wax is applied to the egg with a kiska and left on. Using coats of acrylic varnish allows you to add more colors without them mixing together.