Saving the World: One Egg at a Time

It is said that as long as pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs) are being made somewhere in the world, the balance between good and evil is maintained. This blog is a record of my own contributions to saving the world from evil.

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Saturday, August 24, 2013

Some Pysanky with Floral Motifs

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This pysanka has many agricultural touches -- with wheat and rakes. Rakes signify putting things in order and good husbandry. B...

Acid-etched 12-Diamonds/Overlapping Circles

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Traditional design etched on a blue chicken egg. 
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Acid-Etched Fawns

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Roughly based off of a fawn design included in materials from Luba Perchyshyn and the Ukrainian Gift Shop.

Paska

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This design is adapted from one that appears in Eggs Beautiful  -- in particular, I changed the border. This traditional design is call...
Sunday, August 18, 2013

Eight Triangles Division

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A design featured in  Elyjiw's  Sixty Score of Easter Eggs with my own (non-traditional) coloration.   My own design etched,...

Hutsul Stags

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This pysanka is featured in  Elyjiw's  Sixty Score of Easter Eggs.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Acid-Etched Swallows

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My own design. This division is often gets grouped with the saddlebags division. Here, you can imagine that a pysanka with a full roset...
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