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.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
This Month's Crop of Simpler Eggs
My own design. |
Adapted from a pysanka featured in Ukrainian Easter Eggs and How We Make Them. |
A traditional design. |
Adapted from Egg No. 3, Ukrainian Easter Eggs and How We Make Them. |
A "spiral" pysanky from Ukrainian Easter Eggs and How We Make Them. This design (eight-part division with bisecting spirals) has many variations. |
My own design. |
Egg No. 1 from Ukrainian Easter Eggs and How We Make Them. |
Acid-Etched Pysanky
My own designs. These pysanky have been created by starting with a brown egg and instead of using dye between wax-covering steps, dissolving away layers of the egg surface with acetic acid.
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