Floral Stained Glass Egg (Brown Chicken Egg)

This is an etched brown chicken egg that I learned how to do taking a class from Karen Hanlon at the PysankyUSA Retreat this year. I based the design on an Arts and Crafts style window from Osler-Kurki Studio. Initial lines were made on the natural brown surface of the egg, the egg was dyed, etched, and dyed again. The light and dark pink and green shades are made using the same dye, but on the brown or etched white surface of the egg.

Stained Glass Thistle (Goose Egg)

This past week/weekend I had the pleasure of attending the PysankyUSA retreat in Wilkes-Barre, PA. One of the techniques I learned was this "stained glass" technique from Karen Hanlon. I based this design on windows designed for the James A Patten House by George W. Maher. 

Churches Folk Pysanka

A near-replica of a pysanka featured in Zenon Elyjiw's Sixty Score of Easter Eggs (Table 67, No. 12) from Storozhynetsʹ, Bukovyna.

Marigolds

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

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.

Hutsul Cross

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

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.