Thursday, January 30, 2014

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Wheat with Poppies and Sunflower



Slightly modified from a pysanka featured in Ukrainian Easter Eggs: How We Make Them.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Hutsul Horses with Ornate Band




Variation on a pysanka from Elyjiw's Sixty Score of Easter Eggs (Table 40, No. 12).

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Etched Knot






My own design inspired by a pysanka from Kosiv, Ukraine written by an unknown artist.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Wedding Pysanka: Horse and Ram (Goose Egg)

Side One: Alternating horses (prosperity and endurance) and rams (leadership and creativity).


Border

Side Two: Chickens (rich family life) with Tree of Life -- typical motifs for a wedding pysanka.

My own design based on a Hutsul division. This pysanka was made as a wedding present for a good friend who just got married.