Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Hutsul Pysanka with Creeping Vine



A modified version of a Hutsul pysanka featured in Zenon Elyjiw's Sixty Score of Easter Eggs (Table 66, No. 8).

Monday, October 6, 2014

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Trypillian Eggs



Although the motifs are ancient and come from pottery made by the Trypillians, a Neolithic–Eneolithic archaeological people in Eastern Europe (ca. 4800 to 3000 BC), adapting these designs to pysanky is a fairly modern task. The designs are fairly challenging since they involve more curved lines than traditional or diasporan pysanky. Both of these designs have been written from unknown online sources.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Folk Pysanky from Podillya





These folk designs come from illustrations of pysanky from Podillya (Podolia) in southwestern Ukraine (courtesy of Vira Manko via Luba Petrusha). They both feature floral motifs.