Folk Pysanka with Alternating Petals

This was loosely replicated from a folk pysanka posted by Luba Petrusha that was from Chernivtsi, Bukovyna.  Overall, my changes just made the pattern more regular. The "border" petals ended up being less visible from the front of the egg. Also, I just realized that I added an extra petal to make the main flower symmetrical (eight petals instead of seven).

Winter Wheat

This design was adapted from a diasporan pysanka on a UGS postcard. I've changed the details of some of the motifs and modified some of the colors.

Floral Folk Pysanka

This pysanka was copied from an illustration of a folk pysanka from the village of Lobachov, Tarashchanskyi raion, Kyiv oblast, from the early 20th century.

Rams with Lily of the Valley

My own design using a tree of life motif.

Winter Grazers

This is my own design riffing off a common Hutsul division and some Hutsul motifs.

Folk Cross with Star

This folk design comes from a picture Luba Petrusha posted of a sample of pysanky from the Zabolotiv Easter Market in the village Illintsi, Sniatyn raion, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast. This is in the ethnographic region of Pokuttia in western Ukraine.

Verdant Geese (Duck Egg)

Whew! It's been a while! I just got back from the PysankyUSA retreat and am looking forward to carving out time to write pysanky now that feel so inspired! Today I'm sharing an original design that I completed at the retreat. I was really pleased with the amount of color variation I could get with the yellows, oranges, and greens for this egg using the Colorama dyes.