Thursday, December 28, 2006

SNOWFLAKE PYSANKY


Last year, in late November, I found I had a lot of small eggs left over from pysanka making. Casting about for something to do with them, I came upon the idea of making snowflake pysanky. I'd seen them before on other sites, so decided to try my hand at them.

Using the UGS templates to create six even division, I began drawing--with wax. I found the best way to make the pysanky was just to doodle. I'd played with compasses as a child, and this was similar.

The snowflakes came out quite nice. I attached small findings to them, and then gave them away to friends and family. This year created a whole bunch more.

Like real snowflakes, no two are exactly alike.

You can view my snowflake galleries here.

Friday, December 01, 2006

PYSANKA 9-1-1



Eggs break and crack......It’s an unhappy fact of life. You put hours of work into a pysanka only to discover, as you’re finishing, a crack. What to do?

I've had to deal with cracked and broken eggs both when making and when teaching pysanky. I've written about the approaches I use to "save" pysanky on my website here.