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Making Pysanky
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28 minutes 
english
Online - Self Paced
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About Making Pysanky
Intro to Making Pysanky
Research and Design
Materials overview
Drawing the Design in Pencil
Wax Drawing on White Egg
Yellow dye
Blue Dye
Removing the Wax
Varnishing
Pumping the Egg
Project and Final Thoughts
What You Will Learn?
- In this class I’ll demonstrate how to make pysanky (PIH-sahn-kih), Ukrainian decorated Easter eggs. .
- Pysanky are made by drawing wax lines on a raw egg using a stylus called a kistka, then dipping the egg into a dye bath after each wax application. Finally, the wax is removed for a spectacular reveal! It’s like doing batik, but on eggs instead of fabric..
- I’ll show you traditional techniques, using special materials which are available to purchase online. I’ve provided links to a few online shops that sell pysanky kits containing the supplies you'll need to get started. .
- If you like to draw, design, or make things, and would like a new craft skill to add to your repertoire, this is for you!.
- At the end of this class, you’ll have a beautifully decorated Easter egg! .
- *Pysanky comes from the word “pysaty” (pih-SAH-tih), to write. ("Pysanky" is plural; "Pysanka" is singular)..