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Having the plain white egg and untouched tools in front of me is always exciting.
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But my egg and workspace didn't stay untouched for long.
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This year my sister went with me- she worked on the same design I did the first year I went. Since you sit in groups based on what year/design you are working on she was all the way across the room from me and I didn't get too many pictures of her egg. I did manage to snap this one of her finishing though- didn't her egg come out fantastic!
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The egg I did this year was by far the hardest design yet. It had lots of little fine lines. It was also completely different from the designs in years past.
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One of my favorite things about pysanky is that the symbols and colors have meanings. Birds symbolize the coming of spring- roosters a rich married life, hens fertility.
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Flowers- wisdom, beauty, humility. The scroll- immortality.
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And the final color of dark red represents harvest.
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My favorite part of the whole process is removing the wax and revealing all the layers of gorgeous dyed details.
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This year I blew the egg out after it was finished. It was a heart pounding five minutes in which I hoped it wouldn't break... but I certainly didn't want a repeat of last years "incident" so that tenuous last step was necessary!
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Simply beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jane!
ReplyDeleteLook at you! You egg is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI am so intimidated by Pysanky - because i can't seem to control the wax application well so all my lines are wiggly.
YOU on the other hand seem not to have that issue!
What a cool tradition - to attend the workshop every year. I bet you really look forward to it.
Thanks so much for sharing your Pysanky 2011!
Thank you Pam. I do look forward to the workshop each year. I really didn't know what to expect from pysanky that first year but no matter the results I was glad I tried it. That's the best part about dabbling!
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