When I planned on teaching the Ukrainian art form of Psyanky decorative eggs to my art class, I had no idea that the Ukraine be in the news every day after Russia's invasion. We were able to look at this decorative egg tradition in 1,000 years of historical context from ancient Pagan symbols, to Easter tradition, and to current event stories of fundraising pysanky eggs for Ukrainian refugees. I also didn't know we'd have an April school-wide Eggs-tranvaganza that included egg games and that I'd get 4 dozen leftover fresh eggs to use for my students. It was a trick poking holes in each end, scrambling the inside with a tooth pick and blowing each egg out for hollow egg shells.
You draw with a kistka stylus. Beeswax is melted in the kistka cup which funnels to a point. Thin wax lines are drawn on the egg before dying it the first color.
Then more drawing can be added between each color to follow.
The colors are revealed by melting the wax lines with a candle flame and wiping them with a paper towel.
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