Wooden Eggs Decorated in the Pysanki Style

Wooden Eggs Decorated in the Pysanki Style

At the Ukranian Festival. They told us that the Polish eggs had floral designs, and the Ukranian ones have more geometric patterns.
They are made by applying beeswax to an egg and then dipping it into a dye. We do some of this at home, though nowhere nearly as elaborate!

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This technique is different. It involves much painting and etching. The white one actually has designs carved out of the shell.

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The blue one reminds me of a Delft design!

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