When I was a teenager my hometown #CommunityEducation offered a class in making #UkrainianEggs. Since the eggs stay intact, the first step is to inspect them with a flashlight to make sure there are no hairline cracks. Eventually, the inside dries out. The design is drawn with wax, which blocks the dye. The dyes are applied from lightest to darkest, ending with black. When you melt off the wax, all of the colors pop out! I have no pictures. My eggs lasted for years, but are no more.
#Easter

Art for this evening. Was just serendipitously reminded of Roz Chast’s incredible Pysanky elsewhere on my feed. I wasn’t aware of her work in this medium until this past year, and had thought of her craft primarily through the lens of a subscriber to The New Yorker.

I think they’re wonderful.

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/03/18/roz-chasts-pysanky/

#RozChast #Pysanky #eggs #art #UkrainianEggs