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The Ukrainian name for a wax-resist type egg, pysanka, comes from the verb pysaty (писати), meaning "to write", as the designs are written onto the egg with beeswax, not painted on. No actual pysanky have been found from Ukraine's prehistoric periods, as eggshells do not preserve well.
Named after the Ukrainian word pysaty, which translates as "to write," pysanky eggs have intricate patterns that stop you in your tracks. The craft has been passed down from mother to daughter ...
Grab your tools because we're talking about how to make pysanky eggs! This Easter tradition originated in Ukraine and is a fun activity for the family.
She’s learning to design pysanky, the ornately decorated traditional Easter eggs of Ukraine, where the 60-year-old was born and lived until her 1991 immigration to Chicago. But her focus was ...
The Vegreville egg is a giant sculpture of a pysanka, a Ukrainian-style Easter egg. The work by Paul Maxym Sembaliuk is built of an intricate set of two-dimensional anodized aluminum tiles in the shape of congruent equilateral triangles and star-shaped hexagons , fashioned over an aluminum framework.
Ukrainian pysanka Easter egg sculptures resembling pisanica in front of the Zagreb Cathedral, Croatia. Egg decorating is the art or craft of decorating eggs.It has been a popular art form throughout history because of the attractive, smooth, oval shape of the egg, and the ancient associations with eggs as a religious and cultural symbol.
Pysanky are raw eggs created with the wax-resist method (aka batik). The designs are "written" with a stylus ("pysaty" is the Ukrainian word verb "to write"). Wooden eggs and beaded eggs are often referred to as "pysanky" because they mimic the decorative style of pysanky in a different medium.
Decorating a 'pysanka' has become a gesture of peace, as war has brought new meaning to an old tradition that dates back to pre-Christian times