I think the Easter Bunny dropped an egg!

Ok, not to toot my own horn, but I really do think that I am getting better with each egg that I make.  I still have a long way to go, but I am learning so much--and of course, all of the mistakes I make when working on an egg, just helps me to improve on the next one.  The biggest thing, I think I have improved on, is dividing the egg so it is fairly symmetrical.  Eventually, I will get to a point that I can do more complicated designs, but for now I'm just going to work on improving my skills and slowly building up to better designs...

Chirp Chirp Chirp...Another Egg Hatched...

Another egg...I just finished up an order for 17 eggs.  My goal is to have enough eggs for a craft fair next spring.  I have never done a craft fair, so kind of excited about it.  I do know that the fair has never had pysanky eggs, so it will be neat to see how they do.  I typically just make the eggs as I have orders for them, so this will be an interesting experience of trying to get enough eggs to sell in a craft fair...Not even sure how many I should make...ha ha...I reckon, a bunch!...lol

Brown, gold, black, and etched egg...

I really like the colors in this egg.  There are a few mistakes, but nothing that I can't fix.  When I made the dots with wax, and then went to remove some of the colors, I forgot about the dots and actually removed those as well...But, I can touch it up and it will look good as new...Even with the mistakes, I think it is pretty...Thanks for taking a looksie...Deanna

Pysanky Eggs for Sale--Not just for Easter--Unique gift idea-$10.00 ea.

If you are looking for a unique gift, a pysanky egg would be your bet. Whether you are looking for a baby gift for a new born, a wedding present, a birthday gift, or a Mother's day/Father's day gift.  I can make the pysanky eggs in most colors and designs...I can even personalize an egg for you.  These eggs can be made to hang or to sit in a decorative container--your choice.

These eggs are hand-dyed, not painted using a batik method.  It takes approximately 2-3 hours to complete an egg, then it takes about two days to varnish and drain the egg before putting on a topper.

Eggs are $10.00 each, plus shipping.

Black and Brown Pysanky Egg

This is a brown egg, that I dyed black.  I reveresed the dying process.  In otherword, I started with a solid black egg, drew on my designs, then used 409 to remove the black dye so the brown egg would show through.  It was a lot of fun doing this egg, because I didn't have to worry with exact lines, measurements, or designs.  My friend, Leslie Rahye, gave me inspiration to do this egg.  Leslie Rahye is a Zentangle artist and does beautiful work, check out her blog at

	http://www.leslierahye.blogspot.com/
Thank you for taking a looksie...Deanna

A couple more of eggs...

Here are a couple more eggs...Made a major boo boo on the floral one, but I think I concelled it well enough that it can't be seen...Of course, I didn't photograph the boo boo...ha ha...

Eggs running out my ears

A couple more eggs...I have 15 more eggs to go...The first egg, pictured, has a couple of boo boos, but I still think it turned out ok.  The second egg, I love the colors.  I wish that I could get my lines drawn a little straighter.  My hands are fairly steady, but sometimes my hands and brain don't think on the same wave length.

Thank you for stopping by to take a look...

Egg-stra, Egg-stra, Read all About it!

Here is one of 15 eggs that I will be making over the next couple of weeks.  I have an order of 5 that is due before Easter.  I have been procrastinating a little bit.  But time to get on the ball. 

My hubby found me some great fresh chicken eggs, they are very large but the shells are great.  Most of the eggs are a dark brown so it makes the dye color a little different.  I will be doing some vinegar etching on a few of the eggs..

Thank you for taking a look at my craft.

Eggs, Eggs, and MORE Eggs...

More eggs...

Pysanky Eggs...

I am creating some pysanky eggs for a co-worker, I still have two more to go but am taking a break.  I tried embossing on one of the eggs, just to see what would happen.  Well, I can't say that I was disappointed because it is a cool effect.  However, with the time it took and the amount of powder it took, I just don't think it is worth the embossing.  Other than adding a little texture, the shine is about the same as the  clear varnish that I put on the pysanky when it is finished.  It was worth a try, always will try or experiment just to see 'what happens'.

One thing that I did learn today, that my embossing gun works wonders removing the wax off of the egg.  I had not thought of using it before, but a co-worker asked if it would work.  I wasn't for sure if it would or not, so I figured I would see what would happen.  And, it was great!  Typically I use a candle, which I am terrified of burning down the house becaue sometimes I can be clumsey!...However, the gun works great and I will use it again to remove the wax.

Pysanky Eggs

A few more eggs that I have created using a batik method.  Some of these are small guinea eggs, and the larger ones are chicken eggs.

More Eggs for Easter

A few more eggs for the holidays.  All of these egg are for sale.  $15.00 each or 3 for $35.00.  Contact me if intrested.

Simple Pysanky Egg

I am getting back to the basics with creating my eggs.  It has been about a year or so since I have worked with my eggs, so when I jumped into it again I was pretty much doing my own thing.  I've decided that if I want to be true to the artform then I need to be consistent with the designs that I am using and use some of the more traditional designs.  There is nothing wrong with being creative, and doing my own thing which I will continue to do.  However, I think it is important to practice the art form the way it was intended to be--and then add my own flair to it!...

Eggs Gone Crazy

Brown Eggs and Ham...

I really like how the bottom of this egg turned out...

Yellow and Brown Egg

My newest egg, still lacks the varnish and removal of egg yolk, but I think it is going to turn out nicely when complete.

Egg-stra, Egg-stra read all about it...

More eggs...These eggs are going to a friend of mine.  She requested the eggs to be done in oranges, yellows, browns, greens....I still need to varnish the eggs, remove the yolk, and add a finding to the ends.  I will post pictures of all of the eggs once they have been varnished.

Eggs Eggs Eggs

Having more fun with eggs.  It has been a little while since I've created eggs.  So, just playing right now and trying to earn my steady hand back...And, making sure that all of my dyes are still in good condition...So far, so good!...

Pysanky Egg Technique

Materials:
Kistka (drawing tool used to apply hot wax onto egg)
Bees wax
Aniline Dye (a non edibile dye used specifically for pysanky)
Blasfix (tool used to remove yolk from egg
Findings (for top of egg to cover hole from removing yolk)
Clear varnis (to add shine to the egg)

The kistka is similar to a pen or a pencil, however it has a funnel at the end that bees wax can placed.  It melts the wax, and the wax acts as the drawing medium.

Typical eggs are created with multiple colors, using traditional designs.  However, I like doing my own little thing with the eggs (whatever that may be).  And the eggs I have posted are only designed with one dye color--the white being the egg shell itself.

While the egg is white, I divide the egg in half using the kistka tool.  I then will proceed to divide it into 1/4, 1/8, or greater divides.  I draw designs that I want to be in white.  Once I draw the designs like I want, I will dip the egg in yellow dye.  Remove the egg, draw on all areas with wax that I want to be yellow and then place the egg in another colored dye.  I repeat the process with 3-4 colors and end the final phase of dying with a black dye. 

Once I have completed the dye process, I have to melt off the wax.  I hold the egg about an inch away from a candle flame to heat up the wax, then I wipe off the melted wax with a paper towel.  I repeat this process until there is no wax remaining.

After the wax is removed, I coat with a very thin layer of clear varnish.  Let it dry.  I then remove the yolk from the egg.  After the yolk is removed, I coat with another 2-3 layers of varnish--depending on how shiney I want the egg to be.

If you are interested in the process, you can look up Pysanky.  There are several great tutorials out there.  The process is wonderful and you never know what you are going to come up with until the final removal of the bees wax.

I hope this has sparked some interest.  If you have any other questions, feel free to ask...Deanna

Purple Pysanky Egg

My purple Pysanky Egg...I'll be making severl different styles of Pysanky eggs over the next few weeks...