Break for Scissors

I took a break from egg art today so I could cut this
card for a coworker.

Franz's Pysanka

Pysanky In a Bowl

There are lots of ways to display pysanky. This is one of my favorites. My grandmother gave me this bowl about 30 years ago. I don't use the bowl often so when I see it, I think of Grandma. I love seeing lots of my eggs together though. It is like having all my old friends around.

Pysanky Family

These are for a coworker. They commissioned eggs for each member  of their family. On the backs of the middle eggs are the names of their  children.

Pysanky from February

Process .... Pysanky Eggs

My last post showed the beginning of my work on one of these eggs. After dip dying and painting dye enhancements, these eggs are now awaiting wax removal.

Commissioned Piece

Here is a current commission before dying. I will add the color tomorrow.

Pysanky Crazy

I have been crazy busy working on eggs lately. It is an obsession. Here is one I made for a coworker's pooch. See the little pup with the bowl of kibble? I'm having too much fun.

Pysanky Fail

It's 6 AM on a Saturday morning. I've been working on this egg for the past two hours. It fell off the table and hit the floor. Pysanky fail.

Pysanky Brain

I have been doing a lot of the Pysanky lately. I've gotten to the point where I wake up at night and start thinking about it. So that means I lay in bed for a while thinking about it, then I get up and start working on it because I know I'm not going to sleep anymore anyway.

My philosophy this year has been practice, practice, practice. I made tons of mistakes in the beginning and everything looked pretty bad. Now I'm starting to see the payoff for the practice. It is still pretty rough but I'm seeing hopeful improvement. Here are some shots of not yet finished eggs. I have to get around to taking nice photographs of the finished ones.