Here's the last egg I made for my student, Tony. I'm melting the wax off this one.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Katie's Egg #2
When I looked at the pysanky egg I made for Katie yesterday, I was mortified. So many gross imperfections. If you look at the pysanky on Etsy, they are PERFECT, and that's what I want my eggs to be. So, I smooshed the one I made yesterday and made another one. I'm happier with it tonight. Tomorrow? Who knows.
When you only do these for a month a year, there's not a lot of chance that you're going to achieve greatness, but I'd like to not be embarrassed by them. PLUS, Katie's parents lived in the Czech Republic for a couple of years and bought the real deal pysanky over there. I don't want my most rudimentary work sitting next to that done by the folks who invented the danged things. Maybe I need to keep the pysanky out all year for practice .... but then again... what the heck would I do with all those eggs?????
Here's the last egg I made for my student, Tony. I'm melting the wax off this one.
Here's the last egg I made for my student, Tony. I'm melting the wax off this one.
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3 comments:
You must be very hard on yourself because I think your eggs are REALLY beautiful. Oh, to crush one ~ ouch!
One day I would love to try my hand at this art.
I agree with LHD! They really are so beautiful. I do love Katies egg...and the other one here as well. This is something you really get to look forward to getting to do each year! :) Such an awesome tradition!!!
I have a motto I share with my students- it's "Kid's Careful" I remind them that are just learning, and practice is how we grow as artists...So if you want to practice, I'm happy to have you practice one for me! ;D
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