design with a side of dialogue

Project: Saving the World from Destruction, i.e. Pysanky
Patron: sans patron
Medium: Beeswax and dye
Status: done
Deadline: n/a

Took a bit of a break this week from the 2 demensional, and went back to one of my favorite hand crafts, pysanky.

Leftside:Carolyn's, Two on Right: Cat's
As tools, we had:

a new set of dye which were terrific for their color, though the pallette was somewhat limited.
Processed eggs, so these were not the sturdier organic varity. We cracked 2 eggs in the dye process, but one of them survived through the varnish step, so we were able to salviage one of them.
limited design patterns, but I never really stick to these anyway.
Needle, but no blower, so I ended up blowing all of these by hand, er mouth.
We revived an old practice in the last step, which is where you would normally shalak the egg. Using polyurithane and gloves, we were able to give the eggs a protecive glossy coating, before they were blown. The weight of the egg makes it much easier to dry and handle. I must remember this when I'm doing more eggs this easter.

Close up of Carolyn's - traditional pattern.

Though my mom was not wholy pleased with this, we found out later that she had really been using the wrong size kiska, leading to the thickness of her lines. We were also short rubberbands, so there was a lot of improvising in the latter steps.

Blurry close up of Cat's second try.

I really kind of liked this 2nd egg, though it's hard to tell by this shot. The white stripe was created by rinsing (and rubbing) the egg under running water to remove the dye after the final step. Though its not as clean as a bleach step, it's also not as detremental to the egg shell.

I find gratifcation in the process of pysanky, though I can't say I've considered any of my eggs refined craft, ever. For me, it's always a process of what I could have done, or what I will do next time. This is really not a bad carrot, since it keeps me practicing year in and year out. Take a look at a real artist, my friend RK to get an idea of what these things are really suppose to look like.




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