If you're in need of some Easter egg inspiration, you might find a new source in pysanky eggs. This traditional Ukrainian method of decorating eggs has been around for several millennia—and crafty ...
Give the Easter Bunny some competition! Supplement your income with decorated Easter eggs. Ukrainian egg patterns are a beautiful, traditional craft. For over 2,500 years, the art of egg decoration ...
There are several different traditional forms of egg decorating, and every egg is like a blank canvas on which to apply your talents. Some designers use a form called the "pysanky" method that ...
Looking for a different late fall activity? How about a Pysanky Workshop? The Lackawanna Historical Society will host a Pysanky-making workshop 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22.
Pysanky, Faberge eggs, egg dioramas and colored eggs make many think of Easter, but adorning egg shells with jeweled ornaments, lush color and intricate scenes and patterns is a year-round pursuit for ...
POTTSVILLE – As she admired the delicate colors and patterns of the pysanky egg she cradled in her hands, Haidyn Neifert smiled. “I really like it,” the 13-year-old from Schuylkill Haven said. Neifert ...
If you are planning on decorating eggs for Easter, you might want to buy them early. Due to an alignment of the calendars, Eastern Orthodox Easter will fall on the same day as traditional Western ...
After the patterns dry, the eggs are dipped in colored dyes and then washed in cleaning solutions, which leaves colorful patterns on the eggs, Thorwart said. Lindsay Taylor of New Kensington said the ...
It all starts with the egg. In spring, chickens start laying again, bringing a welcome source of protein at winter's end. So it's no surprise that cultures around the world celebrate spring by ...
AMBRIDGE -- Eleven-year-old Maya Kozup of Emsworth worked so intently, you could almost feel the sweat beading on her brow. Cutting a diamond? Cracking a safe? Nope. Making an Easter egg. But not just ...
Amanda Ackers remembers when she was 7 years old, sitting with her great-grandmother learning to make her first pysanka. Today she is an adult and her great-grandparents are deceased, but she can ...
Traditionally, pysanky were decorated out of sight, finished eggs kept covered in baskets until they were blessed by a priest and sent home as good omens for the year ahead. To hear Nina ...