This isn’t your average, from-a-kit Easter egg dying. In preparation for the holiday, many Ukrainians partake in a tradition of intricately decorating eggs called ‘pysanka.’ The term comes from the ...
CHICAGO -- Maria Fedachtchin's fingers trembled a bit as she etched the first intricate lines of beeswax along the smooth, unblemished shell of an egg cradled in her palm. She's learning to design ...
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Every year before Easter, Olenka Mackey paints eggs in the traditional Ukrainian way of etching by hand and dipping the eggs in a variety of colors. "Ukrainian women start making ...
Egg decorating is always a fun project for kids, but can be just as much fun for adults. The most familiar is the dyed colored Easter eggs using food coloring or the kits found at the local store.
1 of 1 — Slovenian artist Franc Grom drilled 20,000 minute holes to craft this luminous Easter egg. As Nancy Shute reported in 2012, Ukrainians have for centuries practiced an ancient form of art, ...
The Vogel family of Raymond makes pysanky — Ukrainian Easter eggs — all year round, not just at Easter. Anya Vogel gave a demonstration on how to make the eggs on Sunday after Palm Sunday services at ...
Campus will feature a veteran of traditional Ukrainian Easter egg painting this Wednesday, April 4. Vera Samycia will hold a presentation to display her 30 years of experience with Pysanky, painted ...
Children in Kyiv, including evacuees from other parts of the country, decorated traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs on Friday - but this year they have taken on a more patriotic tone. By Herbert ...
As Nancy Shute reported in 2012, Ukrainians have for centuries practiced an ancient form of art, drawing intricate patterns on eggs using a traditional method that involves a stylus and wax. It's ...