Pysanky- Using Same Pattern

More of my newer eggs. Just wanting to show using the  same pattern, but changing colors and designs.

Pysanky With The Same Design

I wanted to share with you a few new eggs I've just finished.

This is a design I have always liked doing because it can be change it in so many ways.

Pysanky-Hexagon Starburst

I wanted to  share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

This goose egg has 4 hexagon shapes with starbursts in the middle.

Pysanky-Diamond Covered Goose Egg

I wanted to  share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

I have a few designs I really like to do and like how they look. Here you will see designs that you might have noticed from many other eggs I've done. I liked how this egg came out with all the diamond  shapes.

Pysanky-Windmill Egg in Hand

I wanted to  share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

I saw this black hand and thought what a great egg holder. I really liked the look.

Pysanky-My Windmill Egg

I wanted to  share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

The design on this egg looks like a windmill, so I call it My Windmill egg. I use this design over and over,  I change the designs and the colors and each take on a completely different look.  This is truly a fun egg.

Pysanky-Saddlebag or Teardrop

I wanted to  share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

I did a series of saddlebag eggs. Some refer to this design as teardrop. I put a starburst in the centers, and on this egg I used my washing back the green technique.

Pysanky-Ostrich Egg of Many Designs

I wanted to  share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

This was an ostrich egg that I used the starburst pattern to put the many designs. Not many have seen this egg because it was purchased within a week of being made. I was lucky to get this photo.

Pysanky- Happy Anniversary Ostrich Egg

I wanted to  share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

This egg was a special order. The customer only cared that it had I Love You, and Happy Anniversary, and that it had some red. Since I liked how my Red Goose egg came out, I used that design. For the writing I used stickers. The wife loved her 50th anniversary egg.

Pysanky-Red Goose Egg

I wanted to  share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

Yes, I know this egg isn't all red, but I always loved how the reds looked on this goose egg.

Pysanky-Starburst Windmill Side View

I wanted to  share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

This is the side view of the Starburst Windmill goose egg. Here you can see the repeated rolls of designs that give it look of a windmill.

Pysanky-Starburst Windmill

I wanted to  share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

This particular egg, not only did I use the starburst design, but also the windmill.

Pysanky-Horizontal Bands

I wanted to  share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

This goose egg was a study piece. I wanted to see how much detail I could get into each diamond shape.

Pysanky-Bands and Starbursts

I wanted to  share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

I wanted to try my hand with  different greens. This was a test egg to see what look I could get by lightly washing the green back. I ended up using this technique on many eggs there after.

Pysanky-Same Design Collection

I wanted to  share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

This collection of 5 goose eggs  show how I was able to use the same designs on each egg by applying them in different patterns and directions.

Etched-Gold Ring Emu Egg

I wanted to  share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

This is a light colored emu egg, most are usually a darker color. I had fun etching this egg, and to bring out the etched ring designs I  applied gold with an 18k gold marking pen.

Pysanky-Starburst with Bands

I wanted to share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

On this chicken egg I first started with bands around the egg. After three bands were made on the side of the egg I was left with a smaller space for a starburst.

Pysanky-White and Yellow Starburst

I wanted to share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

I call this design a starburst. Some call it a flower. This design can be used to create many different and interesting eggs. This is one of the designs I really like to work with.

Pysanky-Diamonds and Pussy Willows

I wanted to share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

On this chicken egg, connecting diamond shapes form a cross on the front and back.White pussy willows designs are placed to represent St. Andrew's cross.

Pysanky- Interlocking Diamonds Egg

I wanted to share with you some of my older photos of  my work from years ago.

This is a brown chicken egg. The design is interlocking diamonds.

Pysanky- Ukrainian Rushnyk Egg

I wanted to share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

I'd seen so many eggs done this way, I just had to give it a try. The rushnyk and wheat designs are on a chicken egg.

Pysanky-Wolves Teeth

I wanted to share with you some of  my older photos of my work from years ago.

The white centers on this chicken egg depicts wolves teeth, Wolves teeth are known to represent wisdom and loyalty.

Pysanky-Blue Pussy Willows

I wanted to share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago

On this chicken egg, front and back is an image of a cross with blue pussy willows. The wide band has many designs. I chose to use only 3 colors on this egg

Pysanky-In the Sky Egg Collection

I wanted to share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

This egg photo was taken on a pane of glass that was held up towards the sky.
 In 2005, I was asked to represent my state of Arkansas with my egg art, and invited to The White House. Along with 50 other egg artists from different states, our work was on display at The White House Visitors Center. Each of us were introduced to Laura Bush.                                                         I choose this egg for the symbols : knowledge, good fortune, separating good from evil, and flowers. This is a chicken egg.

Pysanky-Brown Chicken Egg

I wanted to share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

This  is a brown chicken egg. I like working with them because the the dye colors come out so rich looking.

Filigree- Sea Shells on Emu Egg

I wanted to share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

This emu egg is filigreed with flowers and sea shells. It  was submitted to the International Egg Art Guild Masters Program to be judged for the master level. On October 28, 2005, I received a certificate for achieving master level in the Filigree category of egg artistry.

Carriage- Embellished Ostrich Egg

I wanted to share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

Doors and windows were cut out of this ostrich egg to represent a Cinderella carriage. I learned how to do this egg from my egging friend Lynne DeBoer. I eventually made one more  carriage. My second carriage was also an ostrich egg, however it was decorated with pysanky designs.

Pysanky-Red Diamond Ostrich Egg

I wanted to share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

I read that the diamond shape indicates knowledge. I have included in each diamond an  X shape cross.  A symbol for St. Andrew's Cross.

Pysanky- In the Sky Egg Collection

I wanted  to share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

This is the side of a chicken egg.  The front has a nice wheat design. I have a collection of eggs that each were attached to a piece of clear glass and photographed. This photo was taken while the egg on the glass was being held up in the air towards the sky.

Pysanky- Animal Design Ostrich Egg

I wanted to share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.

This ostrich egg has many designs includes deer and rams going around in ovals on the sides of the egg.

Pysanky-Girl With Ukrainian Rushnyk

I wanted to share with you some of my older photos of my work  from years ago.

This image is on a goose egg, I'd seen such images many times and wanted to see how it would look on an egg. I choose the goose egg because I didn't want the image to be too small or to large. 

Pysanky-Four Panel Goose Egg

I wanted to share with you some of my older photos of my work from years ago.
 This is nice shaped goose egg. It has four  bands and four panels filled with diamond shape designs.

Beginner Pysanka - Pysanky

This project is for the beginner egg artist. I show complete steps from choosing your eggs to applying the finish.


Here's a video showing step by step instructions for a basic design egg

Cross Stitched Egg

After being asked if I've ever seen ribbon embroidery eggs, I thought I could show how to do a cross stitched egg. I used an ostrich egg on this project.

Here's a video showing how to make a cross stitched egg.

Intermediate Pysanka

This project is for the intermediate level. We are adding more design and showing you how.

Here's a step by step video for the intermediate level.

Baba Eggs

This project is showing how to make a Baba egg.

Here's a step by step video for the Baba eggs.

Four Seasons

This project is called Four Seasons. It's a very popular egg, and a fun one to do when  changing the bands,  tops, and bottoms with different designs

Here's the video showing you how to make a Four Season egg design.

Varnishes for Eggs

There are many different varnishes that can be applied to the finished egg, and I show a few to give you a better idea of what to use on your eggs.

Here's a video showing different types of varnishes.

Advanced Pysanka

An ostrich egg was used for this advanced and intricate designed egg.

Here's the video to see how to measure out, and place your designs.

Collection of Egg Photos

Here's a collection of egg photos.

Enjoy this video of many different egg photos.

Mosaics from Broken Eggs

What to do with broken egg shells. They make beautiful mosaics. You can glue these egg shell pieces to just about anything. The finished items make great gifts.

Here's a video showing how to make a mosaic with broken egg shell pieces.

Beaded Pysanka

I was asked if I ever made a beaded egg. I show how to embed the beads into wax to form beautiful designs.

Here's the video on making a beaded egg.

Circles

There are many ways to make circles. They can be made with templates, suction cups and other such instruments.  In this video you'll see how to make circles evenly placed on the egg.

Egg Holders

This video shows how to cut eggs to make egg holders. It also shows  other items that can be used to make egg holders.

Minecraft Egg

 This project was done for my young friend Sarah. She loves the Minecraft  computer game.

Here's the video showing how the designs on this ostrich egg were created.

Pray for Ukraine

This Tryzub designed egg was made because Donna asked me to make one. In case you are wondering who Donna is, she's my good friend who runs the naztazia.com website. Both Donna and my husband are of Ukrainian descent, so I wanted to make something to reflect their heritage. A Tryzub is a symbol for Ukraine.

Circles and Ovals

Circles and ovals made by using the shape of the egg and a tape measure.

Here's the video showing the process.

How to flattened an egg

This is an unique  project working on damaged eggs. I show you how you can cut and flatten these eggs to make interesting items.

And here is a video to show the process.

Alcohol Ink Eggs

This is one of my favorite fun projects. Because it's done with inks and dabbing anyone can can create beautiful eggs.

And here is the video showing how to use the alcohol inks on eggshells.

Variations on a theme

I'm very happy to show you one of my new videos. This one is variations on a theme. You'll be surprised at how many eggs you can create with one basic design.

Here is a photo of my finished eggs.

And, here is the video showing how to make these eggs. Enjoy!

Hugs, Lorrie

Hanging Easter Eggs - Oberih

I'm excited to share with you an awesome video by Jennifer Kwong. In this video she shows us how to hang a pysanka. And, she shows us how to make a nice tassel for a finishing touch.

Here is a photo of Jennifer's finished work:

And, here is the link to the YouTube video showing how to make hanging eggs. Enjoy!

Hugs, Lorrie

My First Blog Post

I'm so excited to share with you my very first blog post on my new website! Ironically, although this is my first blog post, the pysanka that I made is a design that I've done many decades ago. I call it the windmill design, although you can call it anything you want. It creates a pretty swirl design around the egg, and adds a lot of interest to your decorated egg.

Here is a photo of the finished egg:

And here is the link to my YouTube video showing how to make this egg. Enjoy!

Hugs, Lorrie