Eggs-quisite: Pysanky Arrives Right in Time for Easter
Lansdale Parks and Recreation hosted its ninth Pysanky workshop Saturday.
These aren't your normal Easter eggs. Pysanky eggs are Ukrainian Easter eggs decorated through the use of a wax-resist method and dyes. To be a Pysanky egg, it must be decorated with a Ukrainan folk design. Before anything is done, the yolk and white are blown out of the egg through a small hole. A stylus, called a kistka, is heated under a flame. The kistka has a funnel-like reservoir attached to a plastic handle. Kistkas can vary in tip size from extra fine to heavy. The reservoir, once heated, stores melted beeswax. The kistka is then used to "draw" a design on the egg. The wax remains on the egg, and one can dye the egg different colors. Repeating this process, designs are drawn and dye is blocked out until the egg has a unique …
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