Hohoho How To Brand Pysanky (Ukrainian Easter Eggs)

I made these pysanky finally year

HOW TO MAKE PYSANKY (Ukrainian Easter Eggs)
(pysanka - singular, pysanky - plural)

PART ONE: HOW THEY ARE MADE

I was taught how to brand pysanky yesteryear my manful somebody rear John, who was a offset generation Ukrainian-American. My grandparents were from the Carpathian Mountain portion of Lviv, Ukraine. Designs on the eggs are fundamentally traditional, passed downwards generation to generation, in addition to differences inwards styles are mainly regional.

What are pysanky?
Pysanki, or pysanky (pronounced: puh-sahn-key) are Ukrainian Easter eggs. They are made from existent chicken eggs. The most interesting affair almost them, aside from their intricate, beautiful designs, is the agency they are made: The designs are non painted on, but are done inwards a wax-resist technique using hot bees wax. The procedure is similar to batik.

How create yous brand pysanky?
Basically, yous start amongst a plainly white egg. You get yesteryear drawing designs on the egg inwards hot bees wax amongst a pen-like tool called a kistka (stylus) in addition to whatever areas yous encompass amongst wax volition stay white.

When yous are finished roofing the areas that yous wishing to cash inwards one's chips along white, the egg is in addition to then dipped into a dye bathroom of the lightest color, such every bit yellow. The white areas that yous receive got covered inwards wax volition non absorb the xanthous dye in addition to volition stay white because they are beneath the wax.

Once the egg is the desired shade of yellow, yous take away it from the dye, dry out it off completely, in addition to then, ane time again using the kistka in addition to hot wax, yous encompass the areas of the egg that yous wishing to cash inwards one's chips along yellow.

Then the egg goes into the next, darker dye, such every bit orange, in addition to the procedure is repeated until yous hit your final, darkest dye bath…and thus on in addition to thus on until yous receive got finished your blueprint inwards wax.

In the cease yous volition receive got an egg that has a lot of wax on it! The finally mensuration is the most fun: yous carefully melt away all the wax in addition to the colorful blueprint is revealed!

You create non postulate to utilization many colors, but traditionally the psyche colors used are: yellow, orange, red, brick, brown, in addition to black.

Nowadays yous tin purchase the egg dyes inwards many shades such every bit green, purple, bluish (light, dark, royal), turquoise, pink, fuchsia, scarlet, etc.

One of import note: yous MUST utilization dyes made specially for pysanki. These dyes are poisonous in addition to should non hold upwardly used around or yesteryear children.

Also, the egg should never hold upwardly eaten.

Sometimes I volition utilization exclusively ane dye bath, such every bit purple. First I volition wax the areas that I wishing to cash inwards one's chips along white, in addition to then dip the egg inwards purple, in addition to then the termination volition hold upwardly a regal in addition to white egg. Two-tone eggs are beautiful!

PART TWO: TOOLS AND PREPERATION

Supplies Needed:

Many newspaper towels
Mason jars or large peanut butter jars amongst lids
boiling water
regular white vinegar
large spoons for mixing dyes in addition to dipping eggs
pysanki dyes
a candle for heating kistka in addition to also for removing wax from egg when finished
matches or lighter
Block of beeswax made specifically for pysanky
kistka (stylus)
pencil amongst eraser for sketching designs on eggs
chicken eggs
optional: pysanky how-to mass amongst designs in addition to instructions
straight pivot in addition to tool for blowing out within of egg

Gathering supplies:
I receive got constitute that my local air conditioning Moore carries pysanki supplies, but exclusively seasonally, in addition to the dyes tend to sell out fast, thus when I run across them I stock up!

To create the twenty-four hours before: Make your dyes

Mix dyes according to bundle directions. It is best to create the dyes the twenty-four hours earlier yous are going to utilization them, because most directions instruct yous to utilization boiling hot water, in addition to it takes the dyes piece to cool down. Be certain to follow the mixing directions exactly, specially when making the orangish dye, inwards which vinegar is NOT added. Vinegar IS needed for most of the dye colors. Pysanky dyes are PERMANENT in addition to if yous tumble them they volition stain simply almost whatever surface including wearing clothing in addition to tabletops…use amongst caution!

Prepare your eggs:

I utilization large or extra large chicken eggs. You tin utilization whatever size yous like. Try to purchase ones that create non receive got dates stamped on each shell, every bit that postage stamp volition unremarkably exhibit through your finished design. Use exclusively raw eggs, in addition to hold upwardly certain to take away them from the fridge for a few hours earlier yous get working amongst them thus that they are room temperature. Cold eggs volition effort in addition to hold upwardly impossible to piece of occupation with! Do non endeavour to warm them yesteryear putting them inwards warm H2O or yesteryear whatever other method. Just take away them from the fridge the dark earlier in addition to allow them naturally cash inwards one's chips room temperature. Do non cash inwards one's chips along them inwards Styrofoam egg cartons, every bit these volition retain moisture. Use exclusively cardboard egg cartons to concur in addition to store your eggs.

The Kistka (stylus)

Kistkas come upwardly inwards 3 basic sizes, fine, medium in addition to heavy.

Traditional kistkas

The size of the kistka refers to the thickness of the line of piece of occupation that it draws. Traditional kistkas are similar pencils amongst woods handles in addition to a copper cease that is held over the candle open fire in addition to heated, in addition to then held gently against the beeswax. The beeswax volition melt in addition to fill upwardly the kistka in addition to and then the wax flows through the opening in addition to tin hold upwardly applied to the egg. Nowadays many professionals utilization electrical kistkas, which are groovy because they hold temperature in addition to are a lot faster to utilization than the traditional kistkas, but they also receive got a lot of practise to acquire used to. I utilization both types but e'er notice myself going dorsum to the traditional type of kistka. I highly recommend learning to brand pysanky amongst traditional kistkas.

Beeswax block

H5N1 natural colored beeswax block is used amongst the traditional kistka, in addition to dark colored beeswax is used for the electrical kistka. This is because the electrical kistka volition non blacken the wax when heating it, in addition to the candle open fire will.