Ukraine is known for making traditional Easter Eggs, called pisanky. Back at home, a family friend John makes traditional eggs and has a really large collection of them. The tradition of making pisanky somewhat died out during communism but has been making a comeback. Today, there was even a bunch of eggs on display that students made in the school's entry hall.
I had the opportunity to make some pisanky during training. I only made a couple of them, but I really enjoyed it. And I think I might have a knack for making them too.
The process of making pisanky is quite long. First you must poke a hole at the bottom of the egg to drain it. After letting it sit for a day or two, you can then decorate it. The first step in the decorating process is drawing designs on the egg with a tool that is shaped like a pen, but it has a needle on the end rather than a pen tip. You must drag the well that is on top of the pen across a a bunch of wax to fill the well. Next you melt the wax,by holding the pen-like tool over a candle. Then you use the tool with the melted wax to draw on the egg with.
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| This is a picture of me drawing on the egg with the pen-like tool. To th left is my friend Monica. |
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| This is what an egg looks like with the wax drawn on it. |
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After you finishing drawing your design, you then place the egg in dye(s).
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| This is the first egg I made. |
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| | And this is the second, it was a lot better than the first and I gave it to my host family. |
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