Let's talk about a beautiful Easter tradition that many Americans may not know about: painting pysanky eggs! This craft is probably unfamiliar to most families, who have their own Easter egg rituals.
Give the Easter Bunny some competition! Supplement your income with decorated Easter eggs. Ukrainian egg patterns are a beautiful, traditional craft. For over 2,500 years, the art of egg decoration ...
POTTSVILLE – As she admired the delicate colors and patterns of the pysanky egg she cradled in her hands, Haidyn Neifert smiled. “I really like it,” the 13-year-old from Schuylkill Haven said. Neifert ...
After the patterns dry, the eggs are dipped in colored dyes and then washed in cleaning solutions, which leaves colorful patterns on the eggs, Thorwart said. Lindsay Taylor of New Kensington said the ...
In pysanky, the colors and designs carry meaning and call out to the gods and goddesses for health, fertility, love, wealth and much more With Easter approaching this Sunday, and amid the ongoing war ...
SCRANTON, Pa. — Folks stopped by the Catlin House on Monroe Avenue to learn how to make eggs, also called Ukrainian Easter eggs. Pysanky is a traditional Ukrainian craft where patterns are written on ...
It all starts with the egg. In spring, chickens start laying again, bringing a welcome source of protein at winter's end. So it's no surprise that cultures around the world celebrate spring by ...
AMBRIDGE -- Eleven-year-old Maya Kozup of Emsworth worked so intently, you could almost feel the sweat beading on her brow. Cutting a diamond? Cracking a safe? Nope. Making an Easter egg. But not just ...
Colored eggs have always been part of Easter traditions, but decorating eggs began well before the time of Christ. Some of the most beautiful eggs found today are the Ukrainian Easter Eggs known as ...
OAKLAND — Something as benign as an egg fosters creativity and hope and wards off bad luck, according to Ukrainian folklore. Area artisans are busy creating intricately decorated eggs called “pysanky” ...
Ceilidh Tabor of Fayetteville grew up in a family "focused heavily on art since before I can remember" -- her parents, Chris and Leigh Nogy, were artisans and brewers in the Society for Creative ...