Re: GESO: Pysanki

[John]

I know that Fabergé Eggs aren't real eggs, but I believe the peasant craft, 
decorating eggs, may have originally inspired the creation of the Fabergé Eggs 
... "art imitating life" so to speak.


On 4/5/2021 15:43:22, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Fabergé Eggs are jewelry.  They are more French than Russian, just as the
emperors for whom they were created were more German and English than
Russian.

These are real eggs, and the decorations are a peasant craft, something
that would never be found in an aristocratic household.  The eggs are raw
when they are decorated, and then varnished.  They last many years, and the
insides gradually dry up.  Occasionally, the yolks roll around inside.

I did many of the ones in the dish, but the single ones on stands were done
by artists who specialize in this craft.  They are easy and fun to make if
you keep the patterns simple, but the more complex designs are extremely
difficult and time-consuming.

Dan Matyola
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On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 9:05 AM John  wrote:


The first one looks almost like one of those Fabergé Eggs. Did you do them
yourself? How long will they last after being decorated that way?

On 4/4/2021 23:50:30, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

There are many ways to celebrate the Easter season.  In Eastern Europe

(and

among  Amerians of Eastern European heritage), coloring Easter eggs in
intricate patterns is a traditional family activity.  Raw eggs
are decorated using a wax-resist method employing special styluses and
bright dyes, especially among Ukrainians and Rusyns.

These are some we use to decorate our Easter table:

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/4/pysanki-1
Comments are invited.

Dan Matyola
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Re: GESO: Pysanki

[Daniel J. Matyola]

As I said, the fancy eggs were uncooked and not for eating, only for
display.

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On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 3:44 PM Stanley Halpin 
wrote:

> Very nice.
>
> I vaguely recall egg-coloring, but mine were more likely to look like a
> pattern from a tie-died shirt, not nearly as elegant as these.
>
> I did always find it strange that parents would encourage this sort of art
> and yet they would say “don’t play with your food…”
>
> Stan
>
>
> > On Apr 4, 2021, at 11:50 PM, Daniel J. Matyola 
> wrote:
> >
> > There are many ways to celebrate the Easter season.  In Eastern Europe
> (and
> > among  Amerians of Eastern European heritage), coloring Easter eggs in
> > intricate patterns is a traditional family activity.  Raw eggs
> > are decorated using a wax-resist method employing special styluses and
> > bright dyes, especially among Ukrainians and Rusyns.
> >
> > These are some we use to decorate our Easter table:
> >
> > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/4/pysanki-1
> > Comments are invited.
> >
> > Dan Matyola
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Re: GESO: Pysanki

[Stanley Halpin]

Very nice.

I vaguely recall egg-coloring, but mine were more likely to look like a pattern 
from a tie-died shirt, not nearly as elegant as these.

I did always find it strange that parents would encourage this sort of art and 
yet they would say “don’t play with your food…”

Stan


> On Apr 4, 2021, at 11:50 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> There are many ways to celebrate the Easter season.  In Eastern Europe (and
> among  Amerians of Eastern European heritage), coloring Easter eggs in
> intricate patterns is a traditional family activity.  Raw eggs
> are decorated using a wax-resist method employing special styluses and
> bright dyes, especially among Ukrainians and Rusyns.
> 
> These are some we use to decorate our Easter table:
> 
> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/4/pysanki-1
> Comments are invited.
> 
> Dan Matyola
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Re: GESO: Pysanki

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Fabergé Eggs are jewelry.  They are more French than Russian, just as the
emperors for whom they were created were more German and English than
Russian.

These are real eggs, and the decorations are a peasant craft, something
that would never be found in an aristocratic household.  The eggs are raw
when they are decorated, and then varnished.  They last many years, and the
insides gradually dry up.  Occasionally, the yolks roll around inside.

I did many of the ones in the dish, but the single ones on stands were done
by artists who specialize in this craft.  They are easy and fun to make if
you keep the patterns simple, but the more complex designs are extremely
difficult and time-consuming.

Dan Matyola
*https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
*



On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 9:05 AM John  wrote:

> The first one looks almost like one of those Fabergé Eggs. Did you do them
> yourself? How long will they last after being decorated that way?
>
> On 4/4/2021 23:50:30, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> > There are many ways to celebrate the Easter season.  In Eastern Europe
> (and
> > among  Amerians of Eastern European heritage), coloring Easter eggs in
> > intricate patterns is a traditional family activity.  Raw eggs
> > are decorated using a wax-resist method employing special styluses and
> > bright dyes, especially among Ukrainians and Rusyns.
> >
> > These are some we use to decorate our Easter table:
> >
> > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/4/pysanki-1
> > Comments are invited.
> >
> > Dan Matyola
> > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
> > *
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Re: GESO: Pysanki

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Fabergé Eggs
Dan Matyola
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On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 9:09 AM John  wrote:

> On 4/5/2021 03:28:54, Bob Pdml wrote:
> > On 5 Apr 2021, at 05:17, mike wilson  wrote:
> >>
> >> 
> >>> On 05 April 2021 at 04:50 "Daniel J. Matyola" 
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> There are many ways to celebrate the Easter season.  In Eastern Europe
> (and
> >>> among  Amerians of Eastern European heritage), coloring Easter eggs in
> >>> intricate patterns is a traditional family activity.  Raw eggs
> >>> are decorated using a wax-resist method employing special styluses and
> >>> bright dyes, especially among Ukrainians and Rusyns.
> >>>
> >>> These are some we use to decorate our Easter table:
> >>>
> >>>
> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/4/pysanki-1
> >>> Comments are invited.
> >>
> >> Colouring eggs, using a different technique*, used to be common in the
> north of England as well.  Competitions for both children and adults would
> be held in working mens' clubs, with quite serious prizes.
> >>
> >> * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg#Colouring
> >> -
> >
> > We used to do that at school in Anglesey, when I was about seven or
> eight years old.
> >
> > I remember being very proud of one I’d done and looking forward to
> showing it to my mother when I got home.
> >
> > But at home time it was pouring with rain, bitterly cold, dark, and a
> howling gale was blowing in. I had to cycle home through it, wearing
> typical school uniform of the time - flannel shorts, blazer etc and no
> rainwear. It was bloody miserable and by the time I got home the egg was a
> broken mess of paint, shell, cardboard and yolk all over my uniform.
> >
> > I wasn’t a happy Easter bunny.
> >
> > --
>
> When I was a child we did that too, but we used hard-boiled eggs so they
> wouldn't mess anything up (other than the egg) if it got broken.
>
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[Ralf R Radermacher]

Am 05.04.21 um 15:57 schrieb Paul Stenquist:

Great story. As young children my siblings and Ialways colored eggs. Food 
coloring dye, hot water and vinegar produced vibrant color. My kids and my 
granddaughter did the same. A nice tradition.


We did as well. Afterwards we were at least as colourful as the eggs... :-)

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[Paul Stenquist]

Great story. As young children my siblings and Ialways colored eggs. Food 
coloring dye, hot water and vinegar produced vibrant color. My kids and my 
granddaughter did the same. A nice tradition.

Paul

> On Apr 5, 2021, at 9:22 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> my mother gave me and my friends an Easter party.. more than once.   We 
> always decorated hard boiled eggs with vegetable coloring and an easter egg 
> hunt around our small apartment was part of the party.  But she did more.  
> She made little favors at table of eggs sitting on "collars" with faces 
> painted on them and a bit of crepe paper for hair.  a boy and girl at each 
> plate. she made tea sandwiches for us, mostly ham . almost everyone at table 
> was Jewish..
> but not, thank goodness, from Orthodox families.  This was when I was um 9 or 
> 10 I would say.
> ann
> 
>> On 4/5/2021 9:08 AM, John wrote:
>>> On 4/5/2021 03:28:54, Bob Pdml wrote:
>>> On 5 Apr 2021, at 05:17, mike wilson  wrote:
 On 05 April 2021 at 04:50 "Daniel J. Matyola"  wrote:
> 
> These are some we use to decorate our Easter table:
> 
> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/4/pysanki-1 
> Comments are invited.
 
 Colouring eggs, using a different technique*, used to be common in the 
 north of England as well.  Competitions for both children and adults would 
 be held in working mens' clubs, with quite serious prizes.
 
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg#Colouring
 -
>>> We used to do that at school in Anglesey, when I was about seven or eight 
>>> years old.
>>> 
>>> I remember being very proud of one I’d done and looking forward to showing 
>>> it to my mother when I got home.
>>> 
>>> But at home time it was pouring with rain, bitterly cold, dark, and a 
>>> howling gale was blowing in. I had to cycle home through it, wearing 
>>> typical school uniform of the time - flannel shorts, blazer etc and no 
>>> rainwear. It was bloody miserable and by the time I got home the egg was a 
>>> broken mess of paint, shell, cardboard and yolk all over my uniform.
>>> 
>>> I wasn’t a happy Easter bunny.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>> 
>> When I was a child we did that too, but we used hard-boiled eggs so they 
>> wouldn't mess anything up (other than the egg) if it got broken.
>> 
>> 
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[ann sanfedele]

my mother gave me and my friends an Easter party.. more than once.   We 
always decorated hard boiled eggs with vegetable coloring and an easter 
egg hunt around our small apartment was part of the party.  But she did 
more.  She made little favors at table of eggs sitting on "collars" with 
faces painted on them and a bit of crepe paper for hair.  a boy and girl 
at each plate. she made tea sandwiches for us, mostly ham . almost 
everyone at table was Jewish..
but not, thank goodness, from Orthodox families.  This was when I was um 
9 or 10 I would say.

ann

On 4/5/2021 9:08 AM, John wrote:

On 4/5/2021 03:28:54, Bob Pdml wrote:

On 5 Apr 2021, at 05:17, mike wilson  wrote:
On 05 April 2021 at 04:50 "Daniel J. Matyola"  
wrote:


These are some we use to decorate our Easter table:

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/4/pysanki-1 


Comments are invited.


Colouring eggs, using a different technique*, used to be common in 
the north of England as well.  Competitions for both children and 
adults would be held in working mens' clubs, with quite serious prizes.


* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg#Colouring
-
We used to do that at school in Anglesey, when I was about seven or 
eight years old.


I remember being very proud of one I’d done and looking forward to 
showing it to my mother when I got home.


But at home time it was pouring with rain, bitterly cold, dark, and a 
howling gale was blowing in. I had to cycle home through it, wearing 
typical school uniform of the time - flannel shorts, blazer etc and 
no rainwear. It was bloody miserable and by the time I got home the 
egg was a broken mess of paint, shell, cardboard and yolk all over my 
uniform.


I wasn’t a happy Easter bunny.

--


When I was a child we did that too, but we used hard-boiled eggs so 
they wouldn't mess anything up (other than the egg) if it got broken.





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[John]

On 4/5/2021 03:28:54, Bob Pdml wrote:

On 5 Apr 2021, at 05:17, mike wilson  wrote:




On 05 April 2021 at 04:50 "Daniel J. Matyola"  wrote:


There are many ways to celebrate the Easter season.  In Eastern Europe (and
among  Amerians of Eastern European heritage), coloring Easter eggs in
intricate patterns is a traditional family activity.  Raw eggs
are decorated using a wax-resist method employing special styluses and
bright dyes, especially among Ukrainians and Rusyns.

These are some we use to decorate our Easter table:

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/4/pysanki-1
Comments are invited.


Colouring eggs, using a different technique*, used to be common in the north of 
England as well.  Competitions for both children and adults would be held in 
working mens' clubs, with quite serious prizes.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg#Colouring
-


We used to do that at school in Anglesey, when I was about seven or eight years 
old.

I remember being very proud of one I’d done and looking forward to showing it 
to my mother when I got home.

But at home time it was pouring with rain, bitterly cold, dark, and a howling 
gale was blowing in. I had to cycle home through it, wearing typical school 
uniform of the time - flannel shorts, blazer etc and no rainwear. It was bloody 
miserable and by the time I got home the egg was a broken mess of paint, shell, 
cardboard and yolk all over my uniform.

I wasn’t a happy Easter bunny.

--


When I was a child we did that too, but we used hard-boiled eggs so they 
wouldn't mess anything up (other than the egg) if it got broken.



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Re: GESO: Pysanki

[John]

The first one looks almost like one of those Fabergé Eggs. Did you do them 
yourself? How long will they last after being decorated that way?


On 4/4/2021 23:50:30, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

There are many ways to celebrate the Easter season.  In Eastern Europe (and
among  Amerians of Eastern European heritage), coloring Easter eggs in
intricate patterns is a traditional family activity.  Raw eggs
are decorated using a wax-resist method employing special styluses and
bright dyes, especially among Ukrainians and Rusyns.

These are some we use to decorate our Easter table:

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/4/pysanki-1
Comments are invited.

Dan Matyola
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[Daniel J. Matyola]

Eastern European also use onions, beets and similar natural dyes to make
Easter eggs of solid colors, which are boiled  and then eaten after being
taken to church on Easter morning to be blessed by the priest.  Pysanki are
dyed raw, with strong non-edible dyes, and are not eaten, but saved for
future display.  Decades ago, one of our Malamutes age a bowl of
pysanki that had to be at least 5 years old, and we had to give him
something to make him regurgitate the mess, lest he be poisoned by the dyes
or sickened by the contents of the eggs.

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On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 12:17 AM mike wilson  wrote:

>
> > On 05 April 2021 at 04:50 "Daniel J. Matyola" 
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > There are many ways to celebrate the Easter season.  In Eastern Europe
> (and
> > among  Amerians of Eastern European heritage), coloring Easter eggs in
> > intricate patterns is a traditional family activity.  Raw eggs
> > are decorated using a wax-resist method employing special styluses and
> > bright dyes, especially among Ukrainians and Rusyns.
> >
> > These are some we use to decorate our Easter table:
> >
> > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/4/pysanki-1
> > Comments are invited.
>
> Colouring eggs, using a different technique*, used to be common in the
> north of England as well.  Competitions for both children and adults would
> be held in working mens' clubs, with quite serious prizes.
>
> * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg#Colouring
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> On 05 April 2021 at 04:50 "Daniel J. Matyola"  wrote:
> 
> 
> There are many ways to celebrate the Easter season.  In Eastern Europe (and
> among  Amerians of Eastern European heritage), coloring Easter eggs in
> intricate patterns is a traditional family activity.  Raw eggs
> are decorated using a wax-resist method employing special styluses and
> bright dyes, especially among Ukrainians and Rusyns.
> 
> These are some we use to decorate our Easter table:
> 
> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/4/pysanki-1
> Comments are invited.

Colouring eggs, using a different technique*, used to be common in the north of 
England as well.  Competitions for both children and adults would be held in 
working mens' clubs, with quite serious prizes.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg#Colouring
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On 5 Apr 2021, at 05:17, mike wilson  wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 05 April 2021 at 04:50 "Daniel J. Matyola"  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> There are many ways to celebrate the Easter season.  In Eastern Europe (and
>> among  Amerians of Eastern European heritage), coloring Easter eggs in
>> intricate patterns is a traditional family activity.  Raw eggs
>> are decorated using a wax-resist method employing special styluses and
>> bright dyes, especially among Ukrainians and Rusyns.
>> 
>> These are some we use to decorate our Easter table:
>> 
>> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/4/pysanki-1
>> Comments are invited.
> 
> Colouring eggs, using a different technique*, used to be common in the north 
> of England as well.  Competitions for both children and adults would be held 
> in working mens' clubs, with quite serious prizes.
> 
> * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg#Colouring
> -

We used to do that at school in Anglesey, when I was about seven or eight years 
old. 

I remember being very proud of one I’d done and looking forward to showing it 
to my mother when I got home. 

But at home time it was pouring with rain, bitterly cold, dark, and a howling 
gale was blowing in. I had to cycle home through it, wearing typical school 
uniform of the time - flannel shorts, blazer etc and no rainwear. It was bloody 
miserable and by the time I got home the egg was a broken mess of paint, shell, 
cardboard and yolk all over my uniform.

I wasn’t a happy Easter bunny.

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