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Easter egg painting

This Easter we did Ukrainian style Easter egg dyeing, thanks to my mom’s initiative (Mom took Madeline to a workshop in dyeing Ukrainian Easter Eggs and came home with supplies for the rest of the family to create Ukrainian Easter Eggs).
Ukrainian easter-eggs-wax-application
The process is quite simple but delicate, painting fine designs in wax and coloring in various amazing colored dyes.
Ukrainian easter-eggs-
The designs emerge seemingly magically throughout the process with each dye dip, and finally, at the end with the wax removed that reveals the final picture. I became enchanted with the final dip in a deep rich black dye which adds an iridescent glow to the flowing lines of colors.

Happy Easter

xo

shelley

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