So, I was looking around on Amazon earlier and found some really nifty items. As I had yet to post on this blog, I figured it would make a nice inaugural post. I'm going to be exploring the medium of pysanky- Ukranian egg dyeing- next year (and this summer). Very basically, starting with the lightest color you apply wax where you want that color to remain, and then re-dye the egg in the next color. You keep applying wax and it resists the dye, and then after the final color is applied you melt the wax off and presto! Beautiful eggs!
Anyway, it finally occurred to me to check out Amazon for books and things. I found several books I was interested in, and some tools as well. First was an egg lathe: http://www.amazon.com/Decorating-Perfect-Easily-Creative-Project/dp/B000GQQ2XM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1272070387&sr=8-2 Amazing! Might have to invest in one (or figure out how to make my own. Note: ask Dad and/or Mr. Root about that.) Second, I stumbled upon a book titled "The Art of Decorating Eggs" by Gabriella Szutor. It was 1) still published, unlike many pysanky books, and 2) pretty darn cheap! Also seems to be a fairly good instruction book, though the preview on Amazon leaves much to be desired.
This little doodad was also interesting: http://www.amazon.com/Ring-Egg-Display-Stand-Gold-Finish/dp/B0006VWRSQ/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1272070387&sr=8-9 I'm still thinking I'm going to hang the eggs, but this is another option. One other idea was plexiglass stands: http://www.amazon.com/Egg-Display-Stand-Clear-Polished-Plexiglas/dp/B0009IOAO0/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1272070557&sr=8-30 Again, I bet I could make those.
Well, that's all for tonight, folks. Enjoy
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Laura, I thought you were going to do little paintings behind the eggs? Is that idea gone? I think it is a good one, to combine different types of traditional image making (on eggs/on canvas). Just the eggs by themselves may seem too "craft" oriented, and less easy to convey content.
ReplyDeletealso, I have a psyanky kit and book that you might like to look at.
ReplyDeleteI am still doing the paintings too. I'd be screwed if I tried to just do eggs (because of the problem you mentioned, and the fact that they take a long time to make/don't always turn out as expected). Plus, that is part of the idea as you point out; combining tradition with modern image-making. I have a feeling the paintings will be watercolor or gouache, but I'm not quite sure yet. I'm going to the warehouse this week to see what sort of sketchbooks they have that would support water media. I saw a very nice watercolor sketchbook (at least 8x11 and I think it was bigger) at Barnes and Noble yesterday. It was filled with Canson 90 lb cold press, but I wanted to see if there were other options.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm always happy to look at kits and books! :) I already have a set of kitsky and I bought a large hunk of beeswax from Professor Bowen.