Happy Easter!
Khristos Voskres! (Christ is Risen!)
Wishing all of my readers a very Happy Easter and give you a little information on an ancient art form called pysanky. Many of you may be familiar with this beautiful tradition, but if not, there is a fantastic article that was in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently that can give you the details:
We
have been doing the regular young-kid egg dyeing projects, but this
year was the first year I was able to introduce my girls (ages 5 and 3)
to pysanky. I am of Ukrainian heritage and learned this from my aunt and
mother when I was just a bit older than they are now.
It's been years since I have made them myself, but I am looking forward to doing them in years to come with my kids.
Although we weren't quite ready to mess around with the permanent dyes typically used for this, I decided to dig out the kistkas (wax writing styluses) and beeswax to give my girls a little introduction into how it is done.
I started by 'writing' a few dividing lines around the egg to show them, and then let them each try a little scribbling with the wax. They loved it.
Here is my older daughter giving the kistka a try.
Do you have any Easter art traditions in your family?
I hope that you enjoy this beautiful day!
