UKRAINIAN PYSANKY CLASSES & KITS
Gathering your supplies
Learning about the items we use
Learning about the items we use
1. We will prepare and gather together all the things needed for making our Pysanka.
If you purchased a kit, you will assemble the kit and additional items needed.
Learning about the items we use
Learning about the items we use
Learning about the items we use
2. Learn why we use beeswax and how to prepare and apply it safely to your egg.
Planning your Pysanky
Learning about the items we use
Planning your Pysanky
3. Learn how to wash, clean and prepare the eggs. Drawing your design, Then lightly pencil draw your design.
Drawing your design
Decorate LIVE using ZOOM or IN-PERSON
Planning your Pysanky
4. Heating your kitska over a candle to gently warm the beeswax then draw your design
Egg dipping in various colours
Decorate LIVE using ZOOM or IN-PERSON
Decorate LIVE using ZOOM or IN-PERSON
5. Wax the parts of the design that should retain the dye color you just used.
Decorate LIVE using ZOOM or IN-PERSON
Decorate LIVE using ZOOM or IN-PERSON
Decorate LIVE using ZOOM or IN-PERSON
6. Everyone will decorate the Pysanka step-by-step with all the materials in their kit, together in-person or via Zoom
Dying your final colours
Dying your final colours
Dying your final colours
7. Dipping the egg in the next darker color and pat dry. Waxing remaining areas as needed. Repeat until you dye the final color
Revealing the Design
Dying your final colours
Dying your final colours
8 Once all the waxing and dyeing is done, we'll melt the wax off the pysanka to reveal the finished design.
Varnish and preservation
Dying your final colours
Varnish and preservation
9. Varnishing your the egg and allowing them to dry completely