Let's start!
step 1.Draw a pattern with a pencil
step 2.Apply wax using a special tool
step 3.Dip it in a dye
And then you need to dry it with a towel paper and softly remove wax using a flannel cloth.
If you want to make a colorful egg, you can apply the next layer of wax and dip the egg in the next color.
Unfortunately, we had no time to wait untill the end of the presentation. Making each egg took almost an hour!If you want to make a colorful egg, you can apply the next layer of wax and dip the egg in the next color.
If you'd like to find out what the batik decorated eggs looks like click here!
All the photos were taken during the education show in the City Museum by Arkadiusz Belica
phot. by Marito
13 comments:
Tylko skąd wziąć ten special tool? Ech, znowu się skończy na pisankach malowanych flamastrami...
Special tool mozna zrobić z ołówka i blaszki, ktorą zakończone są (były?) sznurówki do butów :D
Chociaż to na zdjęciu, to akurat końcówka metalowej, pewnie też nie do zdobycia, igły do strzykawek (wiem, wiem, BHP)
;-)
Thank you for the lesson, Fio. That is one beautiful egg in the third photo down.
Many thanks for this post and for the links! I will check it certainly!Great tradition!
Kind Regards,
Léia
Super:) Ale faktycznie...godzina na jedno jajko!
I would have never imagined it was like that: great set of photos!
An hour for one egg! That's a pretty involved procedure.
great photos of an annual tradition. I really likey our last photo! I am really glad you enjoyed the Crazy 88 butterfly! It truly was real and free in the wild.
Now I know how some of my family's eggs were made!
Many thanks for this series. It seems almost incredible that painting or drawing on eggs is possible.
I think we have in the periphery of Marburg some few villages who have similar egg decorations.
I am glad this sort of tradition continues. I gather that the eggs are blown first. What do you think happens to them after they have been painted? Maybe they are just thrown out next week? I guess the organic material inside the egg starts to rot.
It reminds me the time I went for Polish Easter breakfast in the US. The eggs in the table were very beautiful (I always wondered how they do it). The only problem I had was with żurek (it was too heavy for me, and I don't like eggs at all).
Julie - we usually use empty eggs shells for decorating :)
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