DIY- Ukranian Eggs

Each year, my art teacher friends and I do some egg dying. This year we dove in a little early due to scheduling. We use the traditional Ukrainian egg dying method of a wax-resist or batik, which is called pysanka. So for each egg, you start with the lightest color and then block out what we would like to remain that color using wax to cover it and protect it from the next color in which the egg will be dipped. This process takes forever, however after finger cramps, strained eyes, and an aching back, they look amazing! Check it out!

All the dyes with tongs set up and ready for the eggs.

Here's Rachel prepping her egg with a vinegar wipedown!

Dipping those eggs!

Chloe using a tea light candle to melt off the wax resist she put on her egg.

My egg in the process of having waxed placed on it

The same egg with all the wax on it and all the layers of dye done. 

The wax is ready to come off!

The same egg after the ax had been melted off and wiped away!

Another egg that I completed!

All my eggs I've done over the years.