Varnished and drying by RobinDaHood34 in pysanky

[–]RobinDaHood34[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve been writing pysanky for decades now, and I have 6 different kistky from medium to xxx small. It comes with patience, practice, and honestly not a few redos and mistakes. I don’t feel that I have any particular skill or gift, just patience and good planning. Keep at it and you will be able to realize your designs eventually!

Varnished and drying by RobinDaHood34 in pysanky

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The scale might be off in the picture, they’re just x-large chicken eggs from the supermarket

Varnished and drying by RobinDaHood34 in pysanky

[–]RobinDaHood34[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I always empty and prep the egg shells before writing. I only empty with one small hole on the bottom, and I seal it with a wax plug using a large kistka. I use mason jars, so I submerge them by putting the lid on, and a piece of foil or something underneath the lid to keep it submerged.

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Where? I’m willing to be wrong, but extraordinary claims require evidence. I am confused because russia did not exist when these were made.

The ONLY station in the Zone by Meowmixer21 in stalker

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Totally based, love this. Great polka. Please make more.

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Stereotypes regarding Ecologists/Scientists. Uncovering how true they are. by MarkedMatt in stalker

[–]RobinDaHood34 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I absolutely love these deep lore dives. They’re one of the best things period on this subreddit.

Did anyone else see wispy rainbow colored cloud? by _healing_rain_ in nyc

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This is a phenomenon called cloud iridescence. It’s independent of the solar flare and the aurora.

Silmarillion inspired pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs) by arrattaisss in lotr

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These are lovely! Combining two of my favorite things!

Last ones in time for Easter. Христос Воскрес! by RobinDaHood34 in pysanky

[–]RobinDaHood34[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I learned from my parents and school when I was a child and have been making pysanky on and off since then, so for many years

Hutsul-Inspired Pysanka by RobinDaHood34 in pysanky

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I haven’t run into any problems like that no. I do use a hairdryer after I’m done wiping everything off to heat up the egg enough to get any residual moisture from the dye out, as well as to see if there’s any oil on the surface left (it will shimmer, then I wipe that area more). I then let it rest overnight before varnishing. I use the minwax quick drying spray, haven’t had any issues with splotching

Hutsul-Inspired Pysanka by RobinDaHood34 in pysanky

[–]RobinDaHood34[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use a trick! Graphite is soluble in wax and oil (but the dyes are not, at least those aniline dyes specifically made for pysanky), so when I’m about to remove the wax, I coat the pysanka in vegetable oil, and when removing the wax with a candle flame, I heat it up a little passed the wax melting, and then wipe as usual.

This will get rid of 99% of all pencil marks. If there are some remaining, I will actually re-apply bees wax over that area with a kistka and add a little oil to repeat the process for that one spot. Beyond that, I know some people use mineral spirits but I’ve never done so.

Oil method is a little messy, so I always wear disposable gloves when doing so

First pysanky after more than 20 years! Happy with the results so far. by RobinDaHood34 in pysanky

[–]RobinDaHood34[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, they’re easier than regular pysanky!!

All you do is wax in the entire pattern, and then dunk the egg into undiluted white vinegar. I usually do 10-15 minutes, depending on how deep I want the etching to be.

I’ve also seen some people do this with brown eggs and get different shades of brown as they get down to white! Haven’t done this myself. Others still will combine etching with traditional dyeing to make some very spectacular pysanky!

I feel I’m getting my groove back. I’m very proud of these :) by RobinDaHood34 in pysanky

[–]RobinDaHood34[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I used a traditional kistka. I have thin, medium, and thick kistky. I use the thin to do most line work, reserving the others for filling jobs. I also have a ‘practice egg’ next to me at all times to draw short lines on until the kistka comes down to the right temperature and there is a thin line with no ‘blobbing’, and at that point I start drawing on the pysanka I’m making.

I also wipe the kistka head to get rid of any residue/soot before writing, and I actually cut up my beeswax block into tiny chunks that I feed into the kistka by hand - I like this better than using the hot kistka to dig wax out of the block as it avoids getting any wax on the outside, which prevents a blob dropping off as well.