YARDLEY, Pa -- Basia Andrusko has been writing Pysanky since she was a child, etching ornate designs on everything from chicken, finch and quail eggs to ostrich, emu and rhea eggs. Pysaty comes from ...
With every pysanky class Tammy Budnovitch teaches, she ensures that the Ukrainian craft passed down to her continues. “There are so many traditions that our ancestors have brought over that are dying ...
They’re not your ordinary dyed Easter eggs. About a dozen crafters, many of them novices, came to Greensburg on Saturday to try their hands at turning white eggshells into intricately designed, ...
Spring Cassidy of North Huntingdon is pretty sure she’s just going to buy a standard egg dye kit from the store next year. “This is not easy,” said Cassidy, as she worked to create a delicate design ...
Let's talk about a beautiful Easter tradition that many Americans may not know about: painting pysanky eggs! This craft is probably unfamiliar to most families, who have their own Easter egg rituals.
With Easter approaching this Sunday, and amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, renewed interest is arising in one of the country's most celebrated Easter traditions. Think you're good at coloring eggs with ...
Artist Anna Chychula, second from right, shows workshop attendees design elements in creating Ukrainian pysanky eggs at the Ukrainian National Museum. A collection of ornately decorated Ukrainian ...