Getting ready for Easter – Part One

In the last week of lent we have been doing pisanki – decorating eggs with the wax reserve technique. This art I have learned with help of the Ukrainian gift shop. Here is a brief instruction how to do pysanka. We have been decorating Easter eggs this way for over 16 years.

Easter eggs symbolise the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

 

Pysanky Easter Eggs, Catholic Joy, Bernice Zieba
Pysanky Easter Eggs, Catholic Joy, Bernice Zieba
Pysanky Easter Eggs, Catholic Joy, Bernice Zieba
Pysanky Easter Eggs, Catholic Joy, Bernice Zieba
Pysanky Easter Eggs, Catholic Joy, Bernice Zieba
Pysanky Easter Eggs, Catholic Joy, Bernice Zieba
Pysanky Easter Eggs, Catholic Joy, Bernice Zieba
Pysanky Easter Eggs, Catholic Joy, Bernice Zieba
Pysanky Easter Eggs, Catholic Joy, Bernice Zieba
Pysanky Easter Eggs, Catholic Joy, Bernice Zieba
Pysanky Easter Eggs, Catholic Joy, Bernice Zieba
Pysanky Easter Eggs, Catholic Joy, Bernice Zieba

We have hanged up some pysanky Easter eggs which we have created in earlier years.

 

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