In pysanky, the colors and designs carry meaning and call out to the gods and goddesses for health, fertility, love, wealth and much more With Easter approaching this Sunday, and amid the ongoing war ...
POTTSVILLE – When it comes to decorating a pysanky Easter egg, there is no such thing as a bad egg. Each one is different. It was the lesson taught by Georgine Postupack-Borchick during a class ...
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 ...
Pysanky is a traditional Eastern European way to decorate Easter eggs. For this elaborate variety, an artist spent 10-12 hours on each egg. Sts. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church in ...
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, ...
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.
ROCHESTER — An ancient art has long been a source of respite for Alexandra Wolanskyj. Over the past few weeks, as she watched people in her family’s home country stave off a Russian invasion, she's ...
OAKLAND — Something as benign as an egg fosters creativity and hope and wards off bad luck, according to Ukrainian folklore. Area artisans are busy creating intricately decorated eggs called “pysanky” ...