Made this one for my daughter, the drama teacher, but she's never taken it home, so here it sits in my cabinet and rolls back and forth between tragedy and comedy.
Monday, March 31, 2014
It took me several tries to get this egg right. I've got so many L.D.S. symbols on it and I wanted it right, and I got it. The Book of Mormon, and the golden stairs, the ocean waves on both sides of the brick walls of the fountain, the temple with CTR, the 3 degrees and the tree of life, all on one egg with Moroni at the top of the temple
As I said, I've done traditional Psyanky, but frequently not in traditional colors. Some times the amount of black on traditional eggs makes me wonder why anyone would want black on an egg that was for a Springtime celebration. I love the longer days of spring. More sunlight makes me a happier person.
Took a Psyanky class about 20 years ago and continually play with it. Yes, I make some traditional one, but I find the art very useful for other designs. This just happens to be on of my favorites. I love butterflies and was able to make duplicates on each side of the egg, wings just barely touching.
It makes it home on my Springtime display.
Somedays I think I could make 100 of these. Their so easy, and use up all those little scraps and bits of fabric and lace, and besides they're great for tossing at each other. I remember a day when I toss one, didn't mean to do this it, but it hit the vac tech right in the back of the head, like he had a target there. He turned and accused the other vac tech of tossing it, and I was laughing so hard I couldn't apologize and take the blame. Did eventually, but it too a good long minute.
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Saturday, March 29, 2014
The old (I think) Irish blessing, get turned around to a wish for good time on All Hallows Eve. I made this saying on a hoodie several years ago, and recently had to remade it. It's a fun statement of Halloween
'WITH Ghosties and Goulies and Long Legged Beasties, and things that go bump in the night.....LET'S PARTY."
Eggs are not just for Easter anymore. Probably 10 years ago I saw an egg and suddenly saw a pumpkin. One lead to another, and that lead to a tree. Well, you can't just have pumpkins on a tree, so in those wee hours of the night, other Halloween ideas came forth, until I have a complete Halloween tree. Here's #1
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Took most of the summer of 2010 to make this one. Had to find the Aboriginal type drawings, then had to work at at keeping my layers this side of going thru. Egg dust is a danger so it needs to be done, best outside. Wish I could show all four sides. I tried to capture Australia in all of the drawing, and think I did a pretty good job, while showing the varying colors of the layers.
These were quite popular several years ago. Buy a dozen plastic egg. Fill them with a piece of paper that has the scriptures that tell the Easter story, one per egg. Put the bits and pieces of the Easter story (small nails, a small wooden cross made from toothpicks, 4 dimes for the pieces of silver, you get the idea) and sit your children down and have them open the eggs and tell the Easter Story. The last egg is empty, just like the tomb. That wasn't good enough for my mother. She was quite a good artist, so her eggs go painted with the story too. Tear drops, a crown of thorns, flowers, each egg got painted to match the story. Wonderful job, wonderful way to teach. Wonderful member of my collection.
This one I did, mostly to see if I could. I had found some shiny metallic painted eggs and started playing with them. This is the only one I felt good enough to put in the cabinet. The rest? Not sure where they got off too. Probably in the bottom of some box and the grandkids play with them.
I've had the egg for many years, in fact I think you're looking at the 3rd coat of paint it's had. I just didn't get it right until I painted it gloss white, put on the lavender, then wiped if off so that the white shows thru, it really does look like lace. Added the silver and dark purple accents, made the base silver and dark purple and put our wedding photo inside that it finally became established in my collection. This one does please me.
Found a wonderful paper with all kinds of flowers on it and thought I would finally try my hand a Washi paper. It's an oriental technique that requires you to cut paper until it sort of looks like a picket fence then carefully cover the egg so there are no creases or wrinkles on the paper as it covers the egg. MESSY!. Lots of patience and glue. But pleasing.
Not joking. Got handed a pile of Swarovski sequins and one cold nasty winter day, I took them, a plain wooden egg, a bunch of glue and my patience and worked it all together. It works and will probably continue to take up space in the cabinet until something better comes along.;
Yes, ties, those lovely silk ties need a very heavy dye to get a vivid as they are, and that dye will transfer with the help of some hot water and vinegar to an egg shell. Ever needed an excuse to get rid of a tie or two of your hubbie? Now you have an excuse, and the kids can have some fun. Luckily, I have tie fabric scraps from projects left over from my days working in a Sew & Vac Shop.
Around 2002 my mother, in Los Angeles started playing with er garden/backyard. She build a fish pond out of bricks, laid down brick pathways, put up hummingbird feeders. Added Passion Fruit vines to her already established fruit trees, strawberry patch, put in roses, and all kinds of ground cover. It was just a really fairy garden. Gazing balls, lots of wind chimes, whirly-gigs and yard toys. I captured it on Psyanky egg and gave it to her. It was really one of the most important things for me to take from her estate.
In all the natural dyes, Onion is prized for its yellow. Most people let the onion skins soak, drain the dye, and then put in the egg. I left the egg in the bed of onion skins and got a really good dye job. I'm thinking about doing it again, and using it as a base for something else. Haven't gotten farther along that this, yet.
This one get's two photos. Loretta was teaching me face paints and K was my very patient model. As I was thinking about what other eggs I wanted to know Mike suddenly had to become part of the gallery. I've gotten better at the face painting, but I'm not sure I can do better on the egg. He's just right. Thanks K
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