Index: “How-To” Information
Blog #73
A simple click on the image will access the desired how-to information to help achieve a harmonious blend of balance and symmetry when creating a pysanky.
When vertical and horizontal guidelines are used together they create a grid that allows the pysanka’s symbols and design elements to be strategically placed around the curved surface of the egg.
The Guidelines for Symmetry shows the vertical/horizontal guidelines in place and includes design elements/symbols drawn within the grid.
Other examples of this pysanka, using the same foundational guidelines, can be viewed in the following:
A start-to-finish slideshow — transforming the
40-Triangle guidelines into a finished pysanka — can
be viewed in the following:
Included in the above guideline information is a selection of finished Six-Rose pysanky.
Images of other swirl pysanky can be found in
Add a bit of extra dye, on a specific area before waxing, to create a gradient effect on pysanky.
Adding gray dye to the small sections of the pussy willow while the egg is still white, then waxing over it, gives the pussy willow a more natural and interesting look.
Clicking the above image brings up the main “how-to” section of the website. Clicking on the landing page reveals a slide show of pysanky, a start-to-finish pysanka sequence, information on how to blow out an egg, how to dye a blown-out egg and some helpful tips.
Continuing Prayers for World Peace…
Peace Begins with Me
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Spirit,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen
Ukrainian folklore characterizes pysanky as a symbolic, talismanic writing that invokes a higher Universal Power for help, while believing with faithful certainty that It will. The contemporary version of this characterization is a paper-and-pen journaling practice called prayer writing. Both develop a personal relationship with God.
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