CHICAGO -- Maria Fedachtchin's fingers trembled a bit as she etched the first intricate lines of beeswax along the smooth, unblemished shell of an egg cradled in her palm. She's learning to design ...

Egg decorating is always a fun project for kids, but can be just as much fun for adults. The most familiar is the dyed colored Easter eggs using food coloring or the kits found at the local store.

With its complex geometry and designs, Ukrainian Easter eggs originated in pagan times. Artist and ethnographer Sofika Zielyk will discuss the colorful history and tradition of the Ukrainian Easter ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X As Ukraine is thrust into the international spotlight due to the recent Russian invasion, ...

Using the heat of candles, students revealed the brilliant colors and designs of Easter eggs, decorated in the Ukrainian style, on Sunday under the instruction of Lisa Davey, a descendent of Ukrainian ...

Hours before she was scheduled to address the crowd gathered at the Dayton Art Institute, Christina Pereyma learned that Russia had just invaded Ukraine. The date was Thursday, February 24, 2022. The ...

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Every year before Easter, Olenka Mackey paints eggs in the traditional Ukrainian way of etching by hand and dipping the eggs in a variety of colors. "Ukrainian women start making ...

POTTSVILLE – As she admired the delicate colors and patterns of the pysanky egg she cradled in her hands, Haidyn Neifert smiled. “I really like it,” the 13-year-old from Schuylkill Haven said. Neifert ...

Staff photo / R. Michael Semple Honing her craft for 60 years Carol Novosel of Masury writes on a fresh egg using a kistka to create her design. Pysanka is the term used for an egg that has been ...

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Put down that egg dyeing kit and come look at the eggs Carol Novosel creates using wax and dyes like her Ukrainian ancestors did. Novosel said she can create one of these intricately designed eggs, ...

This isn’t your average, from-a-kit Easter egg dying. In preparation for the holiday, many Ukrainians partake in a tradition of intricately decorating eggs called ‘pysanka.’ The term comes from the ...