There is one in English that is available from the Wendish/Sorbian museum in
Texas. It's all B&W drawings.

If you GOOGLE Sorbian Easter Eggs or Wendish Easter Eggs, you'll come up with a
amazing amount of fotos of gorgeous eggs.

There is also a DVD available but it's from Germany.

Hope this helps....

mark

--- In pysanky-beginners@yahoogroups.com, "kistkaman" <kistkaman@...> wrote:
>
> Are there any good books on Sorbian Egg design?
>

Are there any good books on Sorbian Egg design?

--- In pysanky-beginners@yahoogroups.com, "ang102863" <ang102863@...> wrote:
>
> wanting to clean my chicken egg shells before applying the wax design,
> want is the best way to do this, so the eggs will take dye well?
> thanks, angie
>Angie the best way to clean your egg is to use Ivory Dish detergent and 3M
green Scrubbing pad rinse it under clean cool water.

A heart divide is very striking. Starting at the top of the egg with a four
heart divide(it should look like a flower)work the heart lines downward to the
bottom,working the hears back and forth.Then incorporate your continental
designs within the four divides

Thanks Mark - I will definately look ntot hiese traditional designs.
Great idea
Jane

> If you look at the traditional cultures of South Africa and the
Great
> Plains of Canada, you'll find that many of the patterns and symbols
> over-lap with basically the same meanings. One example is
> the "triangel" border, know as VOLKAMY ZUB or wolves teeth. You
find
> this pattern on the Great Plains and in South Africa and it's used
as
> a protection symbol.
>
> If you look at the bead work of the 1st Nations of Eastern Cananda,
> you'll find gorgeous examples of floral pattern bead work. Much of
> this came from France and Great Britian.
>
> You should be able to use the "wolves teeth" as part of a border
and
> then use the floral patterns to create a "family tree" pattern.
>
> Hope this helps....
>
> mark
>

If you look at the traditional cultures of South Africa and the Great
Plains of Canada, you'll find that many of the patterns and symbols
over-lap with basically the same meanings. One example is
the "triangel" border, know as VOLKAMY ZUB or wolves teeth. You find
this pattern on the Great Plains and in South Africa and it's used as
a protection symbol.

If you look at the bead work of the 1st Nations of Eastern Cananda,
you'll find gorgeous examples of floral pattern bead work. Much of
this came from France and Great Britian.

You should be able to use the "wolves teeth" as part of a border and
then use the floral patterns to create a "family tree" pattern.

Hope this helps....

mark

--- In pysanky-beginners@yahoogroups.com, "plain_jane_246"
<jane.vadheim@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone
>
> I am planning on making an ostrich egg for my parents 40th wedding
> anniversary. They have spent their lives in 3 countries (Canada,
> Africa
> and the UK) and I was thinking of using elements that represent
those
> cultures. Perhaps something with a family tree too? A lot of red
> because its a Ruby for the 40th anniversary.
>
> However, finding a way to combine these elements is a challenge. As
I
> look for inspiration and think through various designs, I wondered
if
> anyone would be willing to share their ideas or suggestions?
>
> Please note that I know eggs are very personnel and some people are
> protective about their designs. So just to clarify, I don't want a
> design provided to me, I am just looking for some ideas, comments
or
> suggestions on elements that I may use; such as dye colors that
work
> nicely together, dividing the egg or free flowing patterns, etc.
This
> is just a conversation with people who have the same hobby as me -
my
> darling husband trys to help but gets that glazed look after a few
> minutes. :)
>
> This is my third ostrich egg and I would really like to be happy
with
> it. I have sanded the egg already.
>

Hi Everyone

I am planning on making an ostrich egg for my parents 40th wedding
anniversary. They have spent their lives in 3 countries (Canada,
Africa
and the UK) and I was thinking of using elements that represent those
cultures. Perhaps something with a family tree too? A lot of red
because its a Ruby for the 40th anniversary.

However, finding a way to combine these elements is a challenge. As I
look for inspiration and think through various designs, I wondered if
anyone would be willing to share their ideas or suggestions?

Please note that I know eggs are very personnel and some people are
protective about their designs. So just to clarify, I don't want a
design provided to me, I am just looking for some ideas, comments or
suggestions on elements that I may use; such as dye colors that work
nicely together, dividing the egg or free flowing patterns, etc. This
is just a conversation with people who have the same hobby as me - my
darling husband trys to help but gets that glazed look after a few
minutes. :)

This is my third ostrich egg and I would really like to be happy with
it. I have sanded the egg already.

oooh that is a great idea..rubber stamp designs ---i would have never thought of
that. 

--- On Fri, 9/26/08, Laura Gephart <ljg852@...> wrote:

From: Laura Gephart <ljg852@...>
Subject: Re: [pysanky-beginners] Re: looking for christmas designs
To: pysanky-beginners@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, September 26, 2008, 6:30 PM







Alot of times if you look at rubber stamp designs, they can be adapted to simple
egg designs. They are especially good designs for etching eggs.
Laura
To: pysanky-beginners@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:13 AM
Subject: [pysanky-beginners] Re: looking for christmas designs

--- In pysanky-beginners@ yahoogroups. com, "ang102863" <ang102863@. ..>
wrote:
>
> i would like to make some eggs (chicken) for christmas ornaments as
> gifts, does anyone know any very simple designs, or have any ideas
for
> this.. thanks, angie

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Alot of times if you look at rubber stamp designs, they can be adapted to
simple egg designs.  They are especially good designs for etching eggs.
   Laura
   To: pysanky-beginners@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:13 AM
   Subject: [pysanky-beginners] Re: looking for christmas designs


   --- In pysanky-beginners@yahoogroups.com, "ang102863" <ang102863@...>
   wrote:
   >
   > i would like to make some eggs (chicken) for christmas ornaments as
   > gifts, does anyone know any very simple designs, or have any ideas
   for
   > this.. thanks, angie





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--- In pysanky-beginners@yahoogroups.com, "ang102863" <ang102863@...>
wrote:
>
> i would like to make some eggs (chicken) for christmas ornaments as
> gifts, does anyone know any very simple designs, or have any ideas
for
> this.. thanks, angie
>


have you tried to google snowflakes pictures and try to adapt the
lines to a egg designs.

wanting to clean my chicken egg shells before applying the wax design,
want is the best way to do this, so the eggs will take dye well?
thanks, angie

what is the best way to clean eggs before doing you design, so that
they will take dye well.. thanks, angie

Go to learnpysanky dot com and work with the basic star design.  You can do all
sorts of variations on this theme.  ANd if you make the points not so severe,
and make one shape within another, it makes a lovely snowflake design.  You can
use this idea and make lots of eggs, each one different from the other.

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i would like to make some eggs (chicken) for christmas ornaments as
gifts, does anyone know any very simple designs, or have any ideas for
this.. thanks, angie

totally empty the egg.  Holes not sealed with wax.  Cover egg with light coating
of olive oil.  Lay on crumpled paper towel on saucer in microwave.  About 10
seconds should do it.   Wipe with paper towel.  Careful,  it's hot.   So quick
and so easy.

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DOES ANYONE KNOW A SIMPLE WAY OF REMOVING THE WAX FROM THE EGG ONCE
YOU ARE DONE WITH IT, I PUT SAND IN MINE AND SEAL THE END WITH WAX,
AND DON'T WANT TO USE THE CANDLE WAY.. USUALLY PUT IN MINERAL SPIRITS,
BUT I DON'T WANT THE MINERAL SPIRTS TO EAT THE WAX OUT OF THE END AND
THEN ALL MY SAND END UP IN THE JAR OF MINERAL SPIRTS.  ANY ADVISE???
THANKS, ANGIE

I haven't had a problem yet with sand leaking into my dyes, but have
always wondered whether it would be a problem if one of the shells
broke while in the dye solution..

As for the sand getting wet, I've had that happen and then it doesn't
want to come back out right away, but after a few days to dry out it
has always come out again just fine.

The idea of using little "bb's" sounds interesting. I will have to try
it out.

--- In pysanky-beginners@yahoogroups.com, "plain_jane_246"
<jane.vadheim@...> wrote:
>
> I have heard that sand can cause some problems if it gets wet or leaks
> into the dyes.

Actually it is fairly simple. If you don't have a teensy perfume funnel it
is easy to make a funnel out of a circle of good quality typing paper. I
have done this and it works a treat,
Smiles,
Lib

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Sharon Day <HarpandDulc@...> wrote:

>   Putting sand in the eggs. Sounds like a good idea, for holding the eggs
> down in the dye; but how in the world do you put the sand in? That sounds
> more difficult than emptying the egg in the first place!
>
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>
>
>


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I have heard that sand can cause some problems if it gets wet or leaks
into the dyes. However I have seen a suggestion for using little BB
pellets which I thought was a great idea. They won't contaminate your
dye and if they are easy to get out even if they accidently get wet. I
haven't tried it as I don't bother filling the blown eggs (I just work
on them empty)

> Putting sand in the eggs.  Sounds like a good idea, for holding the
eggs down in the dye; but how in the world do you put the sand in?
That sounds more difficult than emptying the egg in the first place!

I also use sand in blown shells. To get the sand into the shell, I use
a funnel with a larger mouth than the hole in the egg shell and just
rest it so that it surrounds the hole completely.
--It helps if you pre-sift the sand with a fine sieve. Fine grains
enter the eggshell most easily and quickly!
--If the sand stops moving before the shell is full (as sometimes
happens if you haven't removed the larger grains of sand or if the
humidity is high and the sand wants to clump a bit), then I use a
think bamboo skewer to stir the sand and break up the clumps.

I use the paper first-aid tape to cover the hole, then I wax over the
paper tape to create a watertight seal.

Hope this helps!
--Tahlia

--- In pysanky-beginners@yahoogroups.com, angela hicks <ang102863@...>
wrote:
>
> hi sharon,
> it is not that bad, i put a small syringe the head end in the end of
the egg , and then pour some sand in a measuring cup and fill the
syringe, and the sand goes down in the egg, just having problems
plugging the ends, wax is not working for me trying to find another
option.. angie
>
> --- On Tue, 8/19/08, Sharon Day <HarpandDulc@...> wrote:
>
> From: Sharon Day <HarpandDulc@...>

> Putting sand in the eggs. Sounds like a good idea, for holding the
eggs down in the dye; but how in the world do you put the sand in?
That sounds more difficult than emptying the egg in the first place!
>

hi sharon,
it is not that bad, i put a small syringe the head end in the end of the egg ,
and then pour some sand in a measuring cup and fill the syringe, and the sand
goes down in the egg, just having problems plugging the ends, wax is not working
for me trying to find another option.. angie

--- On Tue, 8/19/08, Sharon Day <HarpandDulc@...> wrote:

From: Sharon Day <HarpandDulc@...>
Subject: [pysanky-beginners] sand
To: pysanky-beginners@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 2:12 PM






Putting sand in the eggs. Sounds like a good idea, for holding the eggs down in
the dye; but how in the world do you put the sand in? That sounds more difficult
than emptying the egg in the first place!

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Putting sand in the eggs.  Sounds like a good idea, for holding the eggs down in
the dye; but how in the world do you put the sand in?  That sounds more
difficult than emptying the egg in the first place!

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just wondering if you blow out your egg , fill with sand and then dye,
when you remove the wax, all the sand will fall out , is there a
correct way of doing this , i'm confused, just beginner so not sure .
thanks for all your help...

i have blowed out my eggs, and filled with sand, but i cannot get the
wax to seal the ends, is there any other ideas anyone has??? thanks
angie very frustrated

THANKS FOR EMAILING ME, I AM GOING TO TRY THAT TRICK, HOW DO YOU SEAL THE ENDS
WITH WAX , ??? I HAVE TRIED IT AND THE WAX ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME OFF.. THANKS,
ANGIE

--- On Wed, 8/13/08, plain_jane_246 <jane.vadheim@...> wrote:

From: plain_jane_246 <jane.vadheim@...>
Subject: [pysanky-beginners] Re: easy way to dye eggs after blowing them out
To: pysanky-beginners@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 12:50 PM






Hi Angie
I empty all my eggs first and seal the hole with wax. Then I use spoons
or a weighted small glass to hold them under the dyes. Its not as easy
but I got fed up with losing finished eggs.
Jane

--- In pysanky-beginners@ yahoogroups. com, "ang102863" <ang102863@. ..>
wrote:
>
> i have done several pysanky eggs ( just beginning ) and my first one
> exploded yesterday what a mess . does any one know a simple way of
> dyeing the eggs after blowing them out instead of keeping the egg
> inside. thanks angie
>


















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Hi Angie

I use MIN-WAX
POLYURETHANE, eitherr
satin or gloss finish. I
used to use VARATHANE but
it's getting more
difficult to find where I
live.

I also use a BLAZ-FIX to
empty my eggs. It comes
with a small drill bit to
make the small hole in the
egg.

The other reason I don't
empty my eggs before I
work on them is that you
have make the hole a part
of your design from the
beginning. You have work
that little white piece of
shell into your design
unless you're REALLY good
at coloring you eggs once
you get take the wax off...

hope this helps...

mark

ps if you go to
www.ukrainiangiftshop.com
you'll see the BLAZ-FIX
that I use to empty my
eggs....

--- In pysanky-
beginners@yahoogroups.com,
angela hicks
<ang102863@...> wrote:
>
> thanks for your help,
>  
> i use a small compressor
( daughter has a nebulizer
machine, works great) the
only reason i hate to wait
to empty after finishing
an egg is sometimes it may
be 2-3 weeks before i get
the egg completed, and
afraid i will have a hard
time getting the insides
out, haven't tried it
after waiting so long, so
not sure , any
suggestions???
>  
> what type varnish do you
use on your completed
eggs?? and once you
varnish them do you use a
dremel to put a hole in
the end to blow out or how
do you do it? thanks, angie
>


> --- On Wed, 8/13/08,
slocrobear <cahek@...>
wrote:
>
> From: slocrobear
<cahek@...>
> Subject: [pysanky-
beginners] Re: easy way to
dye eggs after blowing
them out
> To: pysanky-
beginners@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, August
13, 2008, 5:49 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The hard is anchoring
the
> egg in the dye so that
it
> dyes evenly and doesn't
> float. People have
> mentioned all kinds of
> things to anchor the egg
> in the dye such has shot
> glasses, spice bottle
and
> even filling them with
> sand.
>
> You have to remember,
one
> bump against the table
and
> your egg is launched
into
> space along with all the
> dye so look out....
>
> What are you using to
> empty your eggs?
>
> I've been doing eggs for
> 25+ years and I've
always
> worked on full eggs and
> emptied them as the very
> last step after
> varnishing.. ..
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> mark
>
> --- In pysanky-
> beginners@yahoogrou
ps.com,
> "ang102863"
> <ang102863@ ..> wrote:
> >
> > i have done several
> pysanky eggs ( just
> beginning ) and my first
> one
> > exploded yesterday
what
> a mess . does any one
know
> a simple way of
> > dyeing the eggs after
> blowing them out instead
> of keeping the egg
> > inside. thanks angie
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of
this message have been
removed]
>

Hi Angie
I empty all my eggs first and seal the hole with wax. Then I use spoons
or a weighted small glass to hold them under the dyes. Its not as easy
but I got fed up with losing finished eggs.
Jane


--- In pysanky-beginners@yahoogroups.com, "ang102863" <ang102863@...>
wrote:
>
> i have done several pysanky eggs ( just beginning ) and my first one
> exploded yesterday what a mess . does any one know a simple way of
> dyeing the eggs after blowing them out instead of keeping the egg
> inside. thanks angie
>

Just empty the egg, and hopefully you are using a blas-fix, so you only need one
hole.  Then take a little piece of beeswax, and roll into a tiny cone/tube shape
that you can stuff into the hole.   With an empty hot kistka, seal that wax all
around, so the hole is well sealed with wax.  Now, proceed as usual, but you
will have to hold the egg down in the dyes.   I sometimes prefer to do my eggs
this way.  That way there is no problem of affecting your design when you do
empty the egg.

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thanks for your help,
 
i use a small compressor ( daughter has a nebulizer machine, works great) the
only reason i hate to wait to empty after finishing an egg is sometimes it may
be 2-3 weeks before i get the egg completed, and afraid i will have a hard time
getting the insides out, haven't tried it after waiting so long, so not sure ,
any suggestions???
 
what type varnish do you use on your completed eggs?? and once you varnish them
do you use a dremel to put a hole in the end to blow out or how do you do it?
thanks, angie

--- On Wed, 8/13/08, slocrobear <cahek@...> wrote:

From: slocrobear <cahek@...>
Subject: [pysanky-beginners] Re: easy way to dye eggs after blowing them out
To: pysanky-beginners@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 5:49 PM






The hard is anchoring the
egg in the dye so that it
dyes evenly and doesn't
float. People have
mentioned all kinds of
things to anchor the egg
in the dye such has shot
glasses, spice bottle and
even filling them with
sand.

You have to remember, one
bump against the table and
your egg is launched into
space along with all the
dye so look out....

What are you using to
empty your eggs?

I've been doing eggs for
25+ years and I've always
worked on full eggs and
emptied them as the very
last step after
varnishing.. ..

Hope this helps...

mark

--- In pysanky-
beginners@yahoogrou ps.com,
"ang102863"
<ang102863@. ..> wrote:
>
> i have done several
pysanky eggs ( just
beginning ) and my first
one
> exploded yesterday what
a mess . does any one know
a simple way of
> dyeing the eggs after
blowing them out instead
of keeping the egg
> inside. thanks angie
>


















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The hard is anchoring the
egg in the dye so that it
dyes evenly and doesn't
float. People have
mentioned all kinds of
things to anchor the egg
in the dye such has shot
glasses, spice bottle and
even filling them with
sand.

You have to remember, one
bump against the table and
your egg is launched into
space along with all the
dye so look out....

What are you using to
empty your eggs?

I've been doing eggs for
25+ years and I've always
worked on full eggs and
emptied them as the very
last step after
varnishing....

Hope this helps...

mark


--- In pysanky-
beginners@yahoogroups.com,
"ang102863"
<ang102863@...> wrote:
>
> i have done several
pysanky eggs ( just
beginning ) and my first
one
> exploded yesterday what
a mess . does any one know
a simple way of
> dyeing the eggs after
blowing them out instead
of keeping the egg
> inside. thanks angie
>