Tuesday, 4 January 2022

Tuesday Tips for pysanky — using a drying board

Learning pysanky is easy, fun and affordable. Continuing in our bi-weekly series we have Tips and Troubleshooting for eggs, beeswax, kistka, dyes, candles, pencil guidelines, removing beeswax, emptying your eggs, varnishing your pysanky, using a drying board, displaying your pysanky and more . . . .

What’s your learning style? is it listening (we have a podcast “Pysanka Power Podcast”), is it watching (we have a YouTube Channel “Baba’s Beeswax” or “iluvpysanky” with multiple playlists), is it doing (we have a tutorial “Teacher Guide”), is it online (we have digital resources including “ZOOM” meetings), or is it reading (we have unique publications from Canada and elsewhere). We’ve been doing all this and more since 1991 and just celebrated our 30th anniversary!

Today’s tip is to use a drying board for a safe place for your pysanky.

The oven method is a very effective and fast way to remove beeswax from your pysanky. Preheat your oven for 10 minutes at 200 degrees with the door open. Place your drying board in the centre of the oven and set up to 12 pysanky on the tripods. When the beeswax begins to melt, remove the pysanky, one at a time, and wipe off the beeswax with a soft cloth or paper towel. Make sure that the beeswax is thoroughly wiped off.  Turn the oven off.

You can make your own drying board by inserting thumb tacks into a piece of sturdy cardboard. Be careful when moving the drying board with pysanky on it, they might fall off!

Our team has you covered. You can trust the experts at Baba’s Beeswax.com. Our Mission is to provide you with everything you need to make beautiful pysanky the traditional way from pysanky supplies and kits to workshops and books. Our Vision is to inspire and encourage beginners, experts, and anyone interested in Ukrainian egg decorating to discover the magic of one of the great traditions of all time—PYSANKY!

 


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