A Pysanka Poem Worth Sharing — To the Egg

Discover the magic of pysanky one poem at a time in our monthly sharing of these words arranged purposefully with meaning, sound, and rhythm.

Just as Baba’s Beeswax inspires and encourages beginners, experts, and anyone interested in Ukrainian egg decorating, these featured authors connect us to tradition and inspire us to new possibilities.

We hope you enjoy reading To the Egg, by Aline Becker:

To the egg —

which in olden times
was colored with myth and superstition,
which now is colored
with stains and velvets and jewels!
A source of pleasure
to all who see them
from scratch-carved to pysanky
to Faberge’s precious creations
to today’s never-ending variety!
Here’s to the egg!

______________

©1980 Almost Everything About Heirloom Eggs, Springfield MO

 

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Pysanka Power Podcast: The Technique of Using Pencil Guidelines

Have you heard my Pysanka Power Podcast? The pillars of this audio file include tools of the trade, technique, how to’s and DIYs, history & legends, symbolism, and activities just for fun. Discover something different every week from now until Easter here or on your favourite podcast app. Today's topic is the technique of using pencil guidelines.

https://www.babasbeeswax.com/X-Pysanka%20Power%20Podcast/The%20Technique%20of%20Using%20Pencil%20Guidelines.mp3

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Friday Funnies — my husband is part Ukrainian!

Today is Friday and who couldn’t use a little pysanka humour to start off the weekend? Discover the magic of pysanky one joke at a time! ©1991 Karlos Barney

 

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Ask Us Anything About Pysanky – fun stuff

Tools, technique, tradition and more . . . . ask us anything about pysanky. To share our knowledge, our team of experts at www.babasbeeswax.com draws on not only our heritage, but also over 30 years teaching pysanky to all ages and levels of experience since 1991. Today's dialogue is on pysanka fun.

Question  – Who is Guy Kistka?

Answer – He's the whimsical and playful character of BabasBeeswax.com. Just like the patriarch of founder Joan Brander's family, he's tall and handsome. His image was created by artist #MarciaMoroz. Follow him as he offers tips, hints and advice on writing pysanky.

We believe that pysanky is a fun activity. We also embrace “Panya Pysanka”, our cool, hip, and whimsical mascot character who follows us on social media to help promote pysanky.

 

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Stand With Ukraine — Make Pysanky Not War

Creative designs from Baba’s Pysanky Boutique. As long as pysanky are being made, evil shall not prevail in the world. Make pysanky. Not war. On your birthday, Dad, I Stand With Ukraine in this time of need  with apparel (more than just T-shirts), gifts and novelty items for your home or office (greeting cards, mugs, etc.). See the entire Collection here https://www.cafepress.ca/babaspysankyboutique/17315546

#CafePress #pysanky #UkrainianEasterEgg #BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander

Pysanka Podcast: Traditional Pysanky Symbols — Geometric Patterns

Have you heard my Pysanka Power Podcast? The pillars of this audio file include tools of the trade, technique, how to’s and DIYs, history & legends, symbolism, and activities just for fun. Discover something different every week from now until Easter here or on your favourite podcast app. Today’s topic is traditional pysanky symbols — geometric patterns.

https://www.babasbeeswax.com/X-Pysanka%20Power%20Podcast/Traditional%20Pysanky%20Symbols%20-%20Geometric%20Patterns.mp3

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Friday Funnies – parents!

This is no April Fool's yoke. Today is Friday and who couldn’t use a little pysanka humour to start off the weekend? Discover the magic of pysanky one joke at a time! ©Thomas

 

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Ask Us Anything About Pysanky – tools

Tools, technique, tradition and more . . . . ask us anything about pysanky. To share our knowledge, our team of experts at www.babasbeeswax.com draws on not only our heritage, but also over 30 years teaching pysanky to all ages and levels of experience since 1991. Today's dialogue is on tradition.

Question  – What are some books you recommend for pysanky?

Answer – There’s different types: design books, children’s books (including activities and stories), and pamphlets. The pamphlet Ukrainian Easter Egg Pysanka Beginners' Designs is a great start for designs and instructions. For popular design books published by Ukrainian Gift Shop, start with Design Book 1, then progress through the other numbers. That makes it easier to know which one to get next! To see book previews head on over to our YouTube Channel (Baba’s Beeswax / iluvpysanky) | Book Previews Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYi4KbARmTrG7eUcgyw_ffqmJG8Tt7l4o. Then head over to https:www.babasbeeswax.com to get a copy of this book for your own collection.

We believe that pysanky is fun and we embrace “Panya Pysanka”, our cool, hip, and whimsical mascot character. See her here in our “Ask Us Anything About Pysanky” post and elsewhere on social media to see how we promote pysanky.

 

#PanyaPysanka #AskUsAnything #JoanBrander #BabasBeeswax

New Stand for Ukraine fundraiser potential on our website

 

Creative designs from Baba’s Pysanky Boutique – Pysanka Power

Embrace the power of pysanky in our Pysanka Power Collection of face masks, apparel (more than just T-shirt), gifts and novelty items for your home or office (greeting cards, mugs, etc.). A variety of gifts and novelty items depicts decorated eggs all in a row.

See the Collection here. https://www.cafepress.ca/babaspysankyboutique/17219861

#CafePress #pysanky #UkrainianEasterEgg #BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander

Ask Us Anything About Pysanky – tradition

Tools, technique, tradition and more . . . . ask us anything about pysanky. To share our knowledge, our team of experts at www.babasbeeswax.com draws on not only our heritage, but also over 30 years teaching pysanky to all ages and levels of experience since 1991. Today's dialogue is on tradition.

Question  – What is the colour on a traditional Ukrainian pysanka that symbolizes purity, innocence and birth?

Answer – The white of a white shell. To see the vibrant palette of 18 pysanky dyes from Baba’s Beeswax, open this Colour Chart on their website https://www.babasbeeswax.com/18%20Pysanky%20Dyes.htm. They also have a handy Laminated Pysanky Colour Sequence Chart explaining the traditional sequence for guaranteed results, including "orange wash" https://www.babasbeeswax.com/Catalogue.htm.

We believe that pysanky is fun and we embrace “Panya Pysanka”, our cool, hip, and whimsical mascot character. See her here in our “Ask Us Anything About Pysanky” post and elsewhere on social media to see how we promote pysanky.

 

#PanyaPysanka #AskUsAnything #JoanBrander #BabasBeeswax

Pysanka Power Podcast — All About Pysanky Dyes

Have you been listening to our Pysanka Power Podcast? We’re featuring an episode each week between now and Easter. The pillars of this audio file include tools of the trade, technique, how to’s and DIYs, history & legends, symbolism, and activities just for fun. Discover something different every week here or on your favourite podcast app. Today’s topic is all about pysanky dyes.

https://www.babasbeeswax.com/X-Pysanka%20Power%20Podcast/All%20About%20Pysanky%20Dyes.mp3

#PysankaPowerPodcast #BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander

Friday Funnies – hide the kids!

Today is Friday and who couldn’t use a little pysanka humour to start off the weekend? Discover the magic of pysanky one joke at a time!  ©ballmemes . com

 

#PysankaHumour #BabasBeeswax

Ask Us Anything About Pysanky – tools

Tools, technique, tradition and more . . . . ask us anything about pysanky. To share our knowledge, our team of experts at www.babasbeeswax.com draws on not only our heritage, but also over 30 years teaching pysanky to all ages and levels of experience since 1991. Today's dialogue is on tools.

Question  – Can I use brown eggs for pysanky

Answer – Yes brown eggs can be used. They produce very nice results, akin to an “antique” look.

We believe that pysanky is fun and we embrace “Panya Pysanka”, our cool, hip, and whimsical mascot character. See her here in our “Ask Us Anything About Pysanky” post and elsewhere on social media to see how we promote pysanky.

 

#PanyaPysanka #AskUsAnything #JoanBrander #BabasBeeswax

Creative designs from Baba’s Pysanky Boutique – Baba’s Beeswax

You’ll be at the forefront of preserving one of the great traditions of all time wearing apparel in this Baba’s Beeswax Collection of face masks, apparel (more than just T-shirt), gifts and novelty items for your home or office (greeting cards, mugs, etc.). A variety of gifts and novelty items also features the logo.

See the Collection here. https://www.cafepress.ca/babaspysankyboutique/17219852

#CafePress #pysanky #UkrainianEasterEgg #BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander

Pysanka Power Podcast – The Ancient Origins of Pysanky and Stories Told About Them

Have you heard my Pysanka Power Podcast? The pillars of this audio file include tools of the trade, technique, how to’s and DIYs, history & legends, symbolism, and activities just for fun. Discover something different every week from now until Easter here or on your favourite podcast app. Today’s topic is the ancient origins of pysanky and stories told about them.

https://www.babasbeeswax.com/X-Pysanka%20Power%20Podcast/The%20Ancient%20Origins%20of%20Pysanky%20and%20Stories%20Told%20About%20Them.mp3

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Friday Funnies — For better or worse

For better or worse. Today is Friday and who couldn’t use a little pysanka humour to start off the weekend? Discover the magic of pysanky one joke at a time! Credit for this one goes to ©Lynn Johnston

 

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St. Paddy's Day

Feeling the luck of the Irish today with beeswax and dyes and looking for the pot of gold! Happy St. Paddy's Day!

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Take a look. Read a book!

Discover the magic of pysanky, one book at a time. Have a look at this eBook Pysanka Power – Writing Eggs with Beeswax and Dyes : Instructions, information, and money saving tips for all levels of experience (978-1-8972553-34-2). Head over to https:www.babasbeeswax.com Lulu Bookstore, Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble NOOK, Amazon Kindle, and Kobo and Everything Else to order your own copy.

Chapters include: Raw Eggs versus Empty Eggshells; Hanging Pysanky; Christmas Ornaments; Bleached Pysanky; Traditional Egg Division; Colours and Their Meaning; How to Get Beautiful Results the Very First Time; How to Empty Pysanky; More than 80 Pysanky Tips; Trypillian Pysanky

 

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Tuesday Tips for pysanky — your candles

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 sturdy candleholders with a low centre of gravity to prevent your candle from toppling over. To learn more about safety when writing pysanky, download this free handout from Baba’s Beeswax Fire Safety Fact Sheet.

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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