pink geometric chicken egg
Before I started making pysanky with velvety smooth duck eggs, I was using standard chicken eggs from the grocery store. The duck eggs are far nicer to work with, and as a result I still have several chicken eggs sitting on my kitchen counter from I don’t know when. They are probably at least 6 weeks old and have not yet been emptied out. My husband is a little concerned that some of them may eventually explode (”spraying salmonella particles all over our kitchen” in his words).
Basically I need to start using the chicken eggs or throw them away. I hate to waste a perfectly good egg so today I practiced making a basic geometric pattern on a chicken egg. The egg was dyed pale pink, turquoise, royal blue, then rubine (red). I think the design came out okay, although the color combination is not my favorite.
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It’s so beautiful! If it explodes, it’ll be the prettiest salmonella bomb ever.
I absolutely love the design, but I have to agree with you about the colors. I’m not crazy about them.
I have really inJOYed looking at your wonderful eggs. I happened to get a book from the library because of your inspirational work. How did you happen into this and where might you get your supplies? And I really love your felted weavings. I would love to learn about that too. Thanks for your sharing!
haha funny! prettiest salmonella bomb ever… do you blow the insides out? or is there still a risk of it blowing up? i guess i don’t see any holes in the eggs, huh.
ooohh! i missed this one. very nice. i like the strands in the red square. i dunno, i kind of like the colors, sort of …