Stahlke Adoption

Easter Eggs

In Texas last summer, my sister-in-law Lois treated the three younger children to a wonderful outing. They visited an art shop where each child chose an object and then decorated it. The objects are as varied as picture frames, boxes, or even Lazy Susans. The art supplies for decorating include paint, beads, tiles, etc.

David quickly chose to decorate several wooden eggs. Little did he know that he was exhibiting an important link to Ukraine. Decorated Easter eggs (Pysanky) are a very important folk art in Ukraine, rich with symbolism. The following websites give some excellent photographs of these works of art:

http://brama.com/art/pysanky.html
http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org/pysanky.html

posted by Stahlkes @ 11:21 AM