Recommended Books for Eggers
There are several books I can recommend, that will help the beginning egger to get started, or for the veteran egger to possibly move in new directions with our craft.
The following affiliate links lead to Amazon.com pages, where you can read more about them and purchase them if you like. Here they are, in order of my favorites:
For the accomplished egger, I highly recommend the book Decorating Eggs by Jane Pollak. There are several different projects you can do with eggs, including Hanging Christmas Ornament eggs, (of which I have made several batches and given them as gifts). They are easy to make and look wonderful on your tree. Also included in this book is the procedure for making eggshell jewelry. While Ms. Pollak makes hers out of goose eggs, I have altered the process a bit to use ostrich eggs for my jewelry. But the basics are the same. Lots of good stuff here.
The books I started with are this series written by the women at the Ukrainian Gift Shop in Roseville Minnesota These have clear directions, drawings, and photographs, and each provides a short history of the symbols and colors used in the art of pysanka. After completing all the exercises in these books, it naturally leads to design ideas, and a desire to continue in my own direction with this fascinating art.
Ukrainian Easter Eggs and How We Make Them This has basic, simple instructions and will get you started easily.
Author: Anne Kmit, Loretta L. Luciow
Eggs Beautiful More traditional designs.
Author: Johanna Luciow
Ukrainian Design Book 1 (or any in this series, there are 5)
Author: Natalie and Luba Perchyshyn
Pysanky and More: Jewelry, Mosaics, Etching, Ink Dyeing, Exotic Eggs
by Lorrie Popow and Donna Wolfe
The Art of Decorating Eggs I especially like this one for ideas on non-traditional egg decorating.
by Gabriella Szutor
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