The ancient Ukrainian tradition - tie-dye Easter eggs, called pysanka has been actively reviving. Eggs are doing with their hands on the eve of Easter, usually on Thursday and Friday.
Lesson is very simple and the power of each, it is important only to the desire and the appropriate mood. In this article you will find a detailed description and photos, how to make Easter eggs Easter eggs with their hands.
To Easter eggs fresh eggs we need, clean, but dirty. Wash the eggs can not be in any case, otherwise they will not be painted.
We also need water-soluble dyes of bright colors, 3-4 pieces quite fit the usual food, candle and, of course, tools - pisaltse. Pisaltse easy to make the most of a thin rod as thick as a pencil and a thin metal foil.
To do this, a small piece of foil should turn thin tube, it can be done by screwing it into the needle. At the end of the rod do the recess to put a tube of foil and tie string crosswise - pisaltse ready.
Paint must be diluted in a small separate pot of water so as to cover the lowered to the egg. The water should not be hot. To fix the color, you can add a teaspoon of vinegar.
Light candles and take pisaltse in his right hand and an egg - to the left. We are waiting for a little while near the wick will melt the wax, dip a straw into it and quickly draw the pattern on the egg with wax, which subsequently will be white.
Having a basic wax pattern on a white background, drop the egg in very bright colors, such as yellow. A few minutes later, when it will turn, gently remove it and get wet a soft knitted cloth.
Then draw the wax already on a yellow background and then drop into the paint over the dark. Then we follow the same pattern, overlapping light colors darker. The latter may be dark blue or brown.
When finished, heat the egg covered with wax patterns at the flame of a candle with a soft cloth and gently wipe the melted wax. In its place are multi-colored patterns.
That way you can make unusual and original articles for Easter with their hands, the traditional Easter eggs Easter eggs that you can give your family.
Author Irina Lukyanchuk
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