2 in 1 task!!!!!!! You can't beat this.

Okay, so for some reason I have the ability to combine 2 tasks in 1 when I come up with ideas. After seeing the instructions for A REAL LIFE SECRET EGG, I knew exactly what to do. It involved THE PERMANENT COLLECTION from the beginning. All along I've had the idea of cutting out the inside of a book and hiding an egg in there. Originally, that was the plan. A RAW EGG hidden in a book; a stinky time bomb waiting for people to finally find it. However, I am a wuss and chickened out on this idea, mainly because I was afraid that somehow something might happen to the egg and it would leak out and ruin the books around it. I didn't want this to happen as I enjoy literature and also felt there was a better way to do this. And here it is....

Pysanka or Pysanky (plural) is an ancient Ukrainian "easter egg" basically. These are some of the most beautiful decorated eggs you will ever see. I will describe it to you in short.

You need....
an egg
dyes
wax
a stylus
a candle

The stylus is basically a 6 inch stick with a funnel on the end. You shove the wax in the large end and then heat it up in the flame from the candle. Then wax then will melt and come out of the small end. You then drag the stylus over the egg, basically drawing on it in wax. The wax then solidifies and you can dye it. The dye will not get on the areas where the wax is positioned. You can do many layers, but you want to start with lighter colors and move to darker colors. Completing the egg is the most nerve racking. First, you must hold the egg up to the flame, melt, and wipe the wax off without scorching the egg. Then, you must punch a small hole in the bottom of the egg and drain it. I know what you're thinking; "why don't you drain it first?" Well, the egg just isn't as sturdy when it's empty and you do a lot of handling with it. That's basically all there is to it.



My high school art teacher was big on pysanky, so I have some eggs that I created years ago and don't know what to do with them. Pysanky isn't really my forte. It's too tedious for me and I'm more of an illustrator. However, I respect it and think it is a very beautiful art form. I figured I would hide a SECRET pysanky egg of mine inside of a pysanky book that I created. I then placed the book on the shelf in the library. Hopefully one day someone will find it and be inspired.



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