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Evelyn Coskey using stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Date: 1988
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Evelyn Coskey using stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Date: 1988
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Evelyn Coskey using stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida

Date: 1988
Collection

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida

Date: 1988
Collection

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Date: 1988
Collection

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Folklife Subject: Pysanky

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Description: Pysanky is a traditional Ukrainian method for making Easter eggs. The artist uses a stylus to apply heated beeswax to the surface of an egg. Once dry, the artist dips the egg into a dye, which colors everything on the surface of the egg except that portion underneath the wax. The artist then proceeds to another layer of the pattern, again applying wax with the stylus and dipping the egg into another color of dye. The sequence typically goes from light colors to dark ones, to facilitate more intricate patterns.
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Folklife Subject: Pysanky

Hand of Jomarie Monsorno holding a Ukrainian Easter egg she made - Jacksonville, Florida

Date: 1988
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Hand of Jomarie Monsorno holding a Ukrainian Easter egg she made - Jacksonville, Florida

Images of pysanky artist Ola Kryway and her apprentice Mary Martin

Date: 1994-08-01
Description: 18 color slides. Apprentice Martin was funded to learn from pysanky artist Kryway Ukrainian egg decorating, including preparing/selecting eggs, drawing design, dyeing, and the meaning of designs. For more information of Kryway and Martin, see S 1644, box 11, folder 28. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2004.
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Images of pysanky artist Ola Kryway and her apprentice Mary Martin

Interview with Pysanky egg decorator, Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley

Date: 1989-04-11
Description: Sixteen color slides. Gurley talks about egg decoration; learning the craft from her mother; symbolism of the craft; and immigration from the Ukraine in 1947 to the US. For images of her eggs, see S 1680, box 1, folder 5.
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Interview with Pysanky egg decorator, Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley

Interview with Ukrainian egg decorator Sophia Moskaluk

Date: 1985-03-22
Description: Two audio cassettes. Sophia Moskaluk, Ukrainian egg decorator and embroiderer, describes her family background; mistreatment of her father and stepfather in the Ukraine and Europe; migrating to the United States; developing Ukrainian community in Tampa; coming to terms with her cultural heritage; the art of pysanky (Ukrainian egg decorating); preserving Ukrainian culture in the United States; St. Petersburg International Folk Fair events; describes political views among Ukrainian immigrants; compares egg decorating and regionalism in the Ukraine and the United States; discusses the use of the article "the" before "Ukraine"; the art of embroidery.
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Interview with Ukrainian egg decorator Sophia Moskaluk

	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
FS91396	Evelyn Coskey using stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida		Ethnicity, Polish Ethnicity, European Projects, Instate Folklife and folklore projects Styluses Decorative arts Pysanka (Egg decorating) Egg painting Craft Waxes Esters Hand Handicraft Nature craft Eggshell craft Egg decoration Pysanky Ethnic arts Folk art Material culture--Florida--Bradford County--Starke Decoration and ornament	/fpc/folklife/fs91396.gif
FS91407	Evelyn Coskey using stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida		Pysanka (Egg decorating) Decorative arts Ethnicity, Polish Ethnicity, European Projects, Instate Folklife and folklore projects Styluses Egg painting Craft Handicraft Nature craft Eggshell craft Decoration and ornament Egg decoration Easter eggs Pysanky Eggs Ethnic arts Folk art Material culture--Florida--Bradford County--Starke Polish American women--Florida--Bradford County--Starke Polish Americans--Florida--Bradford County--Starke Eggs in art	/fpc/folklife/fs91407.gif
FS91397	Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida		Decorative arts Ethnicity, Polish Ethnicity, European Projects, Instate Folklife and folklore projects Styluses Pysanka (Egg decorating) Egg painting Craft Handicraft Nature craft Eggshell craft Decoration and ornament Egg decoration Easter eggs Pysanky Eggs Ethnic arts Folk art Material culture--Florida--Bradford County--Starke Polish American women--Florida--Bradford County--Starke Polish Americans--Florida--Bradford County--Starke Eggs in art	/fpc/folklife/fs91397.gif
FS91395	Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida		Pysanka (Egg decorating) Decorative arts Ethnicity, Polish Ethnicity, European Projects, Instate Folklife and folklore projects Styluses Egg painting Craft Handicraft Nature craft Eggshell craft Decoration and ornament Egg decoration Easter eggs Pysanky Eggs Ethnic arts Folk art Material culture--Florida--Bradford County--Starke Polish American women--Florida--Bradford County--Starke Polish Americans--Florida--Bradford County--Starke Eggs in art	/fpc/folklife/fs91395.gif
FS91405	Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida		Pysanka (Egg decorating) Decorative arts Ethnicity, Polish Ethnicity, European Projects, Instate Folklife and folklore projects Styluses Egg painting Craft Handicraft Nature craft Eggshell craft Decoration and ornament Egg decoration Easter eggs Pysanky Eggs Ethnic arts Folk art Material culture--Florida--Bradford County--Starke Polish American women--Florida--Bradford County--Starke Polish Americans--Florida--Bradford County--Starke Eggs in art	/fpc/folklife/fs91405.gif
fls_pysanky	Folklife Subject: Pysanky	Interactive Resource	Pysanka (Egg decorating) Pysanky Arts, Ukrainian Easter eggs Egg decoration Ukrainian Americans	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/folklife_subjects.png
FS9171	Hand of Jomarie Monsorno holding a Ukrainian Easter egg she made - Jacksonville, Florida		Ethnicity, Italian Projects, Instate Folklife and folklore projects Pysanka (Egg decorating) Egg painting Pysanky Easter decorations Craft Arts, Ukrainian Domestic arts Decorative arts Material culture Decoration and ornament Ethnic arts Easter eggs Italian American women Italian Americans Ukrainian Americans Egg decoration	/fpc/folklife/fs9171.gif
Images of pysanky artist Ola Kryway and her apprentice Mary Martin	Images of pysanky artist Ola Kryway and her apprentice Mary Martin	Still Image	Fieldwork Pysanky Egg decoration Eggs Design Painting Interviews Decorative arts Arts, Ukrainian Artists Apprentices	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1680_02_tape05	Interview with Pysanky egg decorator, Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley	Sound	Artisans Carvers (Decorative artists) Fieldwork Arts, Ukrainian Ukrainian American art Ukrainian Americans Decorative arts Pysanky Egg decoration Eggs Painting Interviews Life histories Oral histories Emigration and immigration Oral communication Family history	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_23_c87-001	Interview with Ukrainian egg decorator Sophia Moskaluk	Sound	Artisans Fieldwork Interviews Emigration and immigration Personal experience narratives Life histories Oral histories Arts, Ukrainian Ukrainian Americans Ukrainian American art Egg decoration Eggs Pysanky Family history	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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Evelyn Coskey using stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey using stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey using stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey using stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Folklife Subject: Pysanky

Folklife Subject: Pysanky

Hand of Jomarie Monsorno holding a Ukrainian Easter egg she made - Jacksonville, Florida

Hand of Jomarie Monsorno holding a Ukrainian Easter egg she made - Jacksonville, Florida

Images of pysanky artist Ola Kryway and her apprentice Mary Martin

Images of pysanky artist Ola Kryway and her apprentice Mary Martin

Interview with Pysanky egg decorator, Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley

Interview with Pysanky egg decorator, Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley

Interview with Ukrainian egg decorator Sophia Moskaluk

Interview with Ukrainian egg decorator Sophia Moskaluk

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Evelyn Coskey using stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey using stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey using stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey using stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) demonstration - Starke, Florida

Folklife Subject: Pysanky

Folklife Subject: Pysanky

Hand of Jomarie Monsorno holding a Ukrainian Easter egg she made - Jacksonville, Florida

Hand of Jomarie Monsorno holding a Ukrainian Easter egg she made - Jacksonville, Florida

Images of pysanky artist Ola Kryway and her apprentice Mary Martin

Images of pysanky artist Ola Kryway and her apprentice Mary Martin

Interview with Pysanky egg decorator, Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley

Interview with Pysanky egg decorator, Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley

Interview with Ukrainian egg decorator Sophia Moskaluk

Interview with Ukrainian egg decorator Sophia Moskaluk