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Listen: The Folk ProgramEvelyn Coskey displaying bands of wax during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida
Image Number
FS91399
Photographer
Hansen, Gregory, Collector.
Date
1988
Date Note
Photographed in June 1988.
Rights
Collection
Folklife collection
Series 1577, Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project ; no 55
Series 1577, Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project ; no 55
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Egg painting
Pysanka (Egg decorating)
Decorative arts
Ethnicity, Polish
Ethnicity, European
Projects, Instate
Folklife and folklore projects
Craft
Waxes
Esters
Hand
Handicraft
Nature craft
Eggshell craft
Decoration and ornament
Egg decoration
Pysanky
Eggs in art
Eggs
Ethnic arts
Folk art
Material culture--Florida--Bradford County--Starke
Easter eggs
Pysanka (Egg decorating)
Decorative arts
Ethnicity, Polish
Ethnicity, European
Projects, Instate
Folklife and folklore projects
Craft
Waxes
Esters
Hand
Handicraft
Nature craft
Eggshell craft
Decoration and ornament
Egg decoration
Pysanky
Eggs in art
Eggs
Ethnic arts
Folk art
Material culture--Florida--Bradford County--Starke
Easter eggs
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 slide - col.
General Note
Pysanky (East European egg decoration) is created when patterns are drawn on eggs with wax, which then protects the covered areas from the dye that is applied. By repeating this process with different colors of dye, a multi-colored pattern is built up.
Evelyn Coskey displaying bands of wax during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida
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