“Pysanka is a unique wealth. We must preserve it as an invaluable treasure! We should be proud of it before the whole world.” Dovzhenko, talented screenwriter, film producer and director of Ukrainian origin Pysanky (Easter eggs) belong to the best works of Ukrainian folk art. From olden times, they were made by rural girls and women, monks and icon painters, urban ladies, bakers, and many others in the spring, right before Easter. That’s why the decoration techniques vary so much. Researchers believe that the Ukrainian Easter egg has over...
Pysanky Designs in Gucci Fashion
Oleh Kirashchuk lives in Kolomyia city in Ivano-Frankivsk regions and earns a living on Easter eggs. He presents his works on the Internet and sells them abroad. His three-bedroom apartment is at the same time his studio. Magazines and sketches of drawn eggs, baskets with pysankas and order forms are scattered all over. In a month, a man creates up to 60 Easter eggs. And once the Italian fashion house Gucci decided to base its new collection on the patterns of Easter eggs by Oleh – they “borrowed” his...
Pysanky – 26 Ukrainian Easter eggs from different regions of Ukraine
From ancient times, in every region of Ukraine, there were specific traditions to create pysanky (Easter eggs decorated with the batik method). One look at a pysanka was enough to say in what region the Easter egg was made and what exactly the author/creator wanted to say (some of Easter eggs told the whole life stories of a person or an entire family). So what were the differences between pysanky of different Ukrainian regions? Here are classic examples of Easter eggs that are typical to various areas of Ukraine...