Tsar Nikolas, the last Russian tsar, used to order Easter eggs from Faberge, the famous jeweler. Faberge eggs were designed & created by the master jeweler himself. Faberge eggs are still the subjects of adoration, wonder & awe today. Actually celebrating Easter was prohibited under the Soviet. Nonetheless, it was still celebrated in most families of the Rus. Now with the return of democracy, a new wave of pysanky art has commenced. Adhering to the ancient tradition, modern St. Petersburg pysanky-artists decorate wooden eggs with Bible scenes, rustic scenes, renderings of famous churches, geometric designs or scroll work. Pysanky depicting icons, churches, cathedrals, monasteries & convents are being produced in ever growing quantities to meet the new demand.
The technique of Russian lacquer-art dates back to the mid-16th Century with a large panopoly of depictions to select from with more being designed every day. Icon-painting methods & designs are executed following the strict canons. Copies of Western & Russian classical painters, architectural depictions and ornamental geometric designs are the decorations most used throughout all periods of the pysanky-painting art of the Rus. Pysanky have become possibly the most widely known & culturally identifiable of all Rus craft- arts.
Actually pysanky are found all over the Slavonic countrys, ie., Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Poland, Belorussia, Moldova, Macedonia, Slovakia, & Slovenia. In many Slavic communities outside of Eastern & Central Europe, primarily in Canada, the USA, Australia & New Zealand, you will find festivals dedicated to the pysanky & Easter.
If you truly have an interest in trying your ahd at the great & ancient craf-art, pysanky, then access the following web-site: Sources: Pysanky Treasures Painted Eggs of the Rus Yevshan Ukrainian Store
http://www.yevshan.com
You can get all the supplies plus instructional materials for this great web-site.
Yuri D. Wasilychuk
Pamphlet in Ukrainian, Russian & English - printed in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1993
Viktor I. Kovalchuk & Roman L. Zhuravlov
Pamphlet in Ukrainian & German, - printed in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1997
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