Adult Studio: Pysanky
$75.00
In this workshop we will be making beautiful Ukrainian Easter eggs – pysanky. You will learn the method of batik – also called wax-resist – dying. You will also be familiarized with the wide range of traditional Ukrainian folk art patterns, designs and symbols and their history. The designs are made with melted beeswax which is applied to the egg using a tool called a kistka. The eggs are dipped into successively darker dyes. At the end of the process the beeswax is melted off to reveal the beautiful and colorful design.
Andrea Kulish Wilhelm is a first generation Ukrainian American who learned to make pysanky from her mother when she was five years old. Based in Asheville, NC, she is an artist, graphic designer, and pysanky teacher at Studio A in the River Arts District. She teaches hundreds of people a year, and her life’s mission is to spread joy through Ukrainian pysanky eggs. Andrea is also fundraising to help Ukraine with Humanitarian Aid and is the founder of AVL4Ukraine.
Photos by Clay Nations Photography
