Friday Egg

A contemporary egg today, in pinks and grays.  This is my "hollyhocks" design. I have been enjoying making this is different colorways all week.  I started with a dyed-black egg  for the main outlines, then etched it with vinegar to white.  I outlined the center petals in white, then dyed the egg dark red.  After filling in the central circle, I rinsed the color to get the medium pinkish-red for the middle circle, and then rinsed again to get the outer lighter pink circle.  Next I worked on the stems.  I decided to do purple and teal - I have a tendency to always choose green for stems and leaves and that is just a bit boring and predictable.  I like how you can see the red outlines even on the stem - I really only notice that etching edge when I use red.  I will have to keep an eye out and see if other colors leave a trace on the wall of the etch.

I like the way it turned out - it looks like hollyhocks on a stormy day.

And here's a few photos of the other colorways:

And all of them together; a little flower garden for this lovely early summer Friday.