Friday Egg: Fiesta!

I love this little egg!  I rarely start with a white egg and end with a white background as I fear that the white outlines will not stand out against the background, but I took a chance here and I am so glad I did.  The colors are bright, vibrant and playful: just about perfect for the Fiesta celebrations going on in San Antonio this week!  And a nice segue into Easter week as well.  I hope you like it as much as I do.

If you are interested in purchasing this egg, please visit my Etsy shop!

Happy Friday!

Friday Egg: Stained Glass Quilt

Friday egg today is a chicken egg done in a modified wedding ring quilt pattern.  I love the muted colors here; it looks like a quilt that has been faded from years of use.  I started with a gold dyed egg, then rinsed off and stepped through all the different colors and ended up with black for the final color.  I missed filling in one square: can you find it?

The Easter Bunny is Coming! And boy is he pissed!

Bones of prehistoric giant bunny found in Spain!

Friday Egg: Flower and Fern

It's Friday!  I'm working hard getting ready for my big April events.  Just a reminder that I have my Sweet Charity show coming up next Thursday, April 7th (click on the link to the right for more information) and my only spring workshop on Saturday, April 16th from 10:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.  If you want to learn how to make these wonderful eggs and create your own Easter tradition, please email to reserve your spot!

Friday Egg today is a sweet floral using that same skeleton that I am seemingly obsessed with! I always like the effect of the "fern" leaves. Graphic and organic at the same time!  And they add so much movement to the design and your eye slides down them to the next design element.  I hope you enjoy it.

Happy Friday!

Friday Egg: Nice Skeleton! and April Events

It's that time of year again! Lots of events and a workshop on offer. I think it is easiest just to list them:

• First of all, I have a demonstration and sale at Sweet Charity Gift Shop at 1206 West 38th Street in the 26 Doors Shopping Center (512) 324-3399. The sale is on Thursday, April 7th from 11:00 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Next, I am offering my spring workshop on April 16th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at my studio. Contact me by email if you are interested!
• Finally, Saturday, April 23rd, the day before Easter, I am doing another demo and sale at Artworks Gallery at 1214 W. 6th Street, Austin, TX (512) 472-1550. This demo will go from 12:00 Noon to 4 p.m.

I hope that you can come to any or all of these events. They are going to be fun!

I have decided that this pattern is one of my all time favorites. I think of the basic pattern like a framework or skeleton that underlies the colors and patterns I choose that make each egg unique. This skeleton always works. I cannot remember a time when I finished an egg with this design and didn't think it was a success.

Today's egg is a chicken egg in a crisply defined pattern of turquoise, orange and olive green. This reminds me of a starched and ironed shirt, straight from the cleaners!  I think it is the dark outlines that make it look so regimented.  I am a fan of orange and turquoise together, and they are playing well with others here!

Happy Friday!

Friday Egg: Giant Graphic Flower Attack!

Today's egg is based on the idea of a spirograph. Do you remember those from childhood?  I really loved making designs with my spirograph.  I would love to play with one right now, as a matter of fact.  It might help me come up with some cool designs.  But I managed to come up with this design on my own. It is a very bright, very graphic flower on all four sides, top and bottom of the egg.

I love the orange in this flower!  Orange is the most difficult color because for some reason the dyes are very short-lived.  If I mix up a batch of Orange, Carrot or Pumpkin it will be bright and vibrant for maybe two weeks, but will sadly lose its potency.  I mixed up some new dyes and have been using all my oranges while I can take advantage of them!

The color combination of pink and orange is a favorite of mine.  It seems to evoke a feeling of fun, youth, joy and optimism.

I hope you enjoy your fun, youthful, joyous and optimistic Friday Egg!

Friday Egg: A favorite color combination

The combination of purple, green and yellow just shouts "Spring!!!" My mother has an amazing iris bed in her garden that enchants me every spring when it teems with all shades of iris: purple, violet, lavender, blue, pale yellow. The mid-range green of the spiky leaves makes a perfect foil for all the bright colors. Last year's Easter dress for JoJo was a pastel yellow and the photos from Easter are among my favorites because the colors are so harmonious and at the same time stimulating.  It just makes me happy to see all these colors living together.

This egg has traditional geometrics but non-traditional colors.  I started with a turquoise blue egg, then worked through a lovely olive green, then violet and the last color is yellow.  I really like that the background color is yellow.  This is not a usual choice in pysanky eggs, but I like that it contributes to the "spring" feeling evoked by the rest of the colors.  Imagine this egg with a white background and it would have a completely different meaning or feeling, wouldn't it?

Happy Friday!