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(Cleveland Plain Dealer)   The only thing preventing society from devolving into a post-apocalyptic wasteland of marauding evildoers are some decorative eggs from the Ukraine   ( cleveland.com) divider line
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MaxxLarge
2013-03-20 02:43:52 PM  
Holy crap. Those things are gorgeous. I can't even imagine how time-consuming this must be, or how much of a heartbreaker it must be when one of 'em breaks.

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Elzar
2013-03-20 02:57:11 PM  
Stops invading Mongrel hordes?
 
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MBooda
2013-03-20 04:02:26 PM  
What about my eggs, dear?

/they're in...everybody's eggs
 
Pawprint
2013-03-20 04:12:10 PM  
We're not supposed to call it the Ukraine anymore, subby.

/But I gotta admit, "I'm from Ukraine" just sounds weird.
 
addy2
2013-03-20 04:13:43 PM  
That was written as if it were a 4th grade book report.
 
trapped-in-CH
2013-03-20 04:15:42 PM  
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Vegreville, Alberta
 
octopied
2013-03-20 04:17:17 PM  
Well, carp. I guess I shouldn't have replaced my hand with a chainsaw already.
 
LonMead
2013-03-20 04:17:50 PM  
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EASTER EGGS!
 
LonMead
2013-03-20 04:19:00 PM  

octopied: Well, carp. I guess I shouldn't have replaced my hand with a chainsaw already.


Groovy.
 
MattyBlast [TotalFark]
2013-03-20 04:26:09 PM  
Sounds like a great hobby for those who have the patience, but I'll give it a paas.
 
vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2013-03-20 04:35:54 PM  

Pawprint: We're not supposed to call it the Ukraine anymore, subby.

/But I gotta admit, "I'm from Ukraine" just sounds weird.


Did you go to university in Ukraine?
 
Meez
2013-03-20 04:38:10 PM  
Her card reads:   Barb Teron - Arts & Crafts,  decorative eggs  / Demon slayer
 
Maud Dib
2013-03-20 04:39:19 PM  
This is just further propaganda from that Egg Council guy.

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new
2013-03-20 04:42:02 PM  
hey,  something i actually do.   I jump hobbies every month or so.  Right now is GW2 and almost finished with spring pole lathe.  I have been doing them for a couple of years now.  nice way to put on headphones and drown out the kids for a few hours.  think i've done about 30 total.  last one was a very nice Minecraft Creeper  head  for my kids.   The dyes last long time in mason jars,
/I'm weird
// and Male
/// 3 slashies in mem of LJB and MOAR
 
MBooda
2013-03-20 04:42:08 PM  

Pawprint: We're not supposed to call it the Ukraine anymore, subby.

/But I gotta admit, "I'm from Ukraine" just sounds weird.


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Prey4reign [TotalFark] [BareFark]
2013-03-20 04:47:57 PM  
A friend of my mine's mother does a new one every Easter.  They are works of art.
 
SpdrJay
2013-03-20 04:50:16 PM  
Ukraine is weak....
 
Langdon Alger
2013-03-20 05:04:16 PM  
All I can think of is how badly I want to smash them.
 
CowardlyLion
2013-03-20 05:06:48 PM  
Subby is correct.

Pysanky is wonderful.
 /Grandfather made hundreds of 'em

//wife started making some recently
///lacks the patience, skill, and talent for such art
 
Comrad36
2013-03-20 05:27:28 PM  

Pawprint: We're not supposed to call it the Ukraine anymore, subby.

/But I gotta admit, "I'm from Ukraine" just sounds weird.


Wtf
I actually am from the Ukraine
/not weird
//just sayin
 
LonMead
2013-03-20 05:30:05 PM  
Of course, if you really want to go overboard...
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Lord Jubjub [TotalFark] [BareFark]
2013-03-20 05:53:53 PM  
Faberge, I presume?
 
digitalrain
2013-03-20 06:14:31 PM  
As someone who collects eggs, this thread is relevant to my interests.

Seriously. I must have 30 or 40 of the little suckers. Mostly polished stone and
semi-precious  (e.g. jade, quarts, lapis, etc...) and a few Faberge-types.

Don't know why, but it's been a thing with me for going on 20 years.
 
FARK rebel soldier
2013-03-20 06:15:14 PM  
Not sure if I should thank pysanky for containing the monsters, or blame it for un leashing them upon the world
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No Time To Explain
2013-03-20 06:16:44 PM  
My baba never told me this

/quarter Ukrainian
 
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2013-03-20 06:16:49 PM  
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Oldiron_79
2013-03-20 06:25:11 PM  
There has been too much violence. Too much pain. But I have an honorable compromise. Just walk away. Give me your painted eggs, and I'll spare your lives. Just walk away and we'll give you a safe passageway in the wastelands. Just walk away and there will be an end to the horror.
 
Lady Indica
2013-03-20 06:27:38 PM  
A hungarian book I read as a kid also featured this type of egg decorating. It was very elaborate and done with bees wax, where you'd dye and then scrape off the wax and make complex patterns.

I found the book again a few years back via the wonders of the internet, was by this author:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Seredy  Makes me wonder if they have a similar basis (eggs in Ukraine and Hungary) especially since there was a mongol connection there too (though IIRC the Magyar think they're decendants of the Huns)
 
Huggermugger
2013-03-20 07:05:17 PM  
I've done this in the past. The eggs can be gorgeous, but I never could get my wax applied meticulously enough that my eggs looked as beautiful.
 
Agent Smiths Laugh
2013-03-20 07:12:46 PM  
Amazing works of art. Ridiculous superstition.
 
PunkTiger
2013-03-20 10:11:26 PM  

MBooda: What about my eggs, dear?

/they're in...everybody's eggs


Conclusion: They think he is insane, yet, he outranks them. His option: Command!

I did NOT expect a Firesign Theatre reference in this thread! Thank you for making my night.

/End Of Film!
 
HoratioGates
2013-03-21 12:25:30 AM  
I'd prefer a well carved ostrich egg, but then I'm not as big on flashy splashes of color.
 
Abacus9
2013-03-21 04:26:28 AM  

Huggermugger: I've done this in the past. The eggs can be gorgeous, but I never could get my wax applied meticulously enough that my eggs looked as beautiful.


This is why you always spring for FULL Brazilian.
 
dbrunker
2013-03-21 05:11:20 AM  
And here I thought it was going to be this guy...
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StoPPeRmobile
2013-03-21 07:43:33 AM  

Lady Indica: A hungarian book I read as a kid also featured this type of egg decorating. It was very elaborate and done with bees wax, where you'd dye and then scrape off the wax and make complex patterns.

I found the book again a few years back via the wonders of the internet, was by this author:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Seredy  Makes me wonder if they have a similar basis (eggs in Ukraine and Hungary) especially since there was a mongol connection there too (though IIRC the Magyar think they're decendants of the Huns)



I used to know some old Polish ladies that did the wax on egg thing. They used pin heads to spread the wax. Kinda neat as a geeky kid.
 
drew_that
2013-03-21 04:05:44 PM  
It's not "the Ukraine," it's just Ukraine.     Just as it's not 'The England, The France, The Germany, and The Brazil'
 
John's Long Mustache
2013-03-21 10:59:31 PM  
We made a brazillion of these things in church when I was a kid.  Some of those little old slovak ladies made some really beautiful ones.  I have the artistic talent of an epileptic ferret though so my job was mostly to get the inside parts of the eggs out without breaking the shell.
 
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