PYSANKY - CHRISTMAS EGG DECORATIONS

WHAT: Pysanky Christmas Egg Ornaments Workshop taught by Kristen Muench

WHEN: Sunday, November 16, 2025
12 pm – 4 pm (four hours)

WHERE: North East Arts Council, 25 Vine Street, North East, Pennsylvania.

COST: non-member: $50/person (this price includes the eventbrite fee)
member: $45/person (this price includes the eventbrite fee)

Partial proceeds help support this local arts association. An additional take-home kit with all supplies is available for $16 (can be paid at class). Bring your own traditional kistka and wax for a cash discount.

WHO: Adults. Class limited to 10 persons.

WHY: Because it’s an amazing process and you’ll be so proud of yourself & your creation!

Registration is required:

INFORMATION:

Ukrainian style whole eggs decorated using a wax-resist (batik) method. The historically symbolic designs are written with pure beeswax between baths of special dyes. Each egg requires hours of focused handiwork. The work is simple, but the outcome is fantastic!

This captivating work-playshop will teach you the basics of using the Ukrainian (eastern European) batik process to decorate your own beautiful eggs which can be presented whole or blown out to become stunning ornaments for yourself and others.

Each participant will learn history and fun facts about this fascinating craft and decorate two whole raw chicken eggs using traditional designs and traditional tools.

Each participant will decorate 2 large, cleaned chicken eggs using a traditional kistka (medium), a block of pure beeswax, a set of six dyes; all materials will be supplied by the teacher. The process requires working with an open flame.

Participants will have the option to either take their whole eggs home with them or leave them with the instructor (for 2-3 days) to be varnished, blown out and strung with a gold finding.

A take-home kit consisting of all these materials with full instructions of designs to make at home will be available for at instructor’s cost.

This workshop requires about 4 hours of dedicated time. Give yourself the gift of quiet, meditative playtime to focus in a fabulous, engaging process. At the end of the session, each person will have two wholly unique pieces of art.

Instructor: Kristen Muench is a working artist and educator. She has been personally creating pysanky and sharing it with others for several decades, Kristen learned this exceptional craft from a traditional Ukrainian pysanky artist at the Arizona Historical Society Education Department where she worked and taught. Kristen now enjoys living in North East, is a NE Arts Council Board member, an NPAA member as well as other arts associations, and shows her work in museums and galleries across the country.

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Please note: No refunds for cancellations made 48 hours before class as we need to ensure we are compensating our instructors for their materials and preparations.

*Eventbrite fees apply.