1 of 7 — Ukrainians have been crafting pysanky, elaborately decorated eggs, for thousands of years. "There's an ancient legend that as long as pysanky are made, evil will not prevail in the world," ...

A local artist specializes in Pysanky or Ukrainian Easter Eggs, which are an an ancient wax resist art form. The process uses beeswax and traditional dyes layered on real egg shells to create ...

It all starts with the egg. In spring, chickens start laying again, bringing a welcome source of protein at winter's end. So it's no surprise that cultures around the world celebrate spring by ...

Staff photo / R. Michael Semple Honing her craft for 60 years Carol Novosel of Masury writes on a fresh egg using a kistka to create her design. Pysanka is the term used for an egg that has been ...

When Phyllis Fitzpatrick was asked by the Baltimore Zoo to paint some animals on an unhatched ostrich egg a little more than 20 years ago as a gift for then-Gov. William Donald Schaefer, she thought ...

A collection of clown faces painted on hard boiled eggs at the Clown Library (photo by Ray Roberts/BIPS/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Just as a magician never reveals their secrets, it has long been a ...

In the early 2000s, Shankar Silaparasetty was a fitness coach. Little did he know that one day he’d be using eggs (that he recommended to his clients) to make art! He uses egg shells for his works of ...

Famous Ukrainian Easter egg artist Galina Ivanets paints her creation with a writing pin in her workshop in Kiev, Ukraine. "Pysankarstvo" — the art of painting Easter eggs — has enjoyed a renaissance ...