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Excited for Easter eggs? Share your best designs

March 27, 2015, 3:59 p.m. ET
As a blogger who writes about arts and crafts projects for children (artclubblog.com), Bella Manu thought that Easter eggs could be a fun way to expose young minds to famous works of art. Working with acrylic paints, she first recreated Roy Lichtenstein paintings on eggs, choosing the pop artist for his comic book asthetic. Then Manu’s 14-year-old daughter gave her the next assigment: Andy Warhol. “At least she didn’t pick DaVinci and really challenge me,” Manu says.
As a blogger who writes about arts and crafts projects for children (artclubblog.com), Bella Manu thought that Easter eggs could be a fun way to expose young minds to famous works of art. Working with acrylic paints, she first recreated Roy Lichtenstein paintings on eggs, choosing the pop artist for his comic book asthetic. Then Manu’s 14-year-old daughter gave her the next assigment: Andy Warhol. “At least she didn’t pick DaVinci and really challenge me,” Manu says.
Bella Manu, Your Take
Bella Manu painted these Roy Lichtenstein-inspired eggs.
Bella Manu painted these Roy Lichtenstein-inspired eggs.
Bella Manu, Your Take
As an artist (acrylics on canvas) who suffers from autoimmune disease, Bettina von Schneyder has a certain fondness for Frida Kahlo. The famous Mexican painter experienced health problems after a bus accident. “She’s one of my biggest inspirations,” von Schneyder says. A few Easters ago, von Schneyder was looking to paint gifts for her mother and a friend, and settled on Frida eggs. “It was just a spontaneous idea.”
As an artist (acrylics on canvas) who suffers from autoimmune disease, Bettina von Schneyder has a certain fondness for Frida Kahlo. The famous Mexican painter experienced health problems after a bus accident. “She’s one of my biggest inspirations,” von Schneyder says. A few Easters ago, von Schneyder was looking to paint gifts for her mother and a friend, and settled on Frida eggs. “It was just a spontaneous idea.”
Bettina Von Schneyder, Your Take
Goodman made the R2D2 egg in 1981, and it’s been in the family since. Son Jeffrey, a “Star Wars fanatic,” wasn’t about to let it go. (Hard-boiled eggs keep if they don’t get cracked. The yolk hardens, and the egg whites evaporate.) Charlene Goodman learned egg decorating from her mother and carried on the tradition for her two sons, starting with a variety of characters and gravitating to their fanboy interests.
Goodman made the R2D2 egg in 1981, and it’s been in the family since. Son Jeffrey, a “Star Wars fanatic,” wasn’t about to let it go. (Hard-boiled eggs keep if they don’t get cracked. The yolk hardens, and the egg whites evaporate.) Charlene Goodman learned egg decorating from her mother and carried on the tradition for her two sons, starting with a variety of characters and gravitating to their fanboy interests.
Charlene Goodman, Your Take
An artist who has long been drawing mandalas (Eastern symbols in circular patterns), Heather Bach sells her work on Etsy and through her business, called Lunamada. But drawing such an intricate design on the oddly shaped oval of a wooden egg — “It’s trickier than doing it on paper, that’s for sure.”
An artist who has long been drawing mandalas (Eastern symbols in circular patterns), Heather Bach sells her work on Etsy and through her business, called Lunamada. But drawing such an intricate design on the oddly shaped oval of a wooden egg — “It’s trickier than doing it on paper, that’s for sure.”
Heather Bach, Your Take
A collection of decorated Ukrainian eggs.
A collection of decorated Ukrainian eggs.
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Ukranian eggs are a style in which intricate patterns are created using a method that involves applying wax to the egg before dying. The wax protects the shell from the dye, allowing a layered effect of color to be achieved. Jenny Hottle, a student at the University of Maryland, learned this technique from a friend while a teen and has been creating Ukranian eggs with family and friends since. For each egg, which takes two to three hours to complete, she works off of patterns from photos of eggs, or even the Maryland flag (that red, white, yellow and black creation in the photo). Are her friends impressed? “I think they’re just impressed with the amount of time we spend on them.”
Ukranian eggs are a style in which intricate patterns are created using a method that involves applying wax to the egg before dying. The wax protects the shell from the dye, allowing a layered effect of color to be achieved. Jenny Hottle, a student at the University of Maryland, learned this technique from a friend while a teen and has been creating Ukranian eggs with family and friends since. For each egg, which takes two to three hours to complete, she works off of patterns from photos of eggs, or even the Maryland flag (that red, white, yellow and black creation in the photo). Are her friends impressed? “I think they’re just impressed with the amount of time we spend on them.”
Jenny Hottle, Your Take
Sabrina Giardino- Spiegel submitted this bunny egg.
Sabrina Giardino- Spiegel submitted this bunny egg.
Sabrina Giardino- Spiegel, Huntington, N.Y.
Sabrina Giardino- Spiegel submitted this bird egg.
Sabrina Giardino- Spiegel submitted this bird egg.
Sabrina Giardino-Spiegel, Your Take
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