Pisanki. In Poland Easter eggs are decorated in many ways. 1. Drapanki - dyed eggs scraped with
Pisanki. In Poland Easter eggs are decorated in many ways. 1. Drapanki - dyed eggs scraped with a sharp object like knife or needle 2. Pisanki batikowe - eggs painted with wax, then dyed, and then wax was washed off, thus the white decorative ornaments.3. Pisanki - eggs dyed and then painted with wax4, 5. Oklejanki - ornaments made from scripus, grass, petals, paper, strand, wool, etc. glued on the egg.6. Nalepianki - ornaments cut out of colour paper and glued on the egg7. Ażurki - ornaments cut in the shell of an egg8. Pisanki frywolitkowe - eggs put into a tatting lace.9. Maidens decorating pisanki. These are only the main kinds of decorations, there are many more. Seriously, if anyone’s intrested, you should google pisanki, cause it’s kind of mind blowing, what a beautiful things people create. or take a look here.Read more:http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisanka -- source link
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