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Pysanka. Ukrainian Folk art. P ysanka. ( Ukrainian : писанка , plural: pysanky ). P ysaty. The word comes from the verb pysaty , " to write". In P re-Christian times. Ukrainians worshipped the: Sun god ( Dazhboh )- Dazhboh loved birds !.
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Pysanka Ukrainian Folk art
Pysanka • (Ukrainian: • писанка, plural: pysanky)
Pysaty • The word comes from the verb pysaty, "to write"
In Pre-Christian times • Ukrainians worshipped the: • Sun god (Dazhboh)- • Dazhboh loved birds!
Humanscould not catch the birds, but they did manage to obtain the bird eggs
the eggs were magical • a source of life
Superstitions • Pysanky held powerful magic associated with it • Protect families from evil spirits • Protect home from catastrophe • Cure diseases
the decorated pysanka: • played an important role in Ukrainian rituals of the new religion.
Year 988 • With the acceptance of Christianity in Ukrainian
Traditions • Eggs are made during the last week of Lent, Holy Week in the Orthodox and Greek (Uniate) Catholic calendars. (Both faiths are represented in Ukraine)
Traditional Way to make a PsysankaEggWax-resist (Batik) method
Wax-resist • Pasanky are made using a • wax resist (batik) method
Beeswax • Beeswax was heated in a small bowl on the stove and then scooped into the stylus as needed.
What’s beeswax? • it all begins on a flower in a field. • Bees collect nectar from flowers and bring it to the hive where it becomes either beeswax or honey.
WAX • molten wax is applied to the white egg with a writing motion
any bit of shell covered with wax would be sealed, and remain white
Stylus-pen • Used to paint design onto egg piece of thin brass was wrapped around a needle, forming a hollow cone. attached to a small stick (willow was preferred)
Stylus pen • Know as: • America-Stylus pen • Pysachok • Pysak • pysal'tse • kystka (kistka),
Colors • and • dyes
dyes were prepared from dried plants, roots, bark, berries and insects (cochineal)
Yellowwas obtained from the flowers of the woadwaxen • gold from onion skins
Dye colors • Greenfrom the husks of sunflower seeds • Violetberries and bark of the elderberry bush • Black dye was made from walnut husks
yellow, and more wax applied, and then orange, red, purple, black.
Geometric Design • pysanka designs are geometric figures • The egg itself is most often divided by straight lines into squares, triangles and other shape • These shapes are then filled with other forms and design
Sculpture • Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials
Sculpture • Materials may be worked by removal such as carving; or they may be assembled
Central Asia • Greco-Bactrian kingdom(250 BCE – 130 BCE)
The first known sculptures are from the Indus Valley civilization (3300–1700 BC), India
In West Africa, the earliest known sculptures are from the Nok culture of Nigeria, which dates around 500 BC.
Egypt • Block statue of Pa-Ankh-Ra, ship master, bearing a statue of Ptah. Late Period, ca. 650–633 BC, Cabinet des Médailles.
North America • In North America, wood was sculpted for totem poles, masks, utensils, War canoes
Europe • The earliest European sculpture to date portrays a female form, and has been estimated at dating from 35,000 years ago
Section 4 • How to make your psysanka panoramic egg
Steps for your projects • 1. wedge clay • 2. shape clay into an egg shape • 3. Recycle excess clay from area that you dug out to make –panoramic view
panoramic viewing • leather hard stage (not hard/soft) carve or cut away the window to your egg- • To create a panoramic viewing
You must include on your egg: • Coils • Slab • Pinched • Bas-relief
WAX-Resist • using wax resist • Paint on the design (anywhere where you want the color of the clay body to show) • Do NOT get wax resist on your clothing it doesn’t come out!
Geometric shapes • Using under glaze paint in the psysanka style
