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Egg art proves
popular craft
LITITZ The egg is often seen
as the symbol of perfection,
nature’s perfect shape.
There is little wonder then, that
many arts and crafts involve eggs
and egg shapes. Every child is
familiar with colored Easter Eggs.
Farm children with araucana hens
get a redy made product when
their birds lay pink, blue and green
eggs.
But egg art is not just for Easter
Customs and traditions throughout
the world have decorated eggs
with virtually any material to be
named, from pastry and wool to
sea shells.
Reeds have often been used as
appbque for eggs, and are thought
to be very good luck. When a dry
reed is soaked with ram it turns
green again, symbolizing im
mortality.
Carl Faberge, a Swiss Im
migrant to Russia, reached new
heights from 1884 - 1917 with his
creations of jeweled eggs for the
Imperial family. His eggs were
crafted from precious metals and
stones and had secret springs
which revealed surprises like
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immature palaces or jewelled
birds.
Pennsylvania Dutch crafts with
eggs include eggshell portraits
made with colored egg chips. The
Pennsylvania Dutch are also
credited with an art form known as
scratch-carving.
In scratch-carving, eggs are
dyed using natural dyes like omon
skins, mangolds, beets,
blueberries or red cabbage. When
the dye is set, designs are then
etched through the dye to the shell.
Intricately scratch-carved eggs
are given year round, and often
become family keepsakes.
There are hundreds of arts and
crafts relying on the egg. In fact,
Pennsylvania houses an egg
museum. Located in Effort, Pa., in
the Poconos, the Egg Museum has
3,000 displays of egg arts and
crafts from 70 countries.
This Eastei might be the time
for you to try your hand at egg art.
Someday your egg could be en
shrined at the Egg Museum.
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