[Sca-cooks] Pysanky Eggs
Radei Drchevich
radei at moscowmail.com
Thu Aug 11 19:24:30 PDT 2005
I have every colour of "Perl Paint" I have every found, but never seen
pysanky sets. I will have to look for them, thanks.
joy
radei
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Eskesen Smith"
To: "Cooks within the SCA"
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Pysanky Eggs
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:13:48 -0400
>
> If Pearl Paint exists in your neighborhood, they have kits. Or try
> your local crafts shop, especially around Easter.
>
> Regards,
> Brekke
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Radei Drchevich
> To: Cooks within the SCA
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 2:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Pysanky Eggs
>
>
> can anyone tell me where I can get the equiptment to do pysanky? I
have
> been looking for a stylist for a very long time.
>
> joy
>
> radei
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jehan.yves"
> To: "Cooks within the SCA"
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Pysanky Eggs
> Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 01:23:09 -0400
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Kiri-san,
> > Teofilia tried to send this to you directly, but we got a bounce
> > message back, so I decided to send it here:
> >
> > > Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2005 22:17:09 -0400
> > > To: Elaine Koogler > > From: Nancy Karat-May
> > > Subject: Pysanky eggs
> > >
> > > Heard you were looking for documentation for Pysanky eggs.
> > > "POLISH CUSTOMS, TRADITIONS, & FOLKLORE " BY Sophie Hodorowicz
> > > Knab , Hippocrene Books, New York, revised edition , 1996
> > > page 100 "Pisanki were batik style eggs on which wax was
> > > carefully supplied in patterns with a stylus before they were
> > > placed in colored dyes. Other styles were known as Oklejane and
> > > Naleplanki, when the outside of the egg was decorated with a
> > > variety of materials such as colored paper or straw.
> > > Their origin can also be attributed to the early mystery plays,
> > > which began in Italy and spread slowly throughout Europe, and
> > > were especially popular in Poland during the time of Zygmunt
III
> > > (1566-1632) "
> > > page 105 "As a symbol of fertility, the egg played a critical
> > > role in almost all customs and traditions throughout the year.
> > > Up until the middle 1800,s the elaborately decorated and
> > > ornamental eggs called Pisanki served as gifts in the Polish
> > > wooing and courtship process."
> > > Page 107"The oldest written knowledge of Pisanki at the grave
> > > side was documented in the life of St. Hedwig, which was penned
> > > after her canonization in 1267. The many miraculous healings
> > > attributed to this saint were documented by the wife of King
> > > Henryk Brodaty. who told the following story: When the son of a
> > > prominent judge was still unable to walk at eight years of age,
> > > his mother brought the boy to the grave of St. Hedwig in her
arms
> > > and was praying to St. Hedwig to heal him when, lo!, a miracle
> > > happened. In the presence of the priest who baptized him and
the
> > > abbess of the monastery, the boy suddenly; stood up, took an
egg
> > > that lay before him and walked around the saint's grave. The
> > > abbess took other decorated eggs and threw them at the feet of
> > > the young boy, compelling him to walk further from the tomb.
> > > This miracle is said to have happened near Easter between 1274
> > > and 1287."
> > >
> > > Author Rev. Czestaw Krysa, who is Associate Professor at the
> > > SS.Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake, Michigan, is
an
> > > authority on Polish folklore and winner of the Oskar Kolberg
> > > award for 1991, Poland's most prized award in ethnography and
> > > folklore.
> > > Teofilia Karatkiewicz (Nancy Karat-May)
> >
> > JehanYves
> >
> >
> >
> >
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