In pysanky, the colors and designs carry meaning and call out to the gods and goddesses for health, fertility, love, wealth and much more With Easter approaching this Sunday, and amid the ongoing war ...

YARDLEY, Pa -- Basia Andrusko has been writing Pysanky since she was a child, etching ornate designs on everything from chicken, finch and quail eggs to ostrich, emu and rhea eggs. Pysaty comes from ...

Let's talk about a beautiful Easter tradition that many Americans may not know about: painting pysanky eggs! This craft is probably unfamiliar to most families, who have their own Easter egg rituals.

They’re not your ordinary dyed Easter eggs. About a dozen crafters, many of them novices, came to Greensburg on Saturday to try their hands at turning white eggshells into intricately designed, ...

EVERY YEAR I put up an Easter tree. It’s a humble thing, just a few branches gathered on dog walks and adorned with pastel papier-mâché eggs my mother gave me. But this year, as my garden in Los ...

ROCHESTER — An ancient art has long been a source of respite for Alexandra Wolanskyj. Over the past few weeks, as she watched people in her family’s home country stave off a Russian invasion, she's ...

Pysanky is a traditional Eastern European way to decorate Easter eggs. For this elaborate variety, an artist spent 10-12 hours on each egg. Sts. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church in ...

OAKLAND — Something as benign as an egg fosters creativity and hope and wards off bad luck, according to Ukrainian folklore. Area artisans are busy creating intricately decorated eggs called “pysanky” ...