Easter Art

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Easter Art

Painting and decorating Easter eggs


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Decorating eggs for Easter

We all love our chocolate Easter eggs,

but did you know that there is a great

tradition of painting, dyeing and

decorating hen, duck and goose eggs

at Easter time?

Can you tell from the flags whichcountries are famous for decorating

eggs at Easter?

Clue: They are all in Eastern Europe!
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Psanky: Decorated eggs from

Ukraine Psanky are decorated Eastereggs from the Ukraine inEastern Europe.

Traditional psanky carrymythical and Christiansymbols

The egg itself symbolizes

Christ and his Resurrection,and the rebirth of new lifein spring.

Wavy lines indicate thewaters of forgiveness.

Circles can mean the sun ormoon. Those that circle theegg remind us of eternallife.

Triangles represent theTrinity
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Symbols in psanky

Crosses represent Christianityor the crucifixion.

Fish represent Christ and thenourishment of the spirit.

Sheep point toward the GoodShepherd.

Horses, reindeer, and deerpromise prosperity. Birds, especially birds in flight,

represent freedom. Fruits, grains, and baskets

represent fertility. Pine needlesmean for health and youth.Other plants stand forhappiness, joy (especially whencombined with bright colors),and plenty.
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Faberge eggs The great tradition of giving eggs for Easter goes back to ancient

times.

In Russia, the tsars always presented painted eggs to their people

they trusted.

These eggs are called Faberge eggs, and the company that createdthem made eggs decorated from gold, silver and precious stones.

The first Faberge egg was produced in 1884 for the tzar Alexander

III. He wanted a very special egg to be made and decorated for his

wife, the tzarina.


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The history of Faberge eggs

Faberge eggsare the mostfamous jewelled eggs made byPeter Carl Faberge and hisassistants between 1885 and1917.

In 1883 the Russian Czar,

Alexander, commissionedFaberge to make a special Eastergift for his wife, the EmpressMarie.

The first Faberge egg was an eggwithin an egg. It had an outsideshell of platinum and enameled

white which opened to reveal asmaller gold egg. The smaller egg,in turn, opened to display a goldenchicken and a jeweled replica ofthe Imperial crown.

The first Faberge egg, 1885.


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The history of Faberge eggs

The Faberge eggs are made of precious metals or hard stonesdecorated with combinations of enamel and gem stones. The term"Faberge Egg" has become a synonym of luxury and the eggs areregarded as masterpieces of the jeweler's art.

From 1885, the eggs were produced almost every year.

Fifty Imperial Faberg Easter eggs were made and presented toCzars Alexander III and Nicholas II of Russia. A further two eggswere planned but not delivered, the Constellationand Karelian Bircheggs of 1917.

The Imperial eggs enjoyed such fame that Faberg made some 15known eggs for private clients. Among them is a series of 7 eggsmade for the industrialist Alexander Kelch.


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Faberge eggs

An open Faberge egg,

showing a surprise inside! The Rose Trellis

Faberge egg,1907.


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The Lilies of the Valley egg

The Lilies of the Valley Egg wasan 1898 gift from the Russiantsar Nicholas II to EmpressAlexandra Fyodorovna.

This Faberge egg is enameled in

a lush rose-pink against a goldground, and supported by multi-colored gold diamond-set leaves.From this quadruped metal base,the egg itself appears to havebeen dropped into a patch oflily-of-the-valley, with green

enamel leaves, engraved goldstems, and pearl flowers, thepetals marked by tiny rose-cutdiamonds.


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More Faberge eggs

The Fifteenth Anniversary Egg,

a Faberge Imperial Easter Egg

presented by Tsar Nicholas II to his

wife the Empress Alexandra

Feodorovna as a gift for Easter in1911.


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The Gatchina Palace Egg, 1901

When opened, the Egg reveals aminiature replica of theGatchina Palace, the Empress sprinciple residence outside St.Petersburg Faberge s workmaster, MikhailPerkhin, was so detailed increating this egg that you cansee the palace, discern cannons,a flag, a statue of Paul I (1754-1801), and elements of thelandscape, including the trees.


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The most expensive Easter egg

ever!!! Winter Egg

1913

Gift from Nicholas IIto Maria Fyodorovna

Height: 10.2 cm

Cost when bought in 1913: 24,600 rubles.

Price when last sold at auction in 1994:

$9.58 million! Composition of the egg: the body is set

with 1,300 rose-diamonds, the borderswith 360 brilliants, and the small basketwith 1,378 rose-diamonds.


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Have a go!

On your table you will find ahard boiled egg, some acrylicpaints, some wax crayons, someoil pastels, pencils, ribbons andan egg shaped template

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Draw your design and add somecolour on your template, andwhen you are happy with thisplan, lightly sketch the design on

to your egg.

Decorate and paint your egg, andthen we will work together toattach ribbons etc.

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