Friday, September 27, 2013

Friday Egg: Periwinkle Butterfly

Pysanky in Green and Purple, Periwinkle Butterfly

Happy Friday! Today is a cute little chicken egg in one of my favorite color combinations. I love purple and green together. Combined with one of my favorite design motifs and it was a fun egg to make!

I started with a white chicken egg for the base lines, then dipped quickly in Key Lime for the lighter green and then a longer dip in Key Lime for the deeper green. The last color was UGS Purple, but a quick dip so it looks more periwinkle here.

I hope you enjoy it.

Pysanky in Green and Purple, Periwinkle Butterfly

Pysanky in Green and Purple, Periwinkle Butterfly

Pysanky in Green and Purple, Periwinkle Butterfly

Pysanky in Green and Purple, Periwinkle Butterfly

Friday, September 20, 2013

Friday Egg: Irrigation Study

Contemporary Batik Eggshell: Irrigation Study in reds and blues

Happy Friday! We did a lot of traveling this summer, and I was looking out the windows of several airplanes. I've always loved to look at landscapes this way. The distance simplifies shapes and flattens everything out and turns it into a two-dimensional graphic. This is a study of the crop irrigation patterns you see on the ground from an airplaine. It's not perfect but I feel like there are design ideas here that I would like to continue to pursue.

I hope you enjoy it.

Contemporary Batik Eggshell: Irrigation Study in reds and blues

Contemporary Batik Eggshell: Irrigation Study in reds and blues

Contemporary Batik Eggshell: Irrigation Study in reds and blues

Contemporary Batik Eggshell: Irrigation Study in reds and blues

Contemporary Batik Eggshell: Irrigation Study in reds and blues

Contemporary Batik Eggshell: Irrigation Study in reds and blues

Friday, September 13, 2013

Friday Egg: Star Flowers

Star Flower Batik Eggshell in purple, orange and pink
Happy Friday! I've been busy with some of the other areas in my life for the past few weeks, with an end-of-summer weekend getaway, school starting for my little, and other things that get in the way of sitting down and working on eggs. But I have had some ideas percolating and will be posting them as I get to them.
Today is a floral hybrid, some of my star flowers combined with modern shapes in bright summer floral colors. I hope you like it!

Star Flower Batik Eggshell in purple, orange and pink



Star Flower Batik Eggshell in purple, orange and pink

Star Flower Batik Eggshell in purple, orange and pink



Star Flower Batik Eggshell in purple, orange and pink

Star Flower Batik Eggshell in purple, orange and pink

Star Flower Batik Eggshell in purple, orange and pink

Star Flower Batik Eggshell in purple, orange and pink