Friday Egg: Phoenix

 I've been using a lot of blues and greens lately and decided this week to go the opposite direction in my color choices, using mostly hot colors. I dyed this goose egg with PUSA Golden Wheat, then used UGS Red, Scarlet and Dark Red, along with Jacquard Salmon and Jacquard Violet.

The imagery makes me think of a bird's wing and the colors naturally lent themselves to the idea of the Phoenix rising. I definitely want to work with this design again to see what else I can evoke with the use of different colors and different design details.

Happy Friday!

Friday Egg: Refraction Shift

Wading through a shallow stream on a sunny day, I watch how the river rocks below the surface change as the light plays on the water, bouncing off the surface and diving deep to illuminate the bottom. The shapes grow and shrink, the colors get bright and hot then deep and cool. My head is hot in the sunlight and my feet are cold in the stream. 

This modern Pysanky was done on a goose egg with Procion Avocado, PUSA Asparagus, UGS Turquoise and Jacquard Teal.

Happy Friday!

Friday Egg: Green Leaf

I have another design based on mid-century modern pattern, done on a goose egg. Starting with a white egg, I waxed the basic leaf pattern, then dipped in Procion Avocado. I waxed the inner leaves, then dipped in PUSA Asparagus for the background color. I love the deep rich green of the Asparagus dye. It's the perfect tone to be dark enough to show off the design but still register as a color.

Happy Friday!