Friday Egg: Kissing Fish

This goose egg decided what it was going to be all on its own! I had planned on doing a floral motif with one central large bloom in each open space with vines trailing to each side with smaller blooms in the narrow ends of the chevron shape between the bands. But as you can see, that did not happen! As I was sketching out the flower design, I saw that the sawtooth shapes left a negative space that just had to be filled with a fish shape. And naturally, since those shapes were on the top and bottom of the chevron, there had to be two fish kissing.

I was really pleased when I melted the wax off the egg and saw the amazing colors! One of my favorite color combinations is pink and orange, and I think that combination worked perfectly with the fish!

The colors used (in order!) are Golden Wheat, Neon Green, Key Lime, Carrot, Lily Rose, Rhodamine, Turquoise and Emu Blue.

Happy Friday!

Friday Egg: Snail Shells

Another egg springs from this basic design:

But with this design I used curved lines to indicate a dimensionality that doesn't show in the wagon wheels design. It ended up looking like tires or snail shells. The color of the baselines is Golden Wheat and the fill-in colors are shades of Emu Blue and Deep Blue Sea. I definitely feel that there is more to explore with this version of the design, so get ready to see it more often in the future.

Don't forget to come see me at the Ridgetop Winter Bazaar tomorrow (Saturday) December 14th, Ridgetop Elementary School at 5005 Caswell Ave. Austin, TX 78751. It's the last opportunity to see my work in person this year (unless you call for a private showing), so please drop by! I will be showing my ornament eggs only, which are less detailed and simpler designs.

Happy Friday!

Friday Egg: Blue Elephant Dreaming

I chose to show this one for the Friday Egg as a farewell: it sold last weekend at the East Austin Studio Tour. Goodbye Blue Elephant!  

There are other eggs for you to see, so don't despair. Just come by my studio tomorrow, Stop #10 on the East Austin Studio Tour and take a look at designs new and old, chat about eggs and other stuff, have a glass of wine and hang out! 

Saturday, November 23 and Sunday, November 24 from 11 to 6 each day. Hope to see you!

The elephant has pink striped toenails!

Friday Egg: Delft Garden

Revisiting a design this week, somewhat opposite color scheme from a few weeks ago. I think that this one is not as strong, but I don't know that it is a bad thing. Just different. I do wish that I had etched this one to give some more emphasis to the design. The mottled effect of the dye is bothering me as I think it makes the design seem out of focus or blurry.  But then maybe I should just stop comparing the two and give them each a chance to shine.

Happy Friday!

Friday Egg: Tie Dye Experiment

Today's Friday Egg is a batiked goose eggshell reminiscent of tie-dye. I simply dotted different colors of dye on the white eggshell with a q-tip, waxed the egg and then dyed it black. One layer only, but with the different colors of dye peeking through the black, it looks a little more fun than just a plain black and white design. Of course, now that I said that I think I might just try a black and white one because that would be very pretty in a different way!

Happy Friday!

Friday Egg: Moonlight Garden

Happy Friday! A lovely blue and white etched egg today for Friday. I really like the way this one turned out, with a really deep etch and lovely cobalt blue background. 

I just finished up a workshop with Ginger and Sarah, working on teaching beginning Pysanka with Sarah and on etching with Ginger. We had a great day: come join us next time!

REMINDER: Last Chance to Register for my Ornament Workshops this weekend

REMINDER! LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR THE FALL WORKSHOPS!

This fall workshop will concentrate on teaching you how to create your own beautiful heirloom-quality Pysanky eggshell ornaments using traditional methods of waxing and dyeing. I will have the usual red and green or blue and white on hand, but feel free to create the ornament that suits your personal holiday preference with my large selection of aniline dyes. You will leave the workshop with at least one completed eggshell ornament with ornament hanger finding, but most likely you will have time to complete two eggs. I will supply all beeswax, dyes, tools and blown eggs to work on in class. Blown chicken eggs will be available for $2 each if you want to purchase additional eggs for future use.

We will meet at my central East Austin home studio with easy access from I-35 and 183.

If a class doesn't "make", I will give you the option of taking the other scheduled workshop or I will refund your money.
We will be working with carbon-darkened beeswax and aniline dyes, both of which stain, so please wear art clothes or bring a smock/apron.

Ornament Workshop #1
Friday, October 25th
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
$70

Ornament Workshop #2
Saturday, October 26th
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
$70


To register for a class you may reserve your spot by paying the tuition through Paypal. You may make a payment to katydavidart@gmail.com. You may also contact me directly to pay with a credit card at (512) 965-7061 or katydavidart@gmail.com. If you want to pay by check, just give me a call for details. If you have any questions, please call or email me.


Looking forward to seeing you!

Katy