Pysanky Egg Decorating Workshop AM Session

 

Registration deadline: March 20, 2026

Pysanky (pee-san-key) are decorated eggs with traditional folk motifs and designs created using a wax-resist method. Students in this workshop will learn how to draw on a whole plain white chicken egg with a special pen (kistka) and melted wax, then dye the egg with special dyes. The drawing and dyeing process is repeated several times as each layer of the design is applied. The egg’s interior is removed, and a ribbon is added.

Workshop leader Hanka Robertson was born in Slovenia and learned to make pysanky as a child. She was taught by her mother, who was born and raised in the former Czechoslovakia, where pysanky eggs were an annual Easter tradition. The workshop fee includes admission to the Museum, all supplies, a short history of pysanky, instructions on the process and how to care for the completed eggs, motifs and designs for inspiration, and a container to take the decorated eggs home.