Happy Easter thread :)

[paigew]

Maria PLEASE share how you made those! The colors are so vibrant for natural dyes. Beautiful!

 

[limr]

Okay, here are some traditional painted wooden eggs from Slovenia:


Easter eggs by limrodrigues, on Flickr

Easter traditions in Portugal do include coloring eggs, but it's more about the breads and the rituals. In Braga especially, Easter is NO.JOKE. There's almost a carnival-like atmosphere during the week prior, including mannequins of John baptizing Jesus in the Rio Este (the East River...which is more of a little canal and no where near deep enough for mobsters to dump any bodies in ) I have pictures of them somewhere and thought I digitized some of them but I guess I didn't. I'll see if I can find them.

On Good Friday, everyone is in town for the procession, but this is a very solemn procession, with chanting monks, statuettes, prayers, and long periods of dead silence. Do you know how hard it is to get silence from a crowd of Portuguese people?? Easter itself is festive and involves lots of dressing in your finest and promenading through town and hanging out in cafes.

 

[runnah]

They started as white eggs.

I observe the pagan traditions of this holiday. Traditions include watching F1 and drinking more beers than socially acceptable at 2 in the afternoon.

 

[mmaria]

Happy Easter from this old hippy

I guess yours are colored with some herbs also

They started as white eggs. View attachment 71787

and I guess you've explained everything...

 

[mmaria]

... what herbs or spices do you use to color yours? And how do you get the patterns? They're amazing!

These are splendid, Maria! Just lovely! I'd love to hear more about how these are made.

Maria PLEASE share how you made those! The colors are so vibrant for natural dyes. Beautiful!

Ok... this is how...

I used the peel of onions lots of it

The patterns are just some herbs and grass you can find in the yard.
You take grass, clover f.e. dip it in water and then place it on the egg. Next is putting the egg like that in a women nylon socks ( should I mention that they need to be clean but not new ) and make sure that it stays firmly around the egg. You twist the sock and tied it with the string, and then another egg like that. Sorry, but my English isn't that good to explain you better... Feel free to ask more if something is not clear...

It's important also that you know how to cook that eggs. The water must be warmed slowly and a bit vinegar should be added in the water.

 

[mmaria]

Easter traditions in Portugal do include coloring eggs, but it's more about the breads and the rituals. In Braga especially, Easter is NO.JOKE. There's almost a carnival-like atmosphere during the week prior, including mannequins of John baptizing Jesus in the Rio Este (the East River...which is more of a little canal and no where near deep enough for mobsters to dump any bodies in ) I have pictures of them somewhere and thought I digitized some of them but I guess I didn't. I'll see if I can find them.

On Good Friday, everyone is in town for the procession, but this is a very solemn procession, with chanting monks, statuettes, prayers, and long periods of dead silence. Do you know how hard it is to get silence from a crowd of Portuguese people?? Easter itself is festive and involves lots of dressing in your finest and promenading through town and hanging out in cafes.

We're kissing each other when saying "Happy Easter" which is something you don't always want to do three whole days!!!

The bad thing is that nowadays tradition seems to vanish... really... There are so many nice customs everywhere but not nearly respected as they should...

 

[vintagesnaps]

The color and the designs on your eggs Maria are wonderful. Reminds me of what I've seen done with sun prints and cyanotypes.

I just got a book on Anthotypes (using plants) by Malin Fabbri and saw something about it being possible to make sun prints using egg dye/color brushed on watercolor paper. I don't know if it will actually work but since all I got done was hard boiling some eggs!! - I might as well use up the dissolving tablets and try it. Need to coat the paper and let it dry in the dark, and then see if I can actually get an exposure in the sun.

Leonore the hanging out in cafes part sounds good! after going to a banquet Saturday that had more to do with hockey than Easter, I've been relaxing watching hockey on TV this Easter evening. Ivan I like your 'Day after'!

 

[Braineack]

The thread has just become 10 times better!

RECIPE!

Kathleen King's Double Chocolate Almond Cookies Recipe : Ina Garten : Food Network

 

[xFireSoul]

Thanks for the help, but I meant that I failed to upload them via computer, thats why I've used the links in 500px. Sorry for the inconvenience

 

[paigew]

Ok... this is how...

I used the peel of onions lots of it

The patterns are just some herbs and grass you can find in the yard.
You take grass, clover f.e. dip it in water and then place it on the egg. Next is putting the egg like that in a women nylon socks ( should I mention that they need to be clean but not new ) and make sure that it stays firmly around the egg. You twist the sock and tied it with the string, and then another egg like that. Sorry, but my English isn't that good to explain you better... Feel free to ask more if something is not clear...

It's important also that you know how to cook that eggs. The water must be warmed slowly and a bit vinegar should be added in the water.

Wow I would seriously never guess onion peel would dye so well! Thank you I must try this .

 

[mmaria]

Wow I would seriously never guess onion peel would dye so well! Thank you I must try this .

Note: you need to have lots of that peel!

 

[limr]

So you are boiling the eggs with the onion peel? Or do you boil first and color afterwards?

I know it's after Easter but I so want to try this now!

 

[mmaria]

So you are boiling the eggs with the onion peel? Or do you boil first and color afterwards?

I know it's after Easter but I so want to try this now!

You put the peel in the pot first, then pour water with a half of a spoon of vinegar, and eggs in the end. The peel should be all over and below eggs. I don't know where you can find that amount of peel?
The water and eggs should be warmed slowly because eggs would crack if you start with high temperature.
And also, you need to boil them slowly for an hour or so...
I colored 30 eggs, so I had lots of peel.
If you want to try patterns one sock can be enough for 5-6 eggs. I used dandelion also...

 

[Braineack]

The thread has just become 10 times better!

RECIPE!

Kathleen King's Double Chocolate Almond Cookies Recipe : Ina Garten : Food Network

they were a hit!


Julia Coloring Eggs by The Braineack, on Flickr

 

[mmaria]

... they were a hit!

Had no doubt there

She's lovely!