Saturday, April 23, 2011

Egg-citement!



We have all seen decorated Easter eggs....but have you seen this? It is a mosaic portrait of the Virgin Mary made from 15,000 wooden eggs!


I saw these ostrich eggs in Paris, carved and transformed into sconces!


Traditional Easter eggs have come a long way in the art world. Brian Baity works in glass, wood, gourds and eggshells.



His goose eggs are my favorite!


I have created decorative eggs as well. These are wooden eggs in various sizes that I marbled using old bookbinding paper techniques. I hope you have decorated eggs for Easter and have a happy weekend!

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12 comments:

  1. KarenaApril 23, 2011 at 11:52 PM

    Such amazing artistry in these works from eggs! Thank you for sharing with us.

    Happy Easter!

    xoxo
    Karena
    Art by Karena

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  2. patrickgracewoodApril 24, 2011 at 12:03 AM

    Theresa,
    After working just to blow some eggs, those carved eggs of Brian make me hold my breath. How does he do it? They're insanely fragile. Thanks for showing them. (now back to my primitive eggs...)

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  3. GinaApril 24, 2011 at 6:33 AM

    Dear Theresa, Your eggs are beautiful. You have mastered this old technique. I'm glad that they are wooden eggs...it would be sad if one would break. Happy Easter Sunday to you.
    Gina

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  4. Mark D. RuffnerApril 24, 2011 at 8:09 AM

    I like your eggs best of all - some of them remind me of rich burled wood. Happy Easter, Theresa, from Mark!

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  5. AnnApril 24, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    Happy Easter, Theresa!
    Wow- your marbled eggs are perfect! Was it hard to do? I am familiar with the technique, but have never tried doing it myself. You have inspired me!

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  6. AlanApril 24, 2011 at 12:01 PM

    Wait, don't go! Where's the 'how-to' for decorating those wooden eggs of yours; they look amazing

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  7. AlanApril 24, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    Wait, don't go! Where's the 'how-to' for decorating those wooden eggs? They're amazing.

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  8. Brillante InteriorsApril 24, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    You always find the most amazing images. Happy Easter from Milan!

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  9. steve shriverApril 24, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    Got two dozen blown out and ready to go. Hopefully we get to it today- we have two dozen family members coming too!

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  10. John GaddisApril 26, 2011 at 3:28 PM

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  11. La DolfinaApril 28, 2011 at 10:20 PM

    Wow Theresa... those are brilliant!
    I love this post!!
    I've missed my visits here... it's good to be back!!!
    xo

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  12. Helen MorrisMay 6, 2011 at 9:08 AM

    Eggs-cellent eggsamples Theresa.
    You are creating some wonderful things with your bookbinding marble technique. I love the wooden egg virgin too, it looked a little like the paintings that my husband is creating at the moment.

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