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Beginning Pysanky Egg Dyeing (March 29)

$80.00

1-Day Workshop: March 29, 2026
1:00 - 4:30 pm

Instructor: Shannon Wallis

Learn the ancient Ukrainian Easter egg art of pysanky.

Since pagan times, Ukrainians have decorated eggs to welcome spring. In this class, you will take a plain white chicken egg, use hot beeswax applied with a kistka funnel to draw on the egg over a succession of aniline dyes, and blow out the egg to create a beautiful, one of a kind keepsake with designs and colors that pop.

All workshop materials will be provided. Please bring reading glasses if needed and clothes you wouldn't mind being stained.

This class is open to students ages 16+
Skill Level: 1-5, all levels welcome.

Limited scholarship funding may be available for this class. To apply for financial aid, please fill out our Scholarship Application.

Click here to view our Terms & Conditions.

Skill levels: 1 - Beginner; 2 - Beginner/Intermediate; 3 - Intermediate; 4 - Intermediate/Advanced; 5 - Advanced

1-Day Workshop: March 29, 2026
1:00 - 4:30 pm

Instructor: Shannon Wallis

Learn the ancient Ukrainian Easter egg art of pysanky.

Since pagan times, Ukrainians have decorated eggs to welcome spring. In this class, you will take a plain white chicken egg, use hot beeswax applied with a kistka funnel to draw on the egg over a succession of aniline dyes, and blow out the egg to create a beautiful, one of a kind keepsake with designs and colors that pop.

All workshop materials will be provided. Please bring reading glasses if needed and clothes you wouldn't mind being stained.

This class is open to students ages 16+
Skill Level: 1-5, all levels welcome.

Limited scholarship funding may be available for this class. To apply for financial aid, please fill out our Scholarship Application.

Click here to view our Terms & Conditions.

Skill levels: 1 - Beginner; 2 - Beginner/Intermediate; 3 - Intermediate; 4 - Intermediate/Advanced; 5 - Advanced

Instructor: Shannon Wallis

Shannon is a former elementary school art and nursery school teacher who has been writing pysanky in Vermont since 1994 when she learned the technique from another art teacher. While Shannon has no Ukrainian or Eastern European ancestry, she has fallen in love with pysanky as an art form. Shannon finds both the traditional and modern designs enticing, especially when they involve geometry. Shannon teaches pysanky in her home studio, on Zoom, and at various pysanky retreats and craft schools. Shannon won the People's Choice Award in the Classic category in the first annual International Pysanka Exhibition at the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario Branch in June 2019. She is a juried member of the League of NH Craftsmen in mixed media and sells her pysanky and batik eggs online and at various galleries, craft shows and farmers markets. Besides being an egg artist, Shannon is a wife and a mother of two young adults.

www.shannonwallisdesigns.com