{"id":303,"date":"2019-12-31T21:22:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T21:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2020-04-10T12:54:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T16:54:13","slug":"making-lusatian-style-eggs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/?page_id=303","title":{"rendered":"Making Lusatian-Style Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"297\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/297_01_blank_eggs-1.gif\" alt=\"clean white eggs\" class=\"wp-image-183\"\/><figcaption>Start with a clean, white egg.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"297\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/297_02_pencil-1.gif\" alt=\"sketch guide lines on the egg\" class=\"wp-image-175\"\/><figcaption> Sketch some guidelines in pencil.  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"297\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/297_L03_feathers.gif\" alt=\"shapes cut from chicken feathers\" class=\"wp-image-176\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">  These are geometric shapes, cut from the ends of chicken feathers.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"297\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/297_L04_wax_dish.gif\" alt=\"low-tech wax melting bowl\" class=\"wp-image-179\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\nThis is a bent spoon, its bowl filled  with beeswax, and its handle  \nstuck into a can of sand.&nbsp; This low-tech  arrangement makes it easy to  \nadjust the height of the wax above the  candle flame, and control the  \ntemperature of the wax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Dip the feather-shape \u2013 in this case a triangle &#8212; into the melted wax.  \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"297\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/297_L05_waxing.gif\" alt=\"applying wax with a feather\" class=\"wp-image-178\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">  Touch the feather-shape to the egg, leaving a triangular  wax mark.<br>The wax will keep dye off the egg, so wherever you put wax at  this  stage will remain white.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"476\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/478_L05_7_dyebath.gif\" alt=\"yellow dyebath\" class=\"wp-image-177\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">  Dip the egg into the first color of dye \u2013 in this case yellow.<br>The unwaxed areas are yellow.<br>The waxed areas have been protected from the yellow dye and are still (hidden) white.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> Now, touch wax shapes onto all the places that should  remain yellow.<br>You can use the head of a straight pin to make dots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"729\" height=\"138\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/730_L8_13_steps.gif\" alt=\"5 stages of colors for a Lusatian-style egg\" class=\"wp-image-181\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Continue in this way, adding layers of wax and different colors, until  the design is complete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"476\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/478_L14_15_clean.gif\" alt=\"melting off the wax\" class=\"wp-image-182\"\/><figcaption> Melt off the wax.&nbsp; Now you can see the egg&#8217;s true colors!  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"297\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/297_16_varnish-1.gif\" alt=\"eggs on drying rack\" class=\"wp-image-180\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">  Varnish the egg.&nbsp; Blow out the insides.<br>Your egg should last for many happy years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are geometric shapes, cut from the ends of chicken feathers. This is a bent spoon, its bowl filled with beeswax, and its handle stuck into a can of sand.&nbsp; This low-tech arrangement makes it easy to adjust the height of the wax above the candle flame, and control the temperature of the wax. 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