{"id":380,"date":"2020-01-29T01:19:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T01:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/?page_id=380"},"modified":"2020-04-10T12:40:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T16:40:49","slug":"wax-resist-decorated-eggs-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/?page_id=380","title":{"rendered":"Wax Resist Decorated Eggs &#8211; Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"191\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/191_Wax_Resist_book_cover_draft.jpg\" alt=\"Wax Resist Decorated Eggs book thumbnail\" class=\"wp-image-190\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> by Jodi Smith<br>October 2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Artists across Central Europe have been decorating eggs using the wax  resist process for over a thousand years.&nbsp;  Learn their secrets, and  create your own one-of-a-kind heirlooms.<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jodi Smith is a descendant of Wendish (Sorbian) immigrants to Texas.  Examples of her naturally dyed eggs have been displayed at the <a href=\"http:\/\/texaswendish.org\/museum\/\">Texas Wendish Heritage Society Museum<\/a>.&nbsp; She has been teaching wax resist egg decorating classes for over 25 years.&nbsp; Now she presents her class material, and much more, in this lavishly illustrated, full color book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"547\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/548_student_eggs_2017_4_5_005_s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/548_student_eggs_2017_4_5_005_s.jpg 547w, https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/548_student_eggs_2017_4_5_005_s-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/548_student_eggs_2017_4_5_005_s-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/548_student_eggs_2017_4_5_005_s-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Eggs made by first-time students, in one of Jodi&#8217;s classes.&nbsp; Now you can do this, too.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Topics Include:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>&nbsp; making sense of the wax resist process<\/li><li>&nbsp; using a waxing pen (&#8220;<em>kistka&#8221;<\/em>) (&#8220;Ukrainian&#8221; style, <em>pysanky<\/em>)<\/li><li>&nbsp; dipping a pin in melted wax (&#8220;Lithuanian&#8221; style,<em> marguciai<\/em>)<\/li><li>&nbsp; dipping a feather in melted wax (&#8220;Wendish\/Sorbian\/Lusatian&#8221; style)<\/li><li>&nbsp; using commercial and natural dyes<\/li><li>&nbsp; author&#8217;s own tests of 45 natural dye materials<\/li><li>&nbsp; traditional \u201cEnglish\u201d and metric units&nbsp;<\/li><li> all class materials from the author&#8217;s egg decorating classes&nbsp;<\/li><li>&nbsp;detailed, illustrated instructions, from planning a design though sealing and hollowing the finished egg<\/li><li>&nbsp; simple beginner patterns, for each style<\/li><li>&nbsp; ideas for easy variations, to personalize your egg<\/li><li>&nbsp; 8 basic layouts to start your own original designs<\/li><li>&nbsp; 4 different methods for drawing the popular 8-pointed star motif <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"191\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/191_Wax_Resist_book_cover_draft.jpg\" alt=\"Wax Resist Decorated Eggs book thumbnail\" class=\"wp-image-190\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>To Order Your Copy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> Paperback book, full color &#8211; at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1700142682\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jodi SmithOctober 2019 Artists across Central Europe have been decorating eggs using the wax resist process for over a thousand years.&nbsp; Learn their secrets, and create your own one-of-a-kind heirlooms. Jodi Smith is a descendant of Wendish (Sorbian) immigrants to Texas. Examples of her naturally dyed eggs have been displayed at the Texas Wendish&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/?page_id=380\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wax Resist Decorated Eggs &#8211; Book<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":466,"parent":374,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/380\/revisions\/389"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nepenthe-farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}