Thursday, March 18, 2010

PFF - Hungarian Easter Eggs





This Hungarian Easter postcard from 1985 shows a couple of Hungarian decorated Easter eggs and some folk embroidery. The back has Easter greetings in four languages.

Egg decorating styles vary in different regions of Hungary, and some artists develop their own elaborate styles. Wax resist dyeing is the most popular technique and is similar to dyeing batik fabric. This method can produce both simple and elaborate designs and is explained on the Folkology page Hungarian Folk Art Easter Egg Decoration. A method using small leaves is also described there. Another method of decoration is painting directly on the egg with different colors.

Huszákné Czencz Marietta (Hungarian Easter egg artist) has been decorating eggs since 1960. Many beautiful examples of her work are shown on her web page.

The YouTube video also shows many beautiful Hungarian Easter eggs in a variety of styles. The sound on the video sounds kind of strange because it is a mouth harp.



13 comments:

  1. These are such works of art. My mom has a couple from a friend.

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  2. Did you know Fairfield House is having a postcard exchange? It's pretty cool. You should check it out: http://fairfieldhousenj.com/2010/02/24/youve-got-mail/

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  3. Hi There Postcardy, Thanks for your visit, Ive never seen Hungarian Easter eggs before. Have a great day, Julian

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  4. These pictures are just beautiful. I have a green egg which was made in Africa. It was hollowed out first--but made in much the same way.

    Thank you for sharing the fascinating history behind these beautiful works of art!

    Happy PFF!

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  5. Wonderful - thank you postcardy. Happy PFF!

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  6. A friend and I had hopeful wishes of making Ukrainian Easter eggs one year... The farthest we got was blowing the yolk out of the eggs! I admire anyone who has the patience to do these things!

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  7. Oh! These are beautiful! And so fun to watch the video.

    Happy PFF!

    Blessings & Aloha!
    (Thankyou so much for stopping by! Yes, St. Patrick's day is a very big celebration here in Savannah, Georgia :o)

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  8. Unusual card. The intricate designs of eastern european eggs are beautiful. Loved the end of the video, funny.

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  9. What lovely Easter eggs, postcardy! They are beautifully painted! :)

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  10. Beautiful craftsmanship there. I didn't know it was a speciality of the region.

    Sorry to be so late with my post and my comments this week. Life got in the way. :)

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