Egg Art

Eggs have always been a symbol for spring. Before the Easter holidays, students in the class will explore drawing psanky designs and decorating eggs.

Psanky

Psanky is the name given to the decorative geometric designs found on many Ukranian Easter eggs. Some sites that give background on this are:

Psanky - Ukranian Easter Eggs

Students will create their own designs in 2 dimensions. Egg shaped templates are provided as are resource books, designs and samples.
Medium: markers on fingerpaint paper

The following are some samples:

Decorated Eggs

Decorating eggs occurs in many cultures. Students will decorate their own eggs. Getting the egss to and from school safely is at least half of the challenge of this activity.

Medium: hardboiled or blown-out eggs, permanent markers, acrylic gloss medium & varnish

The following are some samples:

Egg-citing Design Challenges

Egg Carton Design Challenge

Challenge: Make an Egg-xotic Creation using only 1 egg carton, 100 toothpicks, 10 paper clips and 60 cm. masking tape
Materials 1 cardboard egg carton for 1 dozen eggs 100 plain flat-style wooden toothpicks (maximum) 10 paper clips 60 cm. masking tape	Tools scissors pliers side-cutters nail or screw to make holes
Decorating / Drawing Implements pens, markers, pencils, pencil crayons	Time 1 hour in class
Preparation You can work out a design at home and have already made a creature. By practicing, or making a model at home, you will have the opportunity to work out the design challenges and become familiar with working with the tools.	During The Official Design Challenge Hour You may not have any visual guidance to prompt you. You may not have a diagram, photo or model to guide you. You will need to rely on your memory.
Evaluation Guidelines creative creation stable construction attractive finish

Egg Drop Container Challenge

Challenge: Package a raw egg in recycled material, drop it from 2 meters onto a hard surface and make sure the egg doesn't break.
Materials 1 raw egg recycled, reused materials that can be shaped by hand or manipulated with tools that are listed below	Fastening Material (new) masking tape, packaging tape, clear tape, duct tape staples
Tools scissors pliers side-cutters stapler	Time 1 hour in class
Preparation You can try out different designs at home to test how good your packaging is. Wrap your egg in a baggy so that if it does break, you can still use the egg after straining out the eggshells. (You don't want to be wasting good food :-) The packaging should be such so that you can make it from "scratch" at school.	During The Official Design Challenge Hour You may have 2 tries if you wish. The egg must be removed from the packaging without breaking the egg. In other words it can't be so taped up it can't be removed from the packaging without breaking the egg. If there is a tie (namely more than one student designs packaging that protects the egg well), then the entries will be judged in one of these categories: lightest packaging (weight) smallest volume (outside dimensions) simplistic, elegant design shortest package assembly time aesthetic appeal - attractive use of junk material

Eggs can also come in many other art forms:

Mineral Eggs


Porphyry, Marble, Unikite, Feldspar, Celestite	Banded Chert	Ottrolite

Hand Painted Eggs


Inspired by M.C. Escher	Tessellation	Scratch Technique

Agate Egg Sun Catchers