Dye Crayon Disaster

Another "reject" -- a blue egg (no idea what made the blue) with dye crayon scribbles. I've waxed bands, but can't decide on a next step.



(update, 11/25) Dyed Rit Teal. Is it finished? Can't decide.

Blo-Pen Disaster

Culled from the reject cartons -- this yelow egg is a failure from a stencil and the magenta fabric BloPen. I've waxed it, but can't decide on a next step.



(update, 11/25) Dyed the egg in Thati Rose and it started turning this amazingly unusual color so I took it out and decided to leave well enough alone.

Concentric Circles

Another egg culled from my "reject" cartons -- the original (concentric circles in pale-pale-pale orange and white, on a gray egg) lacked contrast and visual punch.

Now, though, I think this is going to be wonderful. I've waxed dots all over it, and dyed it in Dylon Tahitian Rose. Look what it did to the pale orange!! Can't wait to remove wax.



(update, 11/25) Yes, this is the same egg. It looked horrible when I removed the wax, so i re-waxed and re-dyed and it still looked horrible. I used a BloPen. No help. I vinegared it, and suddenly it started looking a little better. I covered it with embossing powder, and suddenly I have something I can tolerate, if not love.

More Stripes

This one is another stripe egg. I remembered to use Goo Gone first. Next I waxed a pattern (shown in photo) and then removed the red using vinegar. (Forgot to photograph that step. Now the egg is sitting in a puppy training pad, soaking up dye from coloring crystals. It should be finished this evening.



(update, 11/25) Vinegard and dyed Rit Country Blue.

Ugly Egg

(update, 11-26-2005) Broken. Sometimes it's a good thing.

This is a really ugly egg. I don't know if I can save it. It started out as a black egg with a red/yellow/orange Rose of Sharon pattern, but I'm not good at drawing geometrics on eggs so it looked just horrible. I slathered wax all over it, then placed it in vnegar for the following result. I'm not sure what to do with it now.

Oh, my proud beauty!!!!

This egg is incredible. This is what keeps me playing with dye and wax and breakable, heartbreaking eggshells. It started out as a pretty dull egg, black with Rit Seafoam Green lines, and I decided to just make dots all over it. Since the egg was black I had to use vinegar to remove the black before doing anything else. Then the magic hit. It looked so great!! The black was getting all spotty and interesting, so I stopped at that point. I removed the wax, and celebrated.

Stripes Revisited . . . .

This is one of the striped eggs I made over Spring Break two years ago. I waxed simple concentric circles on it, and dyed it in Rit Teal. Not happy with it. I should have used Goo Gone to remove the wax left from the striping process FIRST. Then the teal dye would have adheared better.

Now for something less successful . . .

The original egg was magenta with white lines. I couldn't figure out what to do with it, so I waxed more lines, vinegared it, then dyed it Dylon Tahiti Rose followed immediatly by Rit Gray. I've also hit it with a yellow fabric BloPen, trying to get more color interest, but obviously failed. It's a mess. I need to work with it more, but can't figure out what to do. Part of me wants to add gold to it, and go super-tacky, but part of me feels there is actually a great egg here. It needs distressing, but I'm not sure exacty what to distress. Must think about this.







(update, 11/25) Added gold, but I'm not happy.



(update, 11/25)

I can't leave well enough alone. Finished this one off (finally) with black acrylic paint. I was going to use gold or silver, but at the last second reached for black insteda. I'm happy I did. It's now interesting, if not overwhelmingly beautiful.

Garden of Love

This is the 'love garden' egg. First image shows the wax on a scarlet Rit egg. The second photo shows the finished egg. I vinegared it, and then dyed it in Rit Dark Gray. The photo doesn't do the egg justice -- the color is just wonderful.

C's Egg

Keep forgetting to take photos before I start playing! My sister C. started this egg years and years and years ago. It was pretty simple -- black with orange and yellow dots. My contribution was the new waxed design, a few hours in a vinegar bath, floolwed by a Rit Teal bath. Can't decide if I'm finished with it or not. It's pretty, but just not distressed enough for my taste.