New Technique?

A Martha Stewart technique involving old silk ties and scarves has fascinated me for several weeks. By wrapping the egg in a piece of silk and boiling it for several minutes the design from the silk gets transferred to the egg.

It's a great look, and I can see it being the basis for several of my future eggs. It won't be enough by itself -- it's hard for me to consider an egg finished if it doesn't have a resist applied at some point! Plus the colors are muted, and I'm all about bright colors.

The technique got me thinking -- what other materials in the world will transfer their patterns? I know crepe paper will work . . . .

So I'm playing now with tissue paper. I covered one egg with cheap, waxy dollar store tissue paper, and boiled one egg in a metal pan. The design sort of stuck, but I think this would have been more successful if I had let the egg simmer longer, and if I had used vinegar. My only pan is metal, so I'm reluctant to put vinegar in it. Plus I use this one pan for cooking.

My plan for tomorrow is to buy a new pan over lunch, and maybe go scope out Target after work for better paper.