< Back Fairy Princess Rhea Egg Susan Shipka Artist: This delicate Princess is made with1 Rhea egg, her purse is a button quail. Burgandy, white lace & glitter add to her elegance. Type of Egg Rhea, button quail Approx. Dimensions Location Waterboro, ME, USA International Shipping ? No crafterschoice21@gmail.com Email: ​

< Back Page Davies, USA October 9, 2023 Bronze Award CATEGORY: Acid Etching PATHWAY: Accelerated TYPE OF EGGS: Emu I love turtles and seahorses, so that is what inspired this egg. It's a blown brown chicken egg, outlined the seahorses and turtles while it was brown. Washed back, 6% vinegar etched to white, waxed the wave outline, dots around and inside seahorse eyes, then a little v on her fin tips front and back. Dyed key lime and filled in turtle head, flippers and shell details. Dipped in brook blue filled in the remaining turtle shell details, dipped in blue blazes and filled in the seahorse details, drew the kelp outlines and filled in the waves. Washed back and etched in vinegar to white. painted in the red, waxed the red, painted in kelp with Christmas green. Dipped in marigold and waxed over. Washed back and finally in aquamarine for the side band. The finish is Minwax spar urethane. I dipped the egg in the can with a bamboo skewer and let it dry overnight. Previous Next

< Back Ostrich Egg Box Leslie Lisdell Artist: OOAK ostrich egg box with a faux malachite finish inside and out. It is made from an ostrich egg and button quail egg. The egg is adorned with numerous vintage crystal cabochons and Swarovski crystals. The inside is a platform with black satin and black netting. In the center is an oval “flawed” emerald cabochon surrounded by black diamond chain, square gold chain and leaves in keeping with the same theme and materials. The proceeds from this sale are donated to Egg Art International. You may purchase this item thru the Egg Art International store page which accepts credit cards and PayPal. Type of Egg Ostrich and Button Quail Approx. Dimensions Location Arkansas, USA International Shipping ? No team@eggartinternational.org Email: ​

< Back Karen Hanlon, M.S. EAI Representative for Canada, MAP Judge Karen Hanlon has been an egg artist and teacher for over 30 years. Besides traditional pysanky and batik eggs, her works include a variety of other styles. She is best known for her Bucovinian raised wax and "cross stitch" eggs, dyed and etched brown eggs, and "stained glass" eggs. She lives in Barry's Bay, Ontario, where she teaches at a small college, including a credit course in pysanky.

< Back Fran Higgins MAP Steward Hi! I am the current president of the Houston Egg Art Guild and will be one of the stewards of the Master Artisan Pathway "MAP". My goal is to make sure the entries and judging are coordinated properly, fairly, ethically and with the upmost respect for these artists.

< Back Ruby Red Goose Egg Box with Matching Necklace Leslie Lisdell Artist: Goose egg box with 14kt GF and vintage bead necklace. Necklace is approx. 17.5". Free shipping to USA and Canada. All proceeds from this sale are donated to Egg Art International. You may purchase this item thru the Egg Art International store which accepts credit cards and Paypal. Type of Egg Goose Approx. Dimensions Location Arkansas, USA International Shipping ? No team@eggartinternational.org Email: ​

< Back Rebekah Brown, USA September 10, 2024 Gold Award CATEGORY: Carved PATHWAY: NA TYPE OF EGGS: Emu This carved Emu eggshell is titled “Roses through the Windowpane”. The eggshell was carved using a NSK Presto II air driven handpiece, with burrs measuring 1/16th inches in diameter. I primarily used diamond burrs for the relief carving portion (the shape being several size balls, footballs and wheel) and switched to a straight carbide for the cut-outs. For the lay-out portion, I used thin washi tape to get the correct proportions, and then clear transfer sticker paper for the roses. The eggshell stand is Sapele wood and finished with beeswax. I turned the stand on a wood lathe from a 4x4x4 inch block. The inspiration for this pattern came to my mind after reading the book, “The Secret Garden”, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Roses hold special meaning in the book, and the window shapes are based on a Tudor style diamond lattice window. I don’t know that any special techniques were used, except to be careful and gentle with the piece. nes I have made up in my mind. Previous Next

< Back Carved Chicken? Egg Beverly Harder Artist: Beautiful one-of-a-kind hand carved unfinished chicken? egg by the late Beverly Harder. It is affixed to the stand. This egg was donated to Egg Art International by her best friend Lane Ream to further the EAI mission. This egg can be purchased directly from our store . Type of Egg Unknown Approx. Dimensions Location Arkansas, USA International Shipping ? No team@eggartinternational.org Email: ​

< Back Konomi Kashiwaya EAI Representative for Japan, MAP Judge Because of my 40 years of bread dough flower making, I especially love to make dioramas out of bread dough, creating plants, animals, and fairies. I also love beads, thread, decoupage, painting and cutting. I participated in egg shows in the US every year for 20 years. I have also exhibited eggs in Paris, Australia and Russia. I have been participating in the Japanese Egg Art Guild since the first year it was established, and it has been a little over 20 years now. I exhibit with my students at the Japan Egg Art Guild Show every year. I also have private exhibitions several times a year. I recently published a book about my egg art works.

< Back Carved Chicken Egg Beverly Harder Artist: Beautiful one-of-a-kind hand carved unfinished chicken egg by the late Beverly Harder. This egg was donated to Egg Art International by her best friend Lane Ream to further the EAI mission. This egg can be purchased directly from our store . Type of Egg Chicken Approx. Dimensions Location Arkansas, USA International Shipping ? No team@eggartinternational.org Email: ​

< Back Karen Hanlon, Canada February 11, 2024 Silver Award CATEGORY: Pysanky/Batik PATHWAY: Accelerated TYPE OF EGGS: Goose This egg was written for "Pysanky for Ukraine" Day, and so contains several symbols related to Ukraine. There are two intricate bands of original design, one over the top and one over the bottom of the egg, running in contrary directions, each ending in a fan of prayer shawls depicting wheat, the staple crop of Ukraine, symbolizing prosperity and hope for a good harvest. The band contains 8-pointed stars with "jewels" inside, which represent Christ as the treasure of Ukrainian culture and it's source of hope. Next to the fans are groups of pussy willows, which traditionally represent Palm Sunday in Ukraine. These were intended to mean the triumph of good over evil, and the hope for a victory after the "Passion" through which Ukraine is currently passing. These pussy willows are done in great detail, even to being two-toned white and grey and "fuzzy". I am including a detail photo of the pussy willows. The egg was mainly done using traditional pysanky wax-resist techniques, but some other techniques were also employed. There is shading on the "jewels" to make them appear to have highlights, and there is some etching, so that the primary lines are raised somewhat. A scratch tool was used to make the pussy willows appear "fuzzy" and to give them the progression from grey near the bottom to white on top. Previous Next

< Back Leslie Lisdell M.D. March 10, 2024 Gold Award CATEGORY: Carving PATHWAY: Accelerated TYPE OF EGGS: Rhea “Nature’s Way” 1. My original design. I used a scene of two antelopes and made a template and adjusted the size to fit a rhea egg. 2. Adhered template to tracing paper with Elmers’s craft glue 3. First cut with pointed burr, second cut with flame burr, third cleaned up lines with green and then white stone 4. Same procedure for back of egg. 5.Taped off back section. Cut out front section for door. 6. Warm grey paint to outside. Spray 2-3 coats Krylon triple thick glaze. 7. Sepia wash- 1st wash black than mix of brown, burnt sienna, raw umber and black, water and Floetrol. Add gold leaf highlights and sprayed with Krylon triple thick. 8. Painted inside and inside of door. Attached an inside hinge. 9. Prepared base/stand. Base sprayed with Rustoleum hammered chestnut. Crystal chain added to leaves and stand. Attach stand to base. Place felt pads on bottom for finished look. 10. Add 1 mm leather cord around carving perimeter in hematite/topaz chain > leather> ball chain. Put door trim and opening trim together 1st so it will go together. 11. Made inside scene: prepare “mold” for clear resin. Carve out “pond” and second layer of blue tinted resin. Add scenery-rocks, water scum, etc. Paint over hole in egg with Pebeo blues to enhance pond color. Cut and paint deer charms and glue in. Tree trunks made from cold porcelain and added treetops. Trunks painted to look like bark (black wash and different brown washes). Trim edge of pons to fit into bottom of egg. 12. Epoxy egg to the stand before inserting inside scene. 6 ss smoked topaz flatbacks to inside back of egg and hinge. Glue in resin pond/deer scene. 13. Add filigree, hanging crystal, flatbacks etc. Previous Next