Decorating Easter Eggs. Learn an EASY Wax-Resist Method with Rob the Art Teacher

Here is a simple wax-resist method for decorating your own Easter eggs. My method of using tea lights as the source of molten wax, makes this a safe project for trying at home or in the classroom! I use raw eggs and the final stage is coating the whole egg with wax and then buffing it to work it into the shell. This will preserve the egg for a long time!!

YOU WILL NEED:

• Raw white eggs (free range eggs have stronger shells)
• Onion skins – the dry outer skins of red or brown onion are best
• Dyes or inks of any colour if you prefer
• Salt – this helps the dye attach to the eggshell
• A small pot and water (for boiling the onion skins)
• Tea lights (wax candles) – this provides a safe source of melted wax
• Cotton buds
• A bowl (for soaking the eggs in the dye)
• An old cotton cloth
• Sketch pad
• Pencils
• Paper towels
• Disposable gloves

PICTURE CREDITS - Folk art inspiration:
Polish – Pottery motifs from Łążek (Janów Lubelski District), drawing by E. Fryś-Pietraszkowa, Wrocław, 1973
Mexican – Vintage Hand Painted Tonala Folk Art Pottery Vase

MUSIC:
This video uses the music “Cute” from https://www.bensound.com


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Rob Garrett is an accomplished art teacher, writer, and curator. With fine art and art history degrees from leading New Zealand Universities, he is a qualified teacher with experience teaching art to all ages, having worked in primary (elementary) schools, high schools, and higher education art schools (academies), including a time as the Head of New Zealand’s oldest art school, in Dunedin. His public service includes periods as a senior manager of arts development and as a Council member (governance) with New Zealand’s arts council. His international work with artists has included directing and establishing artist residency programmes, managing New Zealand’s presence at the 2005 Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art, and curating numerous public art exhibitions, festivals, and city-wide programs.