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Newsletter
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is EGGS-aminer? |
EGGS-aminer is a newsletter
dedicated to promoting greater public awareness of Ukrainian Egg Decorating
(Pysanky)
- answers your questions on technique, history and tradition of
Pysanky
- calendar of Pysanky events and their reviews
- book reviews
- color photographs
- Artist Profiles
- letters from readers
- hot tips
- advertisers of Pysanky supplies
- much, much more . . . .
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Published twice a year between 1995 and 2001 |
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Bluenose Press
E-mail: bluenose@telus.net
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| ISSN:
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1206-08895 |
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Baba's Beeswax
3591 Springfield Drive, Richmond, B.C. V7E 1Z3
Telephone (604) 275-8169
Fax (604) 275-6847
E-mail: info@babasbeeswax.com
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| Back Issues: |
Black and White copies - $3.50 Cdn each
Full Colour copies - $14.00 Cdn each
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Vol. 7 No. 2 (full colour) July 2001
- Artist Profile: featuring Joan Brander; Comics:
featuring Baby Blues and dyeing eggs; Once Upon An Egg -
Books 'n' Things for Learning: featuring Folk Art Magazine
and beautiful Trypillian Pysanky in colour; Photos and Graphics:
watercolour of Pysanky by Marcia Moroz, colour photos of Pysanky
and more; A Few Legends on the Origins of Pysanky;
Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops;
Pysanky Tips: invaluable information on eggs and
dyes; What People Are Saying: 3 letters from subscribers;
Information: British Columbia Ukrainian Cultural
Festival
Vol.7 No. 1 (full colour) January 2001
- Artist Profile: featuring Shelley Hucul; Comics:
featuring The Duplex and Easter eggs; Exhibition Review:
Ukrainian Showcase 2000 in Vancouver, British Columbia; Once
Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning: featuring
The Birds' Gift by E.Kimmel; Photos and Graphics:
Ukrainian Showcase 2000, Shelley Hucul's Pysanky; "Spirit of Spring"
watercolour featuring Pysanky; Poems About Pysanky:
"Magic of Pysanky"; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of
monthly drop-in workshops;Pysanky Tips: discusses
various ways to empty your Pysanky with photographs; What
People Are Saying: 3 letters from subscribers
Vol.6 No. 2 (full colour) July 2000
- Artist Profile: featuring Helen Kindrachuk; Comics:
Mutts with colourful eggs; Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n'
Things for Learning: featuring Now That's An Egg!
by H.Glebe with colour photograph; Photos and Graphics:
Helen Kindrachuk's colourful Pysanky; Poems About Pysanky:
"On Easter Day"; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly
drop-in workshops; Pysanky Tips: how to get beautiful
results the very first time! What People Are Saying:
3 letters from subscribers; Information: Ukrainian
Showcase 2000: A Festival of Cultural Exhibits, History, Food,
Song & Dance
Vol.6 No.1 (full colour) January 2000
- Artist Profile: featuring Janet Tilbe; Comics:
featuring the Easter eggs antics in Gasoline Alley; Exhibition
Review: The Pysanka Festival Story: Vegreville, Alberta;
Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning:
featuring Decorative Eggs by C.Manroe with colour photograph;
Photos and Graphics: Janet Tilbe's Pysanky; Poems
About Pysanky: "Ukrainian Easter Baskets"; Pysanka
Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops; What
People Are Saying: 6 letters from subscribers; Information:
Canadian National Ukrainian Festival, Dauphin, Manitoba
Vol.5 No. 1 (full colour) January 1999
- Artist Profile: featuring Ginny Barkman; Calendar
of Egg-vents: a listing of local, national and international
Egg Decorating shows, displays, demonstrations and workshops in
1999; Comics: April's Easter questions in For Better
or for Worse; Exhibition Review: British Columbia
Ukrainian Cultural Festival in Langley; Once Upon An Egg
- Books 'n' Things for Learning: featuring Ukrainian
Egg Decoration: A Holiday Tradition by A.Stalcup with colour
photograph; Photos and Graphics: Ginny Barkman's
Pysanky; Poems About Pysanky: "Pysanka: Icon of
the Universe"; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly
drop-in workshops; What People Are Saying: 5 letters
from subscribers
Vol.4 No. 2 (full colour) July 1998
- Exhibition Reviews: "Beauty of the Eggshell"
Pacific Northwest Decorated Egg Show, Tacoma, Washington, with
colour photographs; Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things
for Learning: reviews of three fiction books for children,
all featuring Pysanky; Photos and Graphics: Pysanky
at Buckingham Palace and photos of Egg Show; Pysanka Palette:
eggs-ploring the various techniques of removing beeswax; Poems
About Pysanky: "This Was The Day! A Ukrainian Easter Story";
Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops;
What People Are Saying: 2 letters from subscribers;
Of Pysanka and Prairie: Pysanka Festival '98 in
Vegreville, Alberta and other happenings
Vol.4 No. 1 (full colour) January 1998
- Calendar of Egg-vents: a listing of local, national
and international Egg Decorating shows, displays, demonstrations
and workshops in 1998; Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things
for Learning: reviews of Decorating Eggs: Exquisite
Designs With Wax & Dye by J.Pollak and Ostrich Pysanky:
Decorating Ostrich Eggs the Ukrainian Way by N.Perchyshyn;
Photos and Graphics: colourful bleached Pysanky;
Pysanka Palette: eggs-ploring the technique of
bleaching; Poems About Pysanky: "Pysanky"; Pysanka
Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops; What
People Are Saying: 3 letters from subscribers; Of
Monasteries and Mysteries: Mark Humphries talks about
his Pysanky Experiences in Romania
Vol.3 No. 2 (full colour) July 1997
- Calendar of Egg-vents: a listing of local, national
and international Egg Decorating shows, displays, demonstrations
and workshops in 1998; Comics; featuring Heathcliff
and dyeing eggs; Exhibition Reviews: Pamela Williams'
review of Pacific Northwest Decorated Egg Show, Portland, Oregon
(June 20, 1997); Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for
Learning: Mark Humphreys reviews Sixty Score of Easter
Eggs by Z.Elyjiw; Passport to Egg-venture: places
to discover and explore rich and unique collections of Pysanky
around the world; Colour Photo; Pysanka Palette:
exploring colours and their meanings; Poems About Pysanky:
"Kistka"; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in
workshops; What People Are Saying: 2 letters from
subscribers; Information: Canada's National Ukrainian
Festival, Pysanka Contest 1997; classifieds and business cards
Vol.3 No. 1 (full colour) January 1997
- Ask the Eggs-perts: information on electric kistka
and very young children making Pysanky; Calendar of Egg-vents:
a listing of local, national and international Egg Decorating
shows, displays, demonstrations and workshops in 1997; Comics;
featuring Baby Blues and Easter eggs; Exhibition Reviews:
International Egg Decorating Competition; Pysanka '96, Vegreville
Alberta; Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning:
where to find resource material on Pysanky; Passport to
Egg-venture: places to discover and explore rich and unique
collections of Pysanky around the world; Colour Photo;
Pysanka Palette: exploring symbols and their meanings;
Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops;
What People Are Saying: 4 letters from subscribers
Vol.2 No. 2 (black and white) July 1996
- Ask the Eggs-PERTs: information on varnish and
how to achieve straight lines; Calendar of Egg-vents:
a listing of local, national and international Egg Decorating
shows, displays, demonstrations and workshops in 1996; Comics:
featuring The Family Circus dyeing eggs; Egg-ventures in
Learning - Beyond the Blackboard: workshops for teachers;
Exhibition Reviews: Pysanka 96, Vegreville Alberta;
Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning:
includes information on the internet; Photos and Graphics:
black and white line drawing and photo; Pysanka Power:
a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops; Information:
Pysanka Roll at the White House
Vol. 2 No. 1 (black and white) January 1996
- Ask the Eggs-PERTs: information on bleaching,
Trypillian eggs, "orange wash", pastel colours and blue/green
accents; Calendar of Egg-vents: a listing of local,
national and international Egg Decorating shows, displays, demonstrations
and workshops in 1996; Comics: featuring Herman
and his ostrich egg, and Wizard of Id and his Easter egg dilemma;
Eggs-pressions - A Glossary of egg decorating terms:
defining "kistka", "bleaching", "Trypillian" and "orange wash";
Egg-ventures in Learning - Beyond the Blackboard:
what Pysanky Workshops will do for teachers and students; Once
Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning; Photos and Graphics:
black and white line drawing; Pysanka Power:
a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops; "Just in Time for Easter",
traditional workshops
Vol.1 No. 1 (black and white) July 1995
- Calendar of Egg-vents: a listing of Ukrainian
Egg Decorating Workshops, Demonstrations and Displays in 1995;
Egg-ventures in Learning - Beyond the Blackboard:
a classroom activity for teachers; Once Upon An Egg - Books
'n' Things for Learning; Photos and Graphics:
black and white line drawing; Pysanka Power: a Schedule
of monthly drop-in workshops; "Capture the Spirit of Christmas",
First Annual Holiday Design Pysanka Workshop
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