Hearts and Lace is a highly detailed egg I created for the Emerging Artist’s Show in Omaha.  It’s a filigree style egg with small wiggly designs covering the entire surface, except some areas where there are heart cutouts.  It was a fun egg to do, and I’m so pleased that it turned out exactly like I was hoping.  It has a natural finish.

New Year’s Eve has the red wine on top, and the base is a little bubbly. 

New Year’s Eve isn’t currently available, but please let me know if you’re interested in having one made for you.

This egg features a bee, which has buzzed its way around the entire surface of the egg, cartoon-style. It even managed to do a loop-the-loop! Bee is an ivory goose egg with tiny carvings.

Ohhhh dear. Get me a camera and look what happens. I start making tutorials.

The most basic step of egg art is “blowing” an egg, or emptying the shell of its contents. Because I typically use pre-blown goose eggs from a farm, I usually get to avoid this step. But I’m putting the info out there for anyone who’s interested in getting started on their own egg art. This tutorial will walk you through the basics of getting your egg ready to be decorated, and with a little practice, you should have a clean, empty eggshell to begin decorating.

Now, if this sort of thing interests you, make sure you leave me a comment to let me know that you’re interested in future lessons. I’m planning some for more advanced egg art, the book sculptures, and how to make your own silver quarter ring, but I want to know if anyone’s interested first.

When I began this egg, I wasn’t too pleased. I drilled the larger holes first and it ended up looking sort of like an avant garde saltshaker. Sadly, I wasn’t the only one who thought this. Pretty soon, I knew I had to do something extra. I took my smallest bit, which is about 3 times the width of a human hair, and drilled the smaller holes. Still, I didn’t know if I would like it. Finally, I decided to do bubbles around the holes that were gold, and the rest of the egg silver. Once I got the gold paint on, I realized (a little too late) that it would be VERY difficult to paint the rest of it silver. But fortunately, I also realized that I really liked the way it looked. It reminded me of fireworks at New Years. Hence, the name, Celebration.

This egg has an unusual story behind it. I actually dreamed of this egg- literally. I often work out problems while I’m sleeping, and I was trying to get ready for my first group show. I needed to have 25 eggs ready, and I felt creatively tapped. I went to bed and fell asleep, and dreamed of orange flowers growing in a misty grey sky. I woke up, ran downstairs, and sketched it immediately.

The next day, I found some great ostrich feathers and I thought they would be so interesting as flower petals. I gave it a grey background with white speckles for clouds, and after making the flowers, I gave them pearl centers.