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Thursday, April 18, 2019

E is for Eggtastic!

Kicking-off a small Easter season, or small season of Easter posts? Anyway, these are old Hungarian egg-painting designs, recorded in the main cultural museum in Hungary which I did name in the past but can't find the notes for! It'll be their equivalent of the V&A or 'British' in London or New York's Metropolitan.

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Strange how reminiscent of some other tribal art - from all over the world - some of these designs are, while the pointillist or stippled hatching is very like some Australian native work. I think I like the oak-leaf design (dead centre) most.

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Slightly more geometric and/or repeat or mirror designs in red and white, whether they painted the eggs red or white before putting the other colour on, or if they are single colour designs for white or brown eggs is not so clear, but I suspect they are meant to be two colours, as the little kids/infants could block-in and feel they'd helped, while older kids or adults could do the intricate work in a second colour?

My favourite is probably the top-left one, which is another very Aboriginal-looking design.

Have an Eggtastic Easter loyal readers!
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2 comments:

  1. Andy BApril 19, 2019 at 9:49 AM

    Pretty sure the eggs were painted red, then the designs scratched on (=white).
    A small point, I admit.

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  2. Hugh WalterApril 22, 2019 at 2:37 PM

    A small point indeed Andy - but actually; fascinating!

    The kids paint them and the 'grown-up's' do the designs as you need good visio-spacial skills to not over- or under-run the design on to a spherical object?

    Happy Easter

    H

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