To create this egg, I start by sketching the design on a cleaned turkey egg, then draw beeswax across the shell as I dip the egg into different colors of dye to hold the design.
After sketching the design on a turkey, egg, I use dyes to dip the egg through a series of colors to match the original design on the mandala ‘Tiger King’. Because these are analine dyes, they do not behave the same way as paint and getting the correct color can be a challenge. In order to get the 3D effect with raised borders of the design, I use and acid to etch away the shell between dye baths.
When the egg is finished, it looks black, discolored and tacky. It is only when the wax is melted away that the design is revealed.
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