Ukrainian Pysanky Easter Egg decorating is one of my family's favorite traditions. The traditional method of wax-resist dying easter eggs with beeswax heated by candle flame is a soothing, tedious and unique art form. Every year in the weeks leading up to Easter, a cookie sheet full of jars of dye takes up seasonal residence on our dining room table. Small tools called Kistkas, are heated in the flame of a candle to melt its mini pot of wax. The Kistka full of melted wax serves as a pen with which designs are applies to the egg's shell. After adding new decoration with wax, the egg is dyed in a new color, starting with the eggs natural color or lightest shade of dye. The wax preserves the previous color where it was applied. I will typically work on one egg throughout the season, at the end of which, one must cautiously melt the wax from the egg by candle flame and reveal the layers of preserved colors. Here are a selection of my favorites from the last ten years.