Painting Easter eggs in an environmental friendly way, using bees wax and onion shells.
Painted Easter Eggs are considered to be one of the most fragile kind of Lithuanian folk art. In written sources painted eggs were in 1549. Like all over the world, in Lithuania painted eggs symbolize life, fertility, awakening of nature. Until 20th century the eggs were painted using natural means, such like onion shells, birch leaves, oak leaves, black alder leaves various plants and flowers.
VARIATY OF COLOURS
Chocolate – 4 spoons of ground coffee, 1 tea spoon of vinegar, water.
Brown– 12 bags of black tea, 1 tea spoon of vinegar, water.
Orange– 4 cups of red onion shells, 1 tea spoon of vinegar, water.
Yellow– 1 cup of chamomile, 1 tea spoon of vinegar, water.
Green– 2 cups of spinach, 1 tea spoon of vinegar, water.
Rose – red beet juice, 1 tea spoon of vinegar.
Levande– violet flowers, 1 tea spoon of vinegar, water.
Golden– 2-3 tea spoons of curry or yellow ginger1 tea spoon of vinegar, water.
Blue– 2 red cabbages (chopped), 2 liters of water,
6 spoons of vinegar.