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The Ukrainian art of decorating eggs

This weekend for Easter, tykes will dye their hard-boiled eggs with effervescent-colored tablets. In Ukraine, the art of egg decorating is taken to a whole new level of intricacy. We called artist Sofika Zielyk to talk about the painstaking process of creating these meticulously crafted Ukrainian Easter eggs, called pysanky.

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By Evan Kleiman • Apr 14, 2017 • 1 min read

This weekend for Easter, tykes will dye their hard-boiled eggs with effervescent-colored tablets. In Ukraine, the art of egg decorating is taken to a whole new level of intricacy. We called artist Sofika Zielyk to talk about the painstaking process of creating these meticulously crafted Ukrainian Easter eggs, called pysanky. We first ran our conversation with her on the show a whole decade ago, and she’s still turning out museum-quality decorated eggs.

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    Evan Kleiman

    host 'Good Food'

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    Senior Director, Good Food

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    Abbie Fentress Swanson

    Independent reporter and producer

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