Again egg painting. Freestyle.

[VeraSattler]

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Hand-painted own compositions.
Empty chicken eggshells.
Primed by emulsion.
Drawn by black and white ink.
Wax-bossing by hot, self-made beeswax paints.
Leaf gold 24 carat and leaf silver 1000/1000.
Onyx beads. Silver caps.
Swarovski crystals (per diameter 2mm).
Multiply sealed by UVL and scratch stabilizing spray.

[keenart]

Interesting use of design. Quite beautiful and intricate.

[Rakestraw]

these are great, i love the green one on the left. how long does it take you to do these?

[VeraSattler]

Thanks for your comment, keenart and Rakestraw

Let us count together:
- 2 layers primer per one day drying makes 2 days
- drawing by ink - one can only draw on the 1/3 of the spheric surface, because of disturbing the wet drawing - it takes totally 1 day
- drawing by the hot beeswax paints 1 hour
- gilding takes from applying of the milk, the drying, the applying of leaf gold untill the sealing by shellac 1,5 days
- one layer sealing - one day waite for drying
- second layer sealer - one day waiting for hardening
- adding of the crystals a couple of hours, it works only in steps, one must waite for hardening of a part of crystals and then one can further glue
- the preparing of the retaining (buttom cap, pin, thread, onyx bead) takes about 10 minutes....
Such way one egg is about a week in work.
I do not refer the preparing of the egg - empty, disinfecting - cleaning.
drying, it takes 1 day.

Thanks for your interest, Rakestraw.
Greetings!
Vera

[AddiesArt]

Ohhhs and Ahhs!! :clap:

[plec]

nice to see your work again Vera, these are bueatiful.
Ken.

[VeraSattler]

Thanks, Addie and Ken, for your visit and opinion! I am glad!
Vera

[Eileenjm]

Love the intricate and detailed work on these Vera, you must have a lot of patience to do them. :clap:

[Gal1952]

How beautiful, they remind me of art from Russia or exquisit Xmas tree decorations, I love them!

Gal

[Bevahlee]

gorgeous. @And such patience!

[VeraSattler]

Thank you very, much, Eileen, Gal and Bevahlee, for your compliments!