Vinegar etching is easy to do, and can produce dramatic results. Native American pottery and petroglyph designs are particularly adaptable to this method, as they use minimal colors and depend...
Category: Tutorials
Beginning with this clean white chicken egg, I divide the egg into sections (mapping) using a No.2 pencil and a fabric measuring tape. I draw over the grid lines with beeswax using an...
I always admire egg artists that can just pick up an egg, and eyeball the divisions perfectly. I - on the other hand - need tools. There are a couple of ways to mark the center hole of an egg for...
The Stake Method The stake method is fairly involved, but it does leave a wonderful thick coating of varnish with no fingerprints, streaks, or nail-notches from an egg drying rack. I usually do...
Emptying your egg of the insides is scary at first, but after a few times, you will get the hang of it. Honestly, I have lost very few eggs this way. The eggshell is sturdier than you would...
Initial (light) Varnish Coat Here is where my method differs from common methods. I give the egg a coat of varnish before I empty it. The reason for this is because I clean out the inside of the...