Pysanka Museum was created in 2000.
While the dye powder used to make pysanka dyes can be quite toxic (if inhaled), the dyes themselves are not. You can pour them down the drain.
Ruslana Pysanka goes by Ruslana Pisanka.
Ruslana Pysanka's birth name is Ruslana Igorevna Pisanko.
Ruslana Pysanka was born on November 17, 1965, in Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].
Pysanka
It depends upon the complexity of the design and the skill of the person writing it. A simple design in the hands of an expert can take 15 minutes; and complex pysanka can take several hours. A complex design on a large egg--goose or ostrich--can take several days.
decorating Easter eggs
A Ukrainian Easter egg, it is made with wax and dyes using a batik method.
A pysanka is created using wax and dyes (a form of batik). The wax seals the surface of the egg; wax is written on the shell with a special tool, a stylus. Wax is applied, in sequence, to the plain white shell, then a dyed yellow shell, and then to further colored shells, beginning with the lightest color and progressing to the darkest. It's best to read about it on a site that allows pictures. See the links below for more information.
Joan Brander has written: 'About the pysanka--it is written!' -- subject(s): Pysanky, Bibliography
Mary Tkachuk has written: 'Pysanka' -- subject(s): Easter eggs, Folk art