Ukrainian Easter eggs are called "pysanky," singular -"pysanka" meaning "things that are written upon." They are not painted, but rather produced by a complex wax-resistant dying process. The symbols and colors have special meaning. Designs can be very simple or extremely detailed. 1. Dore's Ukrainian Pysanky and Batik Eggs - Gallery of previously sold and current eggs, with history and order information. 2. Eggs Elegant: A Treasured Pysanka D'art - Decorated creations for purchase. Also has illustrations and instructions for those wishing to learn the art. 3. Eggstraordinary Eggs - Offering pysanky in basic and complex designs including trypilian. Includes step-by-step process with photographs. 4. First ArtShop - Offers a photo gallery of items for sale. Also has detailed instructions, with pictures, of the wax and non-wax methods of the pysanky process. 5. Olga's Eggs-Files - Traditional designs on quail, chicken, duck, goose, and ostrich. Offers a step-by-step process for creating a pysanka and history of the signs and symbols. 6. Pysanka World - Hand-painted flower designs on wooden eggs from the Ukraine. 7. Pysanky by Lorrie Popow - Traditional and contemporary designs made from quail, chicken, goose, rhea and ostrich eggs. 8. Pysanky Jewels - Handmade earrings, necklaces, pins, and eggs of all sizes in pysanky style by Stephanie Astalos-Jones. 9. Pysanky Showcase - Offers traditional, contemporary and celtic designs that have been dyed or etched. Also information on symbols and a how-to guide. 10. Ukrainian Easter Eggs - Canadian seller of pysanky designs on ostrich and goose shells. 11. Ukrainian Gift Shop - Retailer of egg decorating supplies required for the art of pysanky. Includes kits, books, dyes, and kistky. 12. Eggspressions - Offering custom batik designs for life's milestones. 13. Gail's Pysanky - Ukrainian egg artist offers a variety of designs. Includes legends and tells the meanings of the motifs. 14. Grade A Ukrainian Eggs - Offers folk-art designs, cut, sculptured, and traditional pysanky. 15. PlanetEgg - Ukrainian pysanky creations in floral and geometric designs by Linda Hubert. 16. Pysanky Collectibles - Hand-decorated original designs for sale along with tools, supplies and instruction book. Classes offered locally in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania.

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