Alternate egg dying workshop: silk transfer

[Chris Weiss]

Just added this to the calendar, we did this one last year too. it's
a different method than the Ukrainian so I think it'll be a good
complement/contrast. Sunday March 29 1-4.


Arch Reactor crafting / upcycling workshop, Alix is going to teach us
how to silk dye eggs. Free

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1523577781238060/

Did you know you can dye an egg with a silk scarf? Alix will show us
her secret method. Bring your imagination and crafting supplies. Bring
cool easter related projects you have done to show off.

Bring a snack or wine to share. AR has a microwave, refrigerator, and
sink (cold water only though).

Crafting stuff to definitely bring:
- blown eggs (See instructions below). If you cannot figure out how to
do this, bring unblown, raw eggs and I will show you how. Use white
eggs only, any size. Any white eggs will work but free range ones tend
to have thicker shells and so are a bit easier to work with.
- brightly patterned silk fabric. It must be 100% silk. Neckties work
best, the uglier the better. I will bring extras of this so if you
don't have any, that's OK.
- egg carton or other egg container
-small buttons. I will also have extra of these.
-glue gun, if you have one.
- scrap cotton fabric in a light color. An old white t-shirt works well.
-wooden skewers and a piece of foam to make a drying rack. You can get
a foam wreath base from the dollar store. Alternatively, one of those
cardboard egg drying things from a commercial easter egg dying kit
would probably also work well.

This is kind of half show and tell and half hang out and craft.

You are still welcome to attend and hang out with us even if you do
not want to make pretty eggs.

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Blowing eggs is easy! You might screw it up the first couple of tries,
so have spares handy. You will figure out the technique pretty
quickly.

To blow an egg:

1) wash egg with soap and water.
2) pierce pointy end of egg with a largeish sewing needle. Try to make
this hole as neat as possible. If you have an electric drill, use the
smallest bit you have.
3) make a larger hole in the blunt end of the egg. This hole will be
covered with a small button, so it does not have to be as neat. You
should avoid creating any radiating cracks that could weaken the egg.
You can use a variety of tools of this, I personally start with the
sewing needle and then carefully enlarge the hole with the needle
until it is about the size of a pea. An electric drill works great for
this if you have one.
4) insert a wooden skewer or similar object into the larger hole and
thoroughly swish it around to break up the insides of the egg.
5) hold egg over a small bowl. Turn it so that the bigger hole is
facing downwards, and blow into the small hole. You should not have to
blow too hard. If you are giving yourself a headache, stop and try
enlarging one of the holes, or swishing the insides up better with the
skewer.
6) when you have blown out the egg, run a little water into the larger
hole and shake it up to rinse out the insides a little, then blow out
the water. You can skip this step if you want, the eggs will get
cleaned out naturally during the dying process.
7) make an omelet.

[Diane Sudduth]

I have an awesome way to blow eggs so there is only one fairly smallish hole and will happily show you/lend you my tools either Tuesday or Sunday.

Any leftover eggs from Tuesday's Ukrainian event will be happily donated to the Sunday event.

Diane  <*>