#17 - Eye Of The Needle - Shannon Wallis - Saturday July 19th - 1:00pm to 3:00pm - registration opens February 1st 2pm eastern

Workshop Description:

The Eye of the Needle division is a variation on the Saddlebags division and is more common in avtorsky and diasporan eggs. In this workshop, we will lay out two different eggs. The first wil be Four Circles, and the second, more intricate design, will be Eye of the Needle. We wil also learn how to lay out the Paddle division, which is occassionaly seen in Ulkrainian folk designs. You will leave with two eggs, one in each of the variations, penciled in and ready for you to complete.

This class is best for intermediate skill levels, although a proficient
beginner may also enjoy the challenge.

What to bring:

• flexible tape measure, quilling paper or Post-It labeling tape, a compass (pointy tool from math class), eraser, and pencils in several different colors. Two pre-divided eggs and a colored handout will be provided.

Maximum Class Size: 25

Workshop Fee: $35 per student plus $5 material fee

About Shannon Wallis:

Shannon is a former elementary school art and nursery school teacher and has
been writing pysanky in Vermont since 1994 when she learned the technique from another art teacher. While Shannon has no Ukrainian or Eastern European ancestry, she has fallen in love with pysanky as an art form. Shannon finds both the traditional and modern designs enticing, especially when they involve geometry.

Shannon teaches pysanky in her home studio, on Zoom, at most of the North American pysanky retreats, and is delighted to be teaching at the Ukrainian Eggcessories Retreat again. Shannon won the People's Choice Award in the Classic category in the first annual International Pysanka Exhibition at the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario Branch in June 2019. She is a juried member of the League of NH Craftsmen in mixed media, has her eggs in several galleries and sells her pysanky and batik eggs online and at various craft shows and markets. Besides being an egg artist, Shannon is a wife and a mother of two young adults. www.shannonwallisdesigns.com