#13. Dancing to a New Tune with a New Design - Gail Lambka - Wednesday July 22th - 1:00pm-3:00pm

Dancing to a New Tune with a New Design! 2026 Dancing Girls Class

Workshop Summary: 

Are your toes tapping yet? This isn’t your same old Dancing Girl!  Create a pysanka that expresses your love of Ukrainian culture.  In this 2-hour course that addresses form, color, and context to assist you in writing a pysanka that celebrates Ukrainian art through pysanka and dance!  Basic skills will be enhanced using templates, concentrated dyes and freeform exploration.  Learn to write this lovely design while discovering the cultural significance that folk dress has in Ukrainian life. 

Beginners may find this workshop challenging, but ALL levels of skill are welcome.

What is Provided:

• Instructional handout including templates for faces, ideas for dress, and a step by step guide to help you after class is over.

• There will be some concentrated dyes for use by students *see class materials fee

What to Bring:

• A Pencil
• Kistka and Beeswax
• A small paint tray
• A goose egg. This is a good opportunity to get rid of those long torpedo shaped goose eggs
• Circle Template (small circles) if you have one
• A medium and fine kistky (if you only have one, that's fine too - we'll make it work
• Beeswax

Maximum Number of Students: max 35

Workshop Fee:$40CAD + $5 materials fee per person. Total: $45CAD The instructor will collect fees at the beginning of class. Please have correct amount in an envelope with your name and the instructor's name and bring to the start of the class.

Extra Materials fee optional:  $15CAD

I will be providing a few concentrated dye kits for students to use. If you would like to purchase a kit to keep, it is $15 and includes 6 concentrated dyes (5 ml each) of yellow, orange, red, dark red, blue and green. You can contact me after registration.  goldeneggpysanky@gmail.com  

About Gail Lambka:

I have been writing pysanky for about 60 years beginning at age 8 with my mother and Ukrainian Baba.  It was a passion from the first time I picked up a kistka. Up until then, I drew on any surface I could find (to the consternation of my mother and father, even wallpapered walls were not off limits). I think they felt they had me corralled when I began with pysanky.  But, a true Gemini, I change crafts continuously, but I doalways come back to pysanky. Since retirement,  I have sold cleaned, emptied eggshells, written 2 books on pysanky, learned pottery, and created the Little Orange Lathe.  My next attempt? A third book is in the works, as is woodcut prints, and some new pysanky tools (think egg dipper!)  I can’t wait to have you in my class…we are going to have some fun!