Pysanky with Barbara Duncan

Barbara Duncan, left, sprays pysanky eggs with a semi-gloss coating to preserve the designs while class-participants wait during a class taught by Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Barbara Duncan engages with class participants as she sprays their pysanky eggs with a semi-gloss to preserve their egg's design during a class taught by Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Pysanky eggs created during a class taught by Barbara Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

From left, Barbara Duncan holds a box while Fraces Ansberry, 14, Brigie Ansberry, 17, Stephanie Ansberry and Phyllis Sides retrieve their pysanky eggs after they've been sprayed with the final touch of semi-gloss spray to preserve their design during a class taught by Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Carol Brinkopf admires her pysanky egg after putting the final semi-gloss coating on the egg to preserve the design during a class taught by Barbara Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Hollowed eggs sit in an egg carton during a Ukrainian egg decorating class Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Decorated eggs sit on display during a Ukrainian egg decorating class Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Barbara Duncan, left, gets a laugh out of participants during a class on pysanky egg-dying taught by Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Julie Fiehler, right, laughs during a class taught by Barbara Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Kelsey Okruch reaches for a cup of orange dye during a Ukrainian egg decorating class Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Kelsey Okruch of looks up while adding wax to her egg during a Ukranian egg decorating class Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Barbara Duncan explains the symbolic meanings of various colors during a Ukrainian egg decorating class Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Anna Lipska places her egg to dry after adding a coat of dye during a Ukrainian egg decorating class Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Lauren Avey hands a cup of yellow dye to her mother, Sue Okruch during a Ukrainian egg decorating class Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Ricky Ruditys uses a candle to dry his egg after applying a coat of dye during a Ukrainian egg decorating class Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Stephanie Ansberry burns the wax off of her pysanky egg during a class taught by Barbara Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Ripley County R-4 students Shelbie Johnson, 12, right, and Riley Pinkston, 12, use wax to draw symbols on their eggs during a Ukrainian egg decorating class Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Plastic forks and a paper towel used for Ukrainian egg-decorating lie on a table at the end of a class taught by Barbara Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Mateo Hayward, 9, receives well-wishes from Barbara Duncan after the conclusion of a pysanky egg decoration class taught by Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Sue Okruch applies a fresh coat of wax to her dyed egg during a Ukrainian egg decorating class Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Helen Towner, burns the wax off of her pysanky egg, a style of Ukrainian easter egg, during a class taught by Barbara Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Supplies sit in the hallway during a pysanky egg decorating class taught by Barbara Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Frances Ansberry, 14, paints her pysanky egg, a style of Ukrainian easter egg, during a class taught by Barbara Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Susan LaPierre picks out a designed chicken's egg after winning a drawing during a pysanky egg decorating class taught by Barbara Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Helen Towner shows Barbara Duncan her pysanky egg during a class taught by Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. "It's not as complicated as I thought," Towner said. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Helen Towner photographs her workspace set up after the conclusion of a pysanky egg decorating class taught by Barbara Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Barbara Duncan returns inside to the Crisp Museum after giving her farewells to a participant in her pysanky egg decorating class on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Barbara Duncan returns inside to the Crisp Museum after giving her farewells to a participant in her pysanky egg decorating class on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Barbara Duncan returns inside to the Crisp Museum after giving her farewells to a participant in her pysanky egg decorating class on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Barbara Duncan teaches her great-grandson Nolan Lane, 7, how to make a pysanka Thursday, March 22, 2018, at her home studio in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Ukrainian decorated eggs sit on display in Barbara Duncan's home studio Thursday, March 22, 2018, in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Barbara Duncan sits at her desk Thursday, March 22, 2018, at her home studio in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Barbara Duncan sits at her desk Thursday, March 22, 2018, at her home studio in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)