March 24, 2018

Pysanky with Barbara Duncan

Jackson resident Barbara Duncan taught a series of pysanky classes at Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau. Pysanky is the traditional Ukrainian art of decorating eggs using multiple coats of dye and wax to create multi-colored eggs with intricate patterns which hold symbolic meaning.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pysanky eggs created during a class taught by Barbara Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau.

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.

Barbara Duncan teaches her great-grandson Nolan Lane, 7, how to make a pysanka Thursday, March 22, 2018, at her home studio in Jackson.

Ukrainian decorated eggs sit on display in Barbara Duncan's home studio Thursday, March 22, 2018, in Jackson.

Barbara Duncan sits at her desk Thursday, March 22, 2018, at her home studio in Jackson.

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.

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.

Hollowed eggs sit in an egg carton during a Ukrainian egg decorating class Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau.

Decorated eggs sit on display during a Ukrainian egg decorating class Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau.

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.

Julie Fiehler, right, laughs during a class taught by Barbara Duncan at the Crisp Museum on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Cape Girardeau.

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Jackson resident Barbara Duncan taught a series of pysanky classes at Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau. Pysanky is the traditional Ukrainian art of decorating eggs using multiple coats of dye and wax to create multi-colored eggs with intricate patterns which hold symbolic meaning.

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