Downloads
Pysanka Downloads
Basic Booklet: this is a simple booklet with a bit of background about pysanky, symbols, basic instructions and a several step-by-step designs. The short version has four fewer pages of designs. A children’s version with legends is available on the Children’s Downloads page.
Short Pysanka Booklet
Size: 15.8 MB
PDF in a booklet format (5-8-19)
Size: 27.3 MB
PDF in a booklet format (3-26-18)
About Pysanky: these are older handouts, all taken from an earlier pysankarstvo handout, and are in pdf format. They may be a bit outdated. I’ve posted the same content on the website, and have made some changes to text as I have lived and learned.
Size: 11 KB
Ukrainian pysanka traditions and legends
Size: 1.5 MB
An in depth discussion, with illustrations, of the motifs used on pysanky and their meanings.
This was created in 2013 for an exhibition organized by the Ukrainian Museum and Archives
of Detroit, and published in their magazine.
Size: 10.3 MB
An in depth discussion, with illustrations, of the regional variations in pysanky in various
ethnographic regions of Ukraine. This was created in 2017 for the Ukrainian Museum and
Archives of Detroit’s spring newsletter.
Size: 1.3 MB
A single, foldable page that will provide a listing of basic symbols and their meanings. Print this
on both sides, and choose “flip on the short side”
Size: 6 KB
The symbolism of color use in the pysanka
About Easter:
Size: 796 KB
Everything you ever wanted to know about Ukrainian Easter traditions!
Presentations: Instructional powerpoint presentations which I have prepared for my own classes, and which you can download and use.
How to Write Pysanky (Powerpoint)
Size: 10.8 MB
A step-by-step guide basic introductory guide to making pysanky, it includes sections
on materials, how to hold a pysachok, and a step-by-step pysanka. It is particularly
useful for beginning students. The text is minimal, and mean to be a prompt to elicit more
detailed explanation from the instructor. (2010)
Symbolism and Motifs (Powerpoint)
Size: 17.5 MB
A simple slide show which covers most of the basic symbols, grouping them into symbol families,
and gives examples of folk pysanky with those symbols. (2017)
Pysankarstvo: these are pdf versions of pages from my website. The text and photos have been formatted for easy printing.
Size: 260 KB
How dyes work, and why vinegar is important (added 2-24-2007)
Size: 860 KB
How to repair damaged pysanky (added 2-24-2007)
Instruction Sheets: these are pdf versions of my web pages. The text and photos have been formatted to print out on standard paper.
Size: 356 KB
How to make pysanky, including tips and tricks from yours truly (updated 1-20-2008)
Size: 1.1 MB
Step-by-step instructions for writing a traditional “square” pysanka star motif (updated 12-30-2011)
Size: 2.2 MB
Step-by-step instructions for writing a traditional “circle” pysanka star motif (updated 12-30-2011)
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