The Painted Egg: Decorative and Imaginative Easter Eggs
- By Nataly Birch
- Posted in DESIGN, Inspiration
- 11 comments
With Easter having just passed, we thought we’d look to one of the holiday’s most common motifs, the painted egg! There are many different ways to decorate and make something special from your standard, boring egg. You can use either natural dyes or liquid food colors to make them almost any color you want. Not to mention all of the various artistic materials and ways that you can employ to make your Easter eggs really shine.
Below is a collection of some of the many decorative and imaginative ways that Easter eggs have been transformed into more than family fun and tradition, but into inspirational pieces of art in their own rights. So many fun and fabulous examples await. Enjoy.
The Painted Egg
1. Easter Egg Cozies by Annemarie’s Haakblog
2. Easter Eggs by Klio
3. Easter Eggs 5 by The Felt Mouse
4. Arty Easter Egg by Joana Petrova
5. Quilled paper Easter eggs by Chica and Jo (Also you will find great tutorial how to make quilled paper Easter eggs of your own)
6 Blue Willow Easter Eggs by karly b
7. Little green piggie egg by RCoshow
8. Chicks and bunnies out of Easter eggs by lilfishstudios
9. All Our Eggs (in one basket) by Laura
10. Ukrainian Easter Eggs by HUTSULKA
12. Paper covered egg decoration by Julie Kirk
13. Decoupage easter eggs by terri gordon
14. Retro Mama’s Easter egg pattern by svankatwijk
15. Plush Eggs by scrumptiousdelight
16. Angry Birds by Amanda Younger
The Big Egg Hunt
Below you will find special examples of decorative Easter eggs from leading artists, celebrities and jewelers that took part in charity event called “The Big Egg Hunt” in London last month.
17. The Big Egg Hunt – Peace Egg photo by JulesFoto
18. The Big Egg Hunt – Mayoral egg photo by JulesFoto
19. The Big Egg Hunt – Sad Happy Frog Egg photo by Ms_Bump (Artist listed as Gary Card).
20. The Big Egg Hunt – Egg letter box photo by JulesFoto
21. The Big Egg Hunt – Phoenix photo by snaphappysal (Artist listed as Nilesh Mistry)
22. The Big Egg Hunt – My Baku photo by JulesFoto
23. The Big Egg Hunt – Gregg photo by JulesFoto
24. The Big Egg Hunt – When I grow up photo by JulesFoto
25. The Big Egg Hunt – Rebirth photo by JulesFoto
26. The Big Egg Hunt – Robi & Walt photo by JulesFoto
27. The Big Egg Hunt – Dinosaurs photo by JulesFoto
28. The Big Egg Hunt – Gotthegg photo by JulesFoto
29. The Big Egg Hunt – The Big Bang photo by irishtravel
30. The Big Egg Hunt – Eggstatic Eggstasy photo by JulesFoto
31. The Big Egg Hunt – Seasonal Egg photo by craftinessa
32. The Big Egg Hunt – Blackberry moon photo by bowhanger
33. The Big Egg Hunt – Phoenix egg photo by JulesFoto
34. The Big Egg Hunt – Prep egg photo by JulesFoto
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About the Author
Nataly is an internet entrepreneur and an amateur web designer and developer from Sevastopol. She is running blog for web designers and developers where you can find some inspirational and useful stuff. In her spare time she reads books,unlocks the secrets and plays volleyball. Visit her blog or follow her on twitter
Nicole, 16 April 2012
BEAUTIFUL
Dhaval ( The designer ), 16 April 2012
that’s a really nice specially angry bird concept awasom :) thanks for sharing
Nassima, 16 April 2012
AWESOME collection, thanks for sharing :)
Lisa J, 16 April 2012
Wow, amazing ideas!
Terri Gordon, 16 April 2012
Wonderful post, loved the variety of beautiful eggs, thanks so much for including mine, such an honor. Have a wonderful day. Terri
Pol, 16 April 2012
Nice theme collection! Thank you very much for sharing!
Emily Williams, 16 April 2012
Very cool and original roundup! Like the rich variety of showcased eggs :)
Nataly, thanks for sharing :)
Snaphappysal, 17 April 2012
A great set of images and ideas of decorated eggs, thank you for using mine.
Annemarie, 18 April 2012
Hi! What a lovely collection. Thanks a lot for including my Egg Cosies.
Best wishes from Holland,
Annemarie
Alisa, 25 April 2012
the angry birdssss egggsss!!! greaaaaaaaat! :D:D:D
Revan, 01 June 2012
Nice collection, I was shocked when my friend prepared designs with eggs and again I have seen lot of variety designs with eggs superub……………..
Move on………………Man………………….