Pysanky Workshop with Tulipán Hungarian Bakery

Join us at Maison Bodega for an afternoon dedicated to the Eastern European Spring Equinox tradition of creating wax-resist dyed eggs.

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1911 Pleasant Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55403
Saturday, April 1st
1pm - 4pm

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The pysanky folk art celebrates the generative nature of Spring, setting intentions, good will, fertility and growth. It predates Christianity, and the resulting eggs are complex in coloring and design, featuring symbols imbued with pagan and Christian meaning. 

Alex Eninsche, of Tulipán Hungarian Bakery, will lead the workshop. She comes from a Hungarian family and has practiced this craft - known as pysanky in Ukrainian (the most popular variation) and hímestojás in Hungarian - for most of her life. She personally treats each egg as a spell of intention, using traditional symbols and her own designs. She will walk participants through the context of this craft in Eastern Europe, the unique way Minneapolis has in many ways become a seat of pysanky in America, and through each step in the creation of two dyed eggs.  
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Participants will leave the course with:

• two eggs of their making

• two kistka wax pens and a beeswax lump for future use

• a printed zine explaining the process and where to find pysanky supplies

Tulipán will offer Hungarian snacks during the afternoon:

• braided kalács - a sweet bread braided into a wheel often made for Easter/Spring Equinox

• lipatauer - spiced farmer’s cheese spread

• vegetables + herb sauce