People gathered to make pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester. There will be another class offered on Monday, March 27, 2023.
Felicity Norrie uses a Kistka, a wax stylus, to apply beeswax on an egg while making pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester. "It’s a super fun process but it’s kinda hard to get into it because it’s a lot of dyes and a lot of supplies, so we wanted to do a class where other people could try it and experience it, Anna Smith, owner of Garden Party Books said. "We really want this to be a community space, so part of that is book events and book launches, but then part of it is also making things, having craft classes where people come together and hang out with people they wouldn’t normally hang out with."
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Faye Harris makes a pysanka, a Ukrainian Easter egg, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Harry Cloft sketches out his design as attendees make pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Anna Smith, owner of Garden Party Books, passes dye while participants make a pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Beeswax is applied to make pysanky, Ukrainian Easter Eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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A pysanka, Ukrainian Easter egg, is dipped into a yellow dye during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Harry Cloft and Sherry Jester talk as they create pysanky, Ukrainian Easter Eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Beeswax is applied to the Kistka, a wax stylus used to apply beeswax on pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Felicity Norrie, left, and Caressa Snider make a pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Attendees make pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Wax is heated by a candle flame in a Kistka, a wax stylus, used to apply beeswax on an egg while making pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Felicity Norrie, left, and Caressa Snider make a pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Faye Harris uses a Kistka, a wax stylus, to apply beeswax on an egg while making pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Faye Harris makes a pysanka, a Ukrainian Easter egg, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Sherry Jester uses a Kistka, a wax stylus, to apply beeswax on an egg while making pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Attendees make pysanky, Ukrainian Easter Eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Felicity Norrie dips her egg in the purple dye while making pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Attendees make pysanky, Ukrainian Easter Eggs, during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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A finished pysanka, a Ukrainian Easter egg, is seen during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
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Finished pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs, are seen during an event on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Garden Party Books in Rochester.
Traci Westcott is a photojournalist for the Post Bulletin covering the southeast Minnesota region. Before she moved to Rochester, she was a photojournalist for the Dubois County Herald in Jasper, Indiana. Readers can reach Traci at 507-281-7623 or twestcott@postbulletin.com.
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