Woman Poisons Love Rival and Her Children with Tainted Chocolate Eggs
A Brazilian woman has been arrested for allegedly trying to kill her ex-boyfriend’s new partner by sending her poisoned chocolate eggs as an anonymous Easter present. What was supposed to be a happy family celebration turned into a nightmarish tragedy for a young Brazilian woman who lost both her children to poisoned chocolate eggs allegedly […]
In Switzerland Onion Skins Are More Expensive Than Actual Onions
With Easter just around the corner, Christians around the world are stocking up on eggs and dyes for the traditional egg dyeing. But while most of us have grown used to chemical dyes, some still prefer the natural approach, like boiling white eggs with onion skins. This is apparently very popular in Switzerland, where people actually […]
Oksana Mas’ Breathtaking Wooden Egg Mosaics for the Venice Biennale
Oksana Mas is a brilliant Ukrainian artist who uses thousands of hand-painted wooden eggs to create incredible mosaics that simply take your breath away. The first time I read about Oksana Mas was in January of 2010, when she created this unique portrait of the Virgin Mary using 15,000 wooden eggs. It took her nine […]
Embroidered Eggs – The Coolest Thing This Easter
Just when you think you’ve seen everything, along comes another mind-boggling art form that you didn’t think existed and probably never even imagined. This time it’s embroidered eggs. I can say I’ve seen my share of wonderful Easter egg artworks, including intricate eggshell sculptures, colorful Easter Egg mosaics, an Easter Egg Tree and even an […]
Christmas Has a Festive Tree, So Why Not Easter?
It makes sense doesn’t it? Easter is a major Christian holiday too, so it should have its own version of the popular Christmas Tree. Strangely enough, such a thing as an Easter tree already exists, and it can be found in Germany. Around 1945, when he was just a young boy, Volker Kraft saw his […]
Virgin Mary Mosaic Made from 15,000 Easter Eggs
Ukrainian artist Oksana Mas has created an unusual mosaic portrait of the Virgin Mary, using 15,000 painted Easter Eggs. Unveiled yesterday, inside the gorgeous Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, the giant mosaic weighs 2.5 tons and is made out of 15,000 wooden Easter Eggs. Oksana Mas started working on her masterpiece nine months ago, painting […]