Beautiful Pysanka Ukranian Easter Egg with display ring and gift box.  This design won the top ribbon at the 2014 Hendricks County Fair.

What is a pysanka?  Simply put, it is an Easter egg decorated using a wax resist (aka batik) method. Its name derives from the Ukrainian verb “pysaty,” meaning “to write.”  (“Pysanka” is the singular form; “pysanky” is plural.)

But it is much more than that.  Ukrainians have been decorating eggs, creating these miniature jewels, for countless generations.