Christine Zebrun’s earliest memories of Easter preparations involve time with her grandfather.
Sitting by a coal stove, 6-year-old Zebrun watched him dip a stylus into melted beeswax with one hand, while holding a chicken egg in the other. At the time, Zebrun observed and became fascinated watching her grandfather decorate the egg with intricate, pinpoint motifs.
Through childhood moments like these, Zebrun learned about her family’s Slavic heritage and the tradition of making Pysanky, also known as Ukrainian Easter eggs…