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  • Опубліковано 15 кві 2016
  • In Bukovina, a northern region of Romania, the Easter tradition of dyeing eggs has been elevated into an art form. Filmmaker Titus-Armand Napirlica along with production company Jungles in Paris profiles the beautiful work of Elena Craciunescu in The Egg Painter. Craciunescu is one of a dozen egg painters in the small village of Ciocăneşti. The town's buildings feature elaborate motifs, which are reflected in the decorated eggs. Using a process similar to batik, Craciunescu uses an iron-tipped stick, called a kishitze, to apply a wax design onto a clean and drained egg. She then dips the egg into a dye bath and repeats the process of "painting" with wax and submerging it into other dyes to create a layering effect. The wax acts as a shield between each dye bath, allowing the egg to retain color from the previous dip. In the final stage the egg is held up to a heat source that melts the wax and leaves behind a stunning pattern.
    Titus-Armand Napirlica: www.armannd.com/
    Jungles in Paris: www.junglesinparis.com/
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  • @annemaveera5112
    @annemaveera5112 8 років тому +123

    We had same technique here in Indonesia, but on fabric! It's called "batik". It is amazing how we are connected somehow by traditional art!

    • @a-kish8667
      @a-kish8667 8 років тому +4

      Im from Indonesia too! I do those for a living!

    • @annemaveera5112
      @annemaveera5112 8 років тому

      +Nur Balqish Qaisarah shahrizal hebat banget keren keren! Tetep semangat mbak, sambil cari duit melestarikan budaya indonesia!

    • @patty1G
      @patty1G 4 роки тому +2

      We are one!
      🙌🏻💛

    • @manavshah6831
      @manavshah6831 3 роки тому

      amazing! i would like to learn more about it!

    • @carloneill8798
      @carloneill8798 2 роки тому

      Hi! Im a malaysian can we share this kind of beutiful art because we share the same culture!

  • @alwaysthinking007
    @alwaysthinking007 5 років тому +13

    Our little family LOVES to paint eggs in this fashion every Easter. It’s a long process but so worth it and we have many eggs to look at from the years before. Beautiful family tradition and art.

  • @bebeveritas7306
    @bebeveritas7306 3 роки тому +9

    I have long admired this art form and this was just a beautiful short film. The lady is such a joy to watch, you can see the happiness this brings her and her eggs are just beautiful! Thank you for bringing this to us!

  • @nuclearcatbaby1131
    @nuclearcatbaby1131 2 роки тому +3

    I have a feeling this art form will grow in popularity worldwide this Easter.

  • @NeluThat70sKid
    @NeluThat70sKid 7 років тому +43

    Greetings from the US, Romanian folk art, whether it's Easter eggs, embroideries, wood carvings, pottery/ceramics = super-great eye candy. Traiasca Romania!!!! THANK YOU, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC =)

  • @nomo197
    @nomo197 8 років тому +54

    The process it takes to create this beautiful art is truly amazing!

  • @wonderstruckaj
    @wonderstruckaj 8 років тому +5

    The egg looks amazing and making 500-700 egg art per years must be really hard work!

  • @Shutterbun4
    @Shutterbun4 2 роки тому +5

    I learned how to do this as a child, and while my design skills were never very good, I did learn the technique. It's very rewarding to see all the layers of wax melted off and finally see the finished product.

    • @glacialimpala
      @glacialimpala Рік тому

      I just can't figure out what she's using as a tool - here in the Balkan there is a small reservoir for the wax, but she seems to be dipping it and somehow it picks up enough wax without soaking it in?? I'm so confused!

  • @hanuhutsulka
    @hanuhutsulka 3 роки тому +5

    Absolutely gorgeous! Beautiful designs! 🇷🇴 🇨🇦 🇺🇦

  • @Impassion
    @Impassion 5 років тому +5

    My art teacher did this with us in grade school, for Easter. I always remembered how fun it was, and how much I loved the flame of the candle near me while I worked, and the smell of the wax melting. I bought all the stuff to do it this year at my house, 30 years later....

  • @mangoshelter3443
    @mangoshelter3443 8 років тому +24

    Damn, that must take a lot of patience. Kudos to her. Really beautiful art.

  • @maple1255
    @maple1255 7 років тому +9

    So carefully crafted, just a beautiful result ... this woman is so talented, it's wonderful she does this and her mind is freed of all other thoughts, truly like a Zen meditation

  • @iladrian4730
    @iladrian4730 8 років тому +3

    Cate o data ma simt mandru ca sunt ROMAN!! Anytime i fell proud to be a ROMANIA!~~~

  • @giuli7632
    @giuli7632 8 років тому +5

    This is the most beautiful art I've ever seen, my mom says art with only colorful lines is beatiful, that is because she has never seen this

  • @mihaimuresanu3394
    @mihaimuresanu3394 8 років тому +10

    I am proud of our traditions

    • @michaelfilimon8510
      @michaelfilimon8510 5 років тому

      Mihai Muresanu 🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴

  • @jinstan8722
    @jinstan8722 8 років тому +3

    this is sooo beautiful
    watching her painting the eggs that good made my mood better..

  • @user-sh3xo1gj7q
    @user-sh3xo1gj7q 8 років тому +26

    Oh my god, these painted eggs are so beautiful! I'd love to try this myself! I may try it next Easter. (Haha it won't look half as good as hers, but I like to do these kind of things a lot so this may be a fun thing to do for me ~)

  • @guillelainez
    @guillelainez 8 років тому +8

    This is BEAUTIFUL! You are so talented! Getting one of your eggs is now in my bucket list!!

  • @InFltSvc
    @InFltSvc 2 роки тому +2

    Just beautiful! I have a basket full of these made out of wood that my Grandmother brought back to us here in the us from Poland

  • @J_Shepz
    @J_Shepz 8 років тому +3

    At first I thought wow what amazing detail but then once they melted off the wax... Amazing. Very very cool!

  • @AdaHello
    @AdaHello 8 років тому +3

    i need to ask my grandmother if she knows a relative that can paint such beautiful eggs😊

  • @maureenshields7540
    @maureenshields7540 Рік тому

    Your mastery of the batik/wax resist method inspires me to improve. Thank you for sharing your artistry with the filmmaker and UA-cam. What a wonderfully made film, too.

  • @soniatriana9091
    @soniatriana9091 3 роки тому +7

    Absolutely gorgeous! I’m also happy to hear that they have many younger people who have already learned these beautiful traditions, in order to keep it alive!! I have totally been in love with these eggs, since I first saw them over 50 years ago! And I recently saw a few in person & I was so excited - because they are such beautiful works of arts!!

  • @patriciam8356
    @patriciam8356 8 років тому +4

    Wow it takes a lot of patience to make one! amazing indeed!!

  • @AdaHello
    @AdaHello 8 років тому +3

    yes!Trăiască România!Doamne,sunt atât de frumoase

  • @calebroar7177
    @calebroar7177 8 років тому +2

    This is truly a great form of art we would all certainly like to learn .

  • @nightangel972000
    @nightangel972000 2 роки тому +1

    How does she keep her lines so straight?!

  • @Loving2Learn
    @Loving2Learn 5 років тому +2

    This is amazing and cool! The kids loved watching. Thank You

  • @pringlesplease9783
    @pringlesplease9783 8 років тому +7

    This was absolutely mind blowing, I loved it

  • @Halleluyah83
    @Halleluyah83 4 місяці тому

    Вот это работа! Поражает такая точность.

  • @faithfulfilo7994
    @faithfulfilo7994 Рік тому

    One of my neighbors introduced me to the idea of Pysanky and it's absolutely beautiful... not just the eggs, but the patience it takes to make one

  • @andreascovano7742
    @andreascovano7742 8 років тому +2

    This looks Eggcelent!!!

  • @DibusArt
    @DibusArt 6 років тому +1

    I truly loved your technique.

  • @martinaustin6230
    @martinaustin6230 8 років тому +3

    I do this with my mom around easter time. Although they are nothing like her designs.

  • @Born222kill
    @Born222kill 8 років тому +3

    This is how i paint my eggs for easter

  • @melizen2
    @melizen2 2 роки тому +1

    Beautiful - thank you ~

  • @aliciaseecharan
    @aliciaseecharan 3 роки тому +1

    That’s beautiful. God bless 🙏🏼💕

  • @ArjunShenoy
    @ArjunShenoy 8 років тому +4

    This is too damn beautiful !!!

  • @lunathesabertooth5599
    @lunathesabertooth5599 8 років тому +8

    Wow so beautiful but it must take a long time and a lot on consitrasion

    • @crowthebro
      @crowthebro 4 роки тому

      i make these, and i can confirm. it is really fun though!

  • @monikamonia6250
    @monikamonia6250 8 років тому +17

    we have the same tradition in Poland

    • @michaelfilimon8510
      @michaelfilimon8510 5 років тому

      Monika Monia 🇵🇱 🇷🇴💕

    • @malahamavet
      @malahamavet 4 роки тому +1

      That's great! How different countries are connected by folkloric art 😁

    • @crowthebro
      @crowthebro 4 роки тому +1

      czech rep. as well! i make them, and they're so time consuming, but so fun to make! 🇺🇸/🇨🇿

  • @entirelybonkers8832
    @entirelybonkers8832 3 роки тому

    I’ve started painting eggs and it’s exhausting but worth it

  • @sunniallwein86
    @sunniallwein86 5 років тому +3

    It would have been nice to get a good look at a fully completed egg, in focus. Amazing skill, simply beautiful!

  • @DLeeeet
    @DLeeeet 8 років тому +22

    Simply eggcellent.

  • @KimNgan-mc5th
    @KimNgan-mc5th 8 років тому +3

    a really masterpiece

  • @jhormanetxeverry7247
    @jhormanetxeverry7247 8 років тому +3

    Yo tambien aprecio este arte.

  • @USA50_
    @USA50_ 2 роки тому +1

    Beautiful 🎨

  • @priscillacancel1166
    @priscillacancel1166 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful!

  • @Kass4ndra
    @Kass4ndra 8 років тому +1

    So beautiful

  • @jennifer9084
    @jennifer9084 8 років тому +2

    beautiful work

  • @closerlookbooks
    @closerlookbooks 4 роки тому +1

    Does anyone know if it is simply wire wrapped around a stick that is used to apply the wax. I am so fascinated by this!

  • @SassyMa_
    @SassyMa_ 4 роки тому +2

    There stunning!! Does she sale them?!!!

  • @nuruljamil
    @nuruljamil 6 років тому

    wow, amazing skill

  • @BLandK-popFangirl
    @BLandK-popFangirl 3 роки тому

    Omg...this is the beautiful.❤❤❤

  • @raiden490
    @raiden490 8 років тому

    love things like this

  • @vladislava_sim
    @vladislava_sim 4 роки тому +5

    Cool, we have the same tradition in Ukraine

  • @jude1515
    @jude1515 6 років тому +1

    Amazing!

  • @naomiolutayo
    @naomiolutayo 8 років тому +1

    That is pure talent

  • @ari3337
    @ari3337 8 років тому +2

    I uderstand everything cool!

  • @dismaldice3045
    @dismaldice3045 8 років тому

    The egg house..... will house eggs forever.

  • @ho2cultcha
    @ho2cultcha 8 років тому +7

    beautiful work!

  • @theshtint
    @theshtint 5 років тому +2

    Her kistka / stylus doesn't look like it has a reservoir... does anyone know or have a link to one of these?

  • @beethanyy
    @beethanyy 8 років тому +8

    woahh they're beautiful!! Everyone non-artsy can appreciate these- Unlike weird looking art pieces costing several thousand dollars

    • @lunathesabertooth5599
      @lunathesabertooth5599 8 років тому +2

      All art is special even if it's just a dot all art is special and means something to the artist

  • @patrikstoian3613
    @patrikstoian3613 8 років тому

    I live in this country!!!

  • @didoskalio230
    @didoskalio230 8 років тому

    That's awesome

  • @julieannlie
    @julieannlie 8 років тому

    This is art

  • @devikakaul1494
    @devikakaul1494 2 роки тому +1

    Lovely😍😍😍😍

  • @nowokwiat203
    @nowokwiat203 3 місяці тому

    Przepiękne

  • @maple33000
    @maple33000 8 років тому +6

    Can someone tell me where I can purchase these eggs?

    • @Katie-mw7pd
      @Katie-mw7pd 7 років тому

      Can't unless you're in Romania to buy them in person. The eggs are too delicate to ship.

    • @lynnharrison8743
      @lynnharrison8743 6 років тому +1

      There is a source in the US. I'll have to look it up.

    • @deaconsmom2000
      @deaconsmom2000 5 років тому +4

      You can find them anywhere in the world you have a population of ethnic Ukrainians. Pennsylvania, for sure. The local ladies make them every year. I'm sure they can be shipped from Europe, as well. Your question is two years old, I hope you've acquired at least one.

  • @JustANervousWreck
    @JustANervousWreck 3 роки тому

    How do they empty it of its content without breaking it? Through the hole in the bottom?

  • @paultheabsolutedumbass
    @paultheabsolutedumbass 4 роки тому

    Doamne maica domnului

  • @lydiekozlickova2773
    @lydiekozlickova2773 5 років тому

    Beutifel! 🙋❤

  • @subhanullah6414
    @subhanullah6414 8 років тому

    its so good .. enjyng

  • @mdslm9406
    @mdslm9406 8 років тому

    so cozy

  • @XxGamer
    @XxGamer 8 років тому

    Was I the only one that read the title as Edible Egg Tart Will Awe You?

  • @artconnolly9519
    @artconnolly9519 8 років тому

    Wow !!!!!!!!!

  • @joannaromero5248
    @joannaromero5248 3 роки тому

    What do they do with the egg after they paint it ???

  • @MrsRomashka
    @MrsRomashka 8 років тому +10

    This is Ukrainian traditional form of art, though I believe that other Slavic nations do something similar. In Ukraine we call those painted eggs "pysanka". The oldest Pysanka found in Ukraine is 950 years old. Women make them before Easter but there are a lot of professional artists as well. We also have a whole Pysanka museum!) every region in Ukraine has traditional patterns.

    • @alexquest5214
      @alexquest5214 7 років тому +8

      The motifs painted on the eggs are specific to the romanian culture, they are also found on the romanian blouse (ia). As for the custom of painting eggs it dates back to ancient Persia

    • @mirellajaber7704
      @mirellajaber7704 5 років тому +2

      Romana Unbelievable how little we know of one-another’s country, yet so close. We have the same traditions & customs, culture and symbolism. We have museums, ceramics and what not in common...

  • @fpczyz
    @fpczyz 4 роки тому

    .she's good ,....very good

  • @Ojb_1959
    @Ojb_1959 4 роки тому +1

    I bet she makes great omelettes too. 😋

  • @mariacappai2847
    @mariacappai2847 2 роки тому

    Bellissimo

  • @serbanatinicole5166
    @serbanatinicole5166 8 років тому +2

    hai romania!

    • @nicunones9161
      @nicunones9161 6 років тому +1

      Yes, Romania is a nice country with nice and talented people with long and nice folk traditions

  • @yozakeru7352
    @yozakeru7352 8 років тому

    I want to buy that if I could have

  • @Joni77Bravo
    @Joni77Bravo 8 років тому

    ARTA DE ROMANIA.

    • @nicunones9161
      @nicunones9161 6 років тому

      Si in alte parti in Romania (in Transilvania de exemplu) se incondeiaza oua de pasti. Poate la Ciocanesti in Bucovina este o traditie veche si generalizata, daca si casele si le picteaza atat de frumos.

  • @Aves001Brasil
    @Aves001Brasil 8 років тому +1

    Show

    • @altoid2097
      @altoid2097 3 роки тому

      @Joel Vihaan sounds like some bs.

  • @nesseihtgnay9419
    @nesseihtgnay9419 8 років тому

    really kool

  • @Sikorskihearing
    @Sikorskihearing 4 роки тому

    How do we purchase these eggs?

  • @aydenguscott5461
    @aydenguscott5461 8 років тому +1

    Omg her house is an egg?

  • @MrsRomashka
    @MrsRomashka 8 років тому +1

    Bucovyna is a region between the Dnister river and the Karpathians and today part of its territory is Ukraine and part is Romania.

    • @nicunones9161
      @nicunones9161 6 років тому +5

      Bucovina is a name given be the Austrians when they extended their Empire in the XVIIth century when they conquered a part of the north of the Romanian province named Moldova. Part of Moldova was taken by the Soviet Empire at the end of the second World War. But tis is a Romanian teritory, under ocupation part of it.

  • @redbutterfly88
    @redbutterfly88 5 років тому

    Wow

  • @invictafox1093
    @invictafox1093 8 років тому

    Imagine all the eggs blow up with homunkulas things

  • @thomasmusso1147
    @thomasmusso1147 3 роки тому

    👍👍👍

  • @simplydoz
    @simplydoz 3 роки тому

    The Valheim community is coming.

  • @joechiu679
    @joechiu679 3 роки тому

    OMG!

  • @owenphillips7391
    @owenphillips7391 2 роки тому

    Can I buy one

  • @tahirmahmood9612
    @tahirmahmood9612 3 місяці тому

    😊😊

  • @boylmao8661
    @boylmao8661 2 роки тому

    Anyone else watching this for the Imaginary Ones competition

  • @Jezhua_GomezLA
    @Jezhua_GomezLA 3 роки тому

    What’s the name of the song?????

  • @dgtl.andreeaa
    @dgtl.andreeaa 3 роки тому +1

    Egg 🥚

  • @nope24601
    @nope24601 Місяць тому

    Woah! Showcasing something mildly Western. Well, 7 years ago.... okay.

  • @karmalhasa8477
    @karmalhasa8477 4 роки тому

    It really ticks me off that this National Geographic film starts off with a big whopping error! Pysanky are not painted. Painting has nothing to do with it. It's a batik process and anyone who knows anything about this knows that you"write" the design and dye the egg.