Polish Pisanki (Decorated Eggs)
Polish Easter eggs decorated by several regional techniques: batik wax-resist (pisanki), scratch-carving, and the solid raspberry-dyed eggs called byki. Patterns of rays, stars and plant sprigs vary by region, with Kraków, Łowicz and the Opoczno district known for distinct styles; eggs were exchanged at Easter as gifts and kept in the home as charms. The name comes from 'pisać', to write or paint, since the wax is drawn onto the shell with a pin dipped in a funnel of molten wax. The techniques include the kraszanki boiled in onion skins for a uniform red-brown, the skrobanki scratched through