Demonstration of using an electric and candle heated kistka to write the wax onto the egg. In this demonstration I'm using a chicken egg. But it's the same process no matter what type egg you are using.
Hi Crystal, thoroughly enjoy all of your tutorials and have found every one so informative and helpful! I am new to pysanky taught myself during the pandemic and am determined to master the craft….lol… I primarily use the electric kistka now but I’m finding that it is clogging up regularly. I clear it with the little wire tool and even press it into a block of wax but after applying one line it seems to clog again. Do you have any recommendations?? Many thanks and kindest regards, Julie PS. I am from Cape Cod, MA 😊
Hi Julie, Just keep practicing, that's the best way to learn! Awesome that you learn on your own! For a clogged kistka, sometimes the wax picks up fuzz and gets into the kistka. I try to keep my wax covered when not using it, but I'm not always good about that. If the kistka is really stubborn, sometimes I empty out all the wax and then use a toothpick to see if I can find the clog. I just started using dental picks, they don't go through the kistka, but the barbs will pick up the clog, dust. I bought mine on Amazon. One other suggestion, make sure you have good electricity flow. I have 4 kistka plugged into a power strip (I'm a lazy tip changer - Lol). I don't have anything else plugged into the outlet. I'm not an electrician, so I don't really know amps, wattage, etc. But I found out if I was "sharing" too much electricity, the kistky got hot enough to melt wax, but not really enough to make it flow. Sorry for the long answer, but I hope one of these suggestions will help. Thanks for watching, Cris
@@prayerfularts Hi Cris, Thank you so much for your reply and suggestions! I will try all of the above and you may be right about the electrical source. I like to sit on my couch and I have my kistka plugged into an extension cord - maybe it’s not getting enough juice. I will buy a shorter, heavier duty one and see if that makes a difference. Thank you so much again…your tutorials have been extremely helpful with all your tips - especially with divisions and design ideas. I watch them over and over again and look forward to whatever new ones you put out. Maybe I’ll be daring and graduate from chicken eggs to goose eggs soon….lol…Hope you’re having a great summer!! All best, Julie
Thanks for this! Just curious about your pronunciation of “pysanky.” I was taught to say it “PIH - sahn - kih,” with all soft vowels (ih instead of ee, ah instead of aa) and the stress on the first syllable.
My guess would be perhaps the kistka is too hot and maybe the wax is coming out a little to fast, especially if you are using a candle heated kiska. I didn't mention it in the video, but when I write pysanky, the kistka lightly touches egg, I don't press down. I hope that helps.
