10 Crazy & Creative Egg Designs for the Holidays

There are several known techniques for egg decoration with the most popular one probably being Carl Fabergè's. Drilling & Sawing is my personal favorite, usually done with compressed air and leaving very little of the original shell. Another popular form is a wax resist method named Pysanky in which the artist uses geometric, plant, animal motifs and color to tell a usually very detailed story.

Following are 10 spectacular examples title="Russ Hagen" from some of the world's greatest egg decoration artists as exhibited on the Eastern Ohio Egg Artistry Show (Ohio 2006 and 2007) and the Eggs-I-Bit (Phillipsburg, NJ, 2006).

All photos taken by and courtesy of Randall B. Farber and the International Egg Art Guild (IEAG), a non-profit association of artists, artisans, and craftspeople who work with natural eggs as an art or folk art medium. Enjoy.

10. Shihori Kato

9. Satoko Kano

8. Mildred Davis

7. Russ Hagen

6. Mary Lou Crawford

5. Lisa Sensinger

4. Kyoko Jewell

3. Helen Badulak

2. Harumi Baloy

1. Gloria Harrison