Arts Council
Capitol Easter Egg Display Represents Art and Craft from 78 Kentucky Counties
On behalf of First Lady Glenna Fletcher, the Kentucky Arts Council extended an invitation to every County Extension Office in Kentucky to find a very special Easter egg to represent their county in a display now showing at the Capitol until April 13 and then on to the Governor’s Mansion in time for the Governor’s 2nd Annual Easter Egg Roll on Saturday April 15, 2006.
Some counties had contests, some opened it up to the schools and others invited artists that they knew would represent them well. The results were incredible with a wide variety of approaches to the Easter egg idea. There are painted and carved eggs from chickens, ducks, geese, emus, rheas and ostriches. There are sculpted eggs and egg figurines from polymer clay, ceramic and papier-mâché. There are hand-turned wooden eggs, blown glass eggs, gourd eggs, crocheted eggs, quilted eggs, wool felted eggs, and sugar eggs. “These eggs are wonderful,” said First Lady Glenna Fletcher. “I am always so impressed by how much talent we have in Kentucky from every part of the state. They will be a wonderful addition to our annual Easter Egg Roll.”
There was also a wide variety in the ages of the artists that created eggs for the display. The youngest was 9-year old Seth Ramey of Flemingsburg who started his egg with a pop can, formed foil around it to make the egg shape, and then covered the frame with clay. He finished the egg by painting scenes from Fleming County on it. Lorraine Criswell, at 92, is probably the oldest artist participating, although there are several octogenarians whose work has been selected for the display. Criswell is a retired Home Economics teacher from Grayson in Carter County and an active member of the Lindsey-Pactolus Homemakers Club who volunteers her time crocheting baby blankets for the Linus Foundation.
The Easter Egg Display will be in the Capitol display cases in Frankfort, through Thursday, April 13, 2006. The Capitol is open to the public Monday-Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, Saturday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm and Sunday 1:00 pm – 4 p.m. The display was coordinated and presented by the Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet.
NOTE TO EDITORS: See below for a complete list of each county participating, the name of the artist and the type of technique used in creating the egg. High- resolution print quality color photos of each egg are available upon request to ed.lawrence@ky.gov.
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The Kentucky Arts Council is a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet that invests in programs that develop vibrant communities, provide lifelong education in the arts and support arts participation. Every $1 in grant funds awarded by the Kentucky Arts Council helps grantees secure $15 in earned income and matching funds from individuals, philanthropic sources and other levels of government. Kentucky Arts Council funding is provided by the Kentucky State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
Allen County
Nadine Wilkerson andDennis Meador
Nadine Wilkerson prepped a styrofoam egg and handpainted dogwood onto the surface using acrylic paints. Dennis Meador hand turned a piece of dogwood for the base.
Anderson County
Louketa Woods
Sealed, painted and added ornaments and art work
Barren County
Mary Lou McShane
Foam egg was covered in sequins and embellished with jewelry originally owned by the artist's mother.
Bourbon County
Sylvia Zingg
Multimedia including acrylic paints, pen and ink, and rhinestones on blown hen's egg.
Boyd County
Janet Jarvis
Porcelain
Boyle County
Mary Helen Cooley
Wooden egg, painted with acrylic gloss
Bracken County
Lauren Elliott
Ceramic turned on potter's wheel
Breckinridge County
Brett Austen & Bill Patterson
Ceramics, 30 different paints and glazes were used. Small glass dish was used as a mold for the egg, and a casserole was used as a mold for the stand.
Butler County
Johnathon Barks
Each participant was given a papier-mache egg and told to decorate the egg using the items available
Caldwell County
Linda Cravens
Ceramic egg made using a mold.
Carlisle County
Judy Brent
The egg is made from an egg gourd grown, dried, cleaned, and hand painted.
Carter County
Lorraine Criswell
kit
Christian County
Linda Durham
This is a real goose egg. The decorations are done with paper quilling and embellished with beads.
Clark County
Sharon Dunn
Molded chocolate
Clay County
Ruby Parker
Egg shell is soaked in water and cut with small scissors. Decorative accessories are added.
Crittenden County
Rev. Wayne Garvey
Pysanky
Cumberland County
Kim White
Paper mache with decorative threads and rhinestones
Daviess County
Rhonda McEnroe
Egg gourd decorated with acrylic paint and copper wiring
Edmonson County
Anna Sturgeon
Ostrich egg that was hand painted with acrylic paint. It is an original design by the artist.
Elliott County
Sharon Boggs
Wooden egg was made on lathe, sanded smooth, then painted with acrylic paint
Estill County
Carlie Scriver
Hand poured and hand painted by artist
Fayette County
Jo Ann Birdsong
Sugar
Fleming County
Seth Ramey
Seth started his egg with a pop can, then formed foli around it to make the egg shape, then covered the frame with clay. He let it dry, then painted the egg with scenes from Fleming County.
Floyd County
Cody Gillespie
This collage was created using broken egg shell, food sprinkles, glue, and other "recycled" items.
Gallatin County
Debbie Moore
6” x 8" canvas with acrylic paints
Garrard County
Loretta Adams
Folded fabric quilted egg
Grant County
Elaine Beighle
Using greenware, it was cleaned, painted, fired, glazed, and then fired again.
Grayson County
Betty Howell
Painted wooden egg with craft paint, cut design from paper napkin, glued on, sprayed with adhesive and glitter sprinkled over the egg.
Green County
Maxideen Pruitt
Ostrich egg, with painted rabbit
Greenup County
Claudine Williamson
Ceramic egg. Slip poured into a mold, fired, peach glaze applied, then a gold overglaze, then the glazed duck was attached inside.
Hancock County
Glenn Stewart
Wood carving
Harrison County
Rev. Lawrence Bowald, Pastor of the Cynthiana Presbyterina Church
Ukrainian process where wax is applied to egg, dipped in various colors, then wax is melted off.
Henry County
Neal Morris
The egg is a turned piece of mahogany with Baltic Birch inlay. The stand had to be cut 4 times and the birch inserted. All of Neal's woodworking is hand sanded and hand finished
Hopkins County
Mary Ann Russo
An ostrich egg from Kentucky was painted with acrylic paint. The artist incorporated the symbols of Kentucky into the painting on the egg.
Jessamine County
Colina Shannon
An ostrich egg with decopague violets
Johnson County
Anna Wells
Made of clay, carved and pit-fired
Kenton County
Alicia Beach
Painting on wood egg
Knott County
Etta Jo Gayheart
Crocheted egg with bread dough roses
Larue County
Beverly S. Heath
The shell of the egg is made from sugar and water. The decorations are made from sugar and egg whites. The scene inside is of the Lincoln Cabin and rail fence.
Laurel County
Susan Slusher
Bisque egg was fired three times, handpainted with 14K gold and the picture were inspired by the downtown streetscape project.
Lawrence County
Constance Queen
Emu egg, painted and decorated. Original work
Lee County
Leighandra Shouse
hand painted egg gourd
Leslie County
Faye Couch
Used the decoupage technique with a paper napkin. Once this was dry, the egg was embellished with satin ribbon, sequins, and pearl pins.
Letcher County
Alice Craft
Crocheted around a plastic Easter Egg. Crocheted flowers, then hand sewn along with beads.
Lewis County
Leoma Rigdon
Hollowed out styrofoam egg, applied paint, lace and other decorative items
Lincoln County
Elizabeth Kernen
Egg gourd embellished with toothpicks, pine cone pieces, paper, plastic stems with other decorations.
Livingston County
Sheena Thomas-Brown
Wooden egg, painted
Lyon County
Marilyn Reibel
Crazy Patch quilt pattern was chosen, stuffed with batting, each quilt piece is hand stitched
Magoffin County
Ashley Plumme
A styrofoam egg was used as the base. Decorative beads were added using straight pins.
Marion County
Tina Craig
Wood burned gourd with stain added to frame design and add color
Mason County
Karen Fulton
Acrylic paint on wood
McCreary County
Virginia Swangin
Painted gourd
Meade County
Theresa Mattingly
Used concrete and plaster paris mixture (1/2 and 1/2). Placed mixture in egg mold overnight. Removed egg and wrapped in polymer clay. Put in oven for 30 minutes to bake. Died sea shells purple and let dry overnight. I glued the shells together to form flowers and leaves. The stem for the flowers is coated wire. The base is also made from sea shells.
Metcalfe County
June Eason
Goose egg was cut with a dremmel tool, then painted and finally arrangement was placed inside of the shell.
Monroe County
Margie Bartley
Acrylic paint on a wooden egg.
Montgomery County
Imogene Updike
The egg is woven using number 2 round natural reed for stakes and 1/4" flat ovals for weavers. A styrofoam egg is used as a foundation mold. The process involves adding stakes to achieve the egg shape. The weaving is continuous. The egg is decorated with spring ribbon and a flower. The design is an original pattern developed by the artist.
Muhlenberg County
Garris Stroud, age 11 & sister Amara, age 6
A wooden egg form was used to start, with plastic jewels, were used to make the shape of Muhlenberg County with a pick ax to represent the coal industry that was so large in our county.
Nelson County
Linda Wells
Egg carved and decorated
Nicholas County
Michael Stracner
Emu egg carved highlighted pattern with paint and varnished
Owen County
Kene Thornton
Blown Glass
Owsley County
Nancy Gabbard
The egg came from an emu that was raised in Owsley County. Nancy created the egg from various recycled items that she had collected including the following: scraps of fabric to create the rabbit and skirting, a shredded extension newsletter to represent the Easter grass, and a used moisturizing cream jar for the stand. Cotton battin was used to create the tail
Perry County
Katie Campbell
Easter egg and stand made from scrap materials
Powell County
Janet Ford
Hand sculpted with polymer clay, baked and glazed
Rowan County
June Baber
Wooden egg with fabric
Russell County
Charon Gray
Egg was cut by use of a dremel tool and decorated by adding paint, Modge Podge and embellishments.
Scott County
Carolyn Poe
Ceramics
Shelby County
Joanna Olive
Used 2 real eggs--goose and small gamebird
Spencer County
Louis Platt
Spencer County is known as the Gourd Capitol of Kentucky. This decorated egg is made from an egg gourd painted with acrylic paint.
Taylor County
Karen Prince
The egg and base is made entirely of polymer clay. A real goose eggshell was covered with polymet clay bead and rope shapes. Various textures were pressed into thte clay, and the egg was baked until the clay was hardened. The egg was then submersed in vinegar for 24 hours to dissolve the eggshell. Multiple glazes of acrylic paint and iridescent dry pigments were applied over the clay and sealed with clear acrylic finish.
Todd County
Ramona Roberts
This is a duck egg that has been hollowed out and decorated.
Trigg County
Charlotte Wilson
Emu egg, drained and cleaned. Painted with acrylics.
Union County
Erma Norris
Rhea Egg process
Warren County
Joyce Cloutier
Hand drawn and glazed
Washington County
Norma Jean Campbell
Needle felted using wool from the farm flock. All wool (except crushed dried lavender used for aroma and moth repellent--also raised on farm) wool is processed, hand dyed on the farm.
Wayne County
Mary Gibson-Korreck
Egg with windows cut out, decorated, ceramic bunny in hat inside.
Webster County
Janet Burke
The 6 inch wooden egg was created by Henderson County High School carpentry class. It was painted using acrylic paints.
Wolfe County
Linda Harse-Lancette
Goose egg, Pysanky process for colored design: Pysanky, or pysankas, is a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated using a wax-resist (batik) method.
Woodford County
Bessie Bain
Acrylic paints on wooden egg.