Poppy, Rushnyk & Star Pysanka — a real Ukrainian goose egg, hand-painted in the traditional wax-batik technique. Red poppy blossoms with green leaves crown the top of the egg, a red "rushnyk" (woven-towel) stripe with a web-like texture runs down the side, and a dense diamond-lattice band is centered on a red-and-white eight-pointed star medallion.
The eight-pointed star, or "rozha," is one of the most recognizable sun symbols in pysanka art, the rushnyk stripe takes its name from the traditional woven ceremonial towel, and the poppy carries long-standing folk associations with remembrance and family memory.
As each egg is painted entirely by hand, the exact placement of every line and petal may vary slightly from the photos — this is part of what makes every pysanka one of a kind.