Each Student Works on a Microbead Pillow

6/15/2011

MICROBEAD PILLOWS

When teaching, students I place a microbead pillow at each station. The pillow supports the wrists and keeps the egg secure in the nest created by the microbeads. It prevents the egg from rolling or if the egg slips it lands on the pillow(phew!) and not on the table(crack!).
I get the microbead pillows cheap at yard sales and at second-hand shops. They are generally one or two dollars...then I wash them in a cold water cycle and let them air-dry. I clean them this way after every class use. Students love the support that the pillows give when writing on the egg with the kistka.

1 Comment

Sheila The Egg Lady

5/25/2012 01:41:09 pm

I have seen so many pictures of people working on eggs and placing them on a napkin on the table. That is just inviting disaster as far as I am concerned. I have always provided a small paper plate with a thick napkin pad and insisted that the student always put the egg onto the plate rather than on to the table. It can roll off, etc. I do think this idea of microbead pad is the greatest and I am going to try to find some and start hoarding them so I can use them if and when I am able to teach this beautiful art.

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by Maggie Tarris Bauer

I am of Ukrainian and Polish ancestry, 2nd generation American, who grew up in an ethnic household and neighborhood in Passaic, NJ. Keeping with tradition, I learned to write pysanky as a young girl and continue to work on my passion for pysanky. I teach classes and demonstrate the art year-round.