Egg Carving Art
Egg carving is a delicate, complex art, not for the faint ofheart. Egg carvers create designs on the eggs that are the size of small quaileggs for emu eggs, about the size of a melon. The drawings of these artists areas different as sculpture in which eggs are produced. Simple designs caninclude the design of the tape or the heart template, while the designsdeveloped could include nature scenes or lace filigree.
How is it possible that eggs can be carved at all? Aren'tthey too delicate for such dealing? The answer, surprisingly, is"no." Some eggs are not delicate at all. The ostrich egg, in fact, isso sturdy that chicks cannot hatch from them on their own: they need theirmother's help to emerge. Smaller eggs, of course, require careful handling. Itis not uncommon for carvers to break 10% or more of the eggs they attempt tocarve. Those eggs that survive to completion, however, become examples of anuncommon form of artistic expression.
There are two forms of egg carving. In the first form of carving,the egg is "laced" that is, designs are cut out of the eggshell. Inthe second form of carving, the egg is "sculpted." Both forms ofcarving can produce designs of remarkable detail.
