Pysanky Pen
Instructed by Tal Zur and Nimrod Jack Eliezer
in Industrial design 1
The Pysanky Pen is a tool for drawing with melted beeswax on traditional Eastern European Pysanka eggs.
The wax is used as a mask, to keep certain areas of the egg at their current color, as the egg is dipped in water-based dyes. This method is known as wax-resist.
This project, done in the second year of my studies, began with a brief to design a mass-produced, handheld tool that relies on a functional use of a metal component.
Traditionally, the tools used by Pysanky artists contain a tiny amount of beeswax at a time, and must be heated over a lit candle every 30 seconds, or so, of drawing.
In using the beeswax for both drawing and heating, this design allows for longer uninterrupted use.
