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KTVA Article, Anchorage, Alaska, April 18, 2003
Easter is the time of year when many children like to dye eggs but one
Anchorage, Alaska, woman has a much more elaborate approach to that
tradition.
To many, Marty Black is known simply as the egg lady, a local artist who can
turn a humble egg into a tiny treasure.
There's so much you can do, the shell is your canvass, you can paint it, dye
it, etch it, cut holes in it, its so versatile.
Of course Marty's eggs are anything but ordinary. In fact some are quite
elaborate, like a jeweled ostrich egg that opens up to reveal a nativity
scene inside.
Other creations are motorized like a ferris wheel that really works or a
display of the northern lights that dance inside an egg.
Marty also does traditional Ukrainian eggs using what's called a lost wax
method.
One of her eggs sent to the president for the annual Easter celebration.
The proudest moment was getting to go to the White House, see my egg there
and meet all the other egg artists. It was just a real exciting event.
Marty says she'll continue to stretch her boundaries and think of new things
to do with eggs but she also has some advice for those creative types who
are looking for something different.
Whatever craft or whatever art they do try it on an egg shell. You'd be
surprised how rewarding it can be.
Marty also sells egg-crafting supplies at her business, Alaska Eggery.
KTVA Article, Anchorage, Alaska, April 18, 2003
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