Marbled Eggs

This technique produces some of the most interesting and elegant eggs and is one of the easiest to do. You can keep it simple and just marble plain white eggs or you can layer complimentary or contrasting dyes to create a stunning product. Pour a standard dye bath in a shallow receptacle ( a pie dish, casserole dish or high lipped dinner plate. Remember some metals react with vinegar so try to use glass or glazed dishes.) You'll want about 1/2" of the dye bathe so adjust the amount of water accordingly, as I have told you before, following the dye bath recipe exactly is completely unnecessary. As long as you have hot water, vinegar and dye, you'll be fine. Add in 1tsp- 2TBS of oil (canola, olive, vegetable, baby, whatever you have on hand is fine.) The more oil you add the more of the original color you will see (below is an example of plain white eggs that were run through the marble bath. The white spots occur because of the oil.)

It is possible to be too heavy handed with the oil and if you find that you in fact have too much oil in the dish, don't worry. Just take a paper towel and dip it into the oil spots. Repeat until you have removed enough oil. You can run a fork or whisk through the oil to break it up, making the negative (white) spaces smaller. After that, roll the egg around a few times until you are satisfied with the color and coverage. Then remove from the bath, blot with a paper towel and set aside to dry. So simple, right? These eggs will impress your friends and family. For my good friend Regina, I paired just a few marbeled eggs in a pine needle basket. The eggs started off green and orange and I ran them through contrasting dyes to get the various depths of color. They look incredible, not to toot my own horn but really... they do. Alright well get messy and get going.