Decorated eggs
Daniela Mahoney
Prague
Daniela Mahoney was born in Prague and decorates eggs in the Czech and Slovak tradition her grandmother taught her: wax resist, dye, and since 1987 engraving.
- Her grandmother's technique, Prague
- About 93,000 eggs since 1983
- Demonstrations at Ellis Island and Epcot
- Engraved eggs since 1987
- Oregon TAAP master artist, 2012
In 1980 she and her mother left Czechoslovakia for West Germany, then the United States; an Easter hobby became a life's work. Since 1983 she has decorated about 93,000 eggs and shown the craft at hundreds of fairs and festivals, at Ellis Island, the Czech and Slovak Museum in Iowa and Epcot Center. In 2012 she became a master artist in Oregon's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program.
She lives in Portland and gives lectures and workshops on the history and technique of the craft.
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