Egg-stra Ordinary

The Trials and Tribulations of Egg Manipulations

If it wasn't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all.  In my drive to be "creative" I tend to make things way too difficult.  But the only way to succeed is to fail... multiple times.

The Beginning

The plan of action for my "evil egg" was to create some type of light.  As soon as the assignment was given, light was grabbing my brain and not letting go.  I had thought about learning how to extract the yolk leaving the shell intact and then making cut outs to allow light to shine through.  And that was a great idea in theory but it just didn't drive me to create.  So I researched other ways to let an egg emit light. And the plan was born.

The Concept

The concept that developed was a simple one.  Create a light that does might alter but doesn't destroy the egg.  That is what creativity is, don't you think? To re-imagine what you see everyday to a new purpose or to be seen in a new "light".

The Plan

 Place the egg in a jar of distilled vinegar and let the shell dissolve. Then I was going to use paint or markers to create a stained glass look to the membrane. Using a flashlight, the light would shine through the membrane and emit a colorful subtle glow.

The cool thing about this concept was that everything I needed was in my home. The bell jar was a remnant from a previous craft. The vinegar is something every kitchen needs, not only to make deviled eggs but it is an amazing cleaning solution. I had food coloring to "paint" left over from a colorful Pintrest fail. Markers are a staple in a "creative's" arsenal.  And finally the flashlight is something everyone should have in their emergency supplies.

The EGGs-ecution

Because I know that failure is inevitable, I decided to use a test egg. If all went well I could recreate it with the given egg. It takes two days for the shell to dissolve so Tuesday evening the egg was submerged.  Two days later, the egg emerged from its confines and to my amazement IT WORKED.  I patted it dry and admired the egg with the flashlight shining through.  Now it was time to create the stained glass.

Here's a hint to you if you want to try this project.  DON'T USE SHARPIE OR MARKERS.  The first few passes of the markers went okay.  The color was more muted than I wanted so I took another couple of swipes.  What I didn't know was that the felt tips were systematically removing layers of membrane. One pass to many and POP! the egg is on the floor. You might think that I would have the forethought to do this over the sink or a bowl just in case of some such occurrence.  But I'm not the brightest bulb in the bunch.

So attempt number two commenced just five minutes after the first egg was wiped from the floor tiles.  Food coloring is the next.  The egg came out of the vinegar just as expected, and the coloring was painted on to give the illusion of a sunset (my favorite time of day).  I was super egg-cited.  This was the one. As I was testing the light passing through, butterfingers strikes again. I drop this egg and it too splatters on the floor.  (I had learned my lesson and was working over the sink, but I hadn't realized that an egg could bounce so high.  Lesson two learned)

So I have now dissolved the class egg. I lost my paint brushes so I put the food coloring in the jar and swirl it around. It looks pretty interesting if I do say so myself. I pray I don't break this one as today it is due and there is no way I could dissolve another egg in time.

As I pull into the parking lot at school I realize I have forgotten the flashlight, I forgot to take a picture of the final product, and I have only one image to place in this blog.  So I will have to add it later. My bad.