Pysanka Spring Dance — gold-plated pendant on a gold-plated silver chain

This piece is a miniature Easter egg made of brass and fully plated with 18K gold. Its shape echoes the traditional pysanka, but the ornament is read panel by panel: a pair of birds turned toward each other, a flower opening above them, young shoots and rows of spirals—all cut clean through the metal, so the light passes inside and the pendant keeps its sense of depth and lightness.

Birds and the first flowers are the oldest way of saying that spring has arrived—the language of the hayivky, the spring songs and circle dances this piece is named after. Here that meaning is kept quiet: it lives in the rhythm of the panels and the beaded ribs between them, not in added decoration.

The pendant hangs on a gold-plated silver chain with a silver clasp in gold plating, keeping the balance just right and making it easy to wear. It works beautifully on its own or layered with other chains. This is a piece for those who feel symbols not literally, but physically—through material, shape, and the quiet space between details.