week 5: the egg coaster

 Growing up, my grandparents had a glass vase full of Pysanky eggs; a type of Ukrainian easter egg made with delicate
wax lines and dip dying. 

this is the aforementioned vase. when it came to making coasters, I wanted to make something that incorporated my heritage, while also being an interesting coaster. And thus, the pysanky coaster was born.

the coasters will be a set of 6, with 3 different sizes. Each smaller piece will fit within its respective larger piece, and the two largest pieces will snap together. This idea came from the matryoshka doll; while it is Russian in origin, these meticulous stacking dolls were all over my house growing up.\

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