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" Most of us have dabbled in the kind of egg art that involves a PAAS dye kit and some paper cups, but there&amp;#039;s a breed of artists who have cracked into a whole new form of creative expression\u2014eggshell art. These masterminds take an ordinary eggshell and paint, carve and shape it into whatever they please. From an elegant life-size dress to President Obama&amp;#039;s silhouette, we&amp;#039;ve served up a dozen impressive egg creations below.  All Dolled Up   72-year-old Deanna Mills has been making eggshell creations for years, with people even begging to buy her work. But she refuses to sell. Even though she has hundreds, she prefers to use her creations as decorations and centerpieces in her own home. Photo courtesy of Mohd Nahar Azmi Mohamed via flickr.com. Window Panes  In 2008, this emu egg was picked as a finalist in Forbes magazine&amp;#039;s Faberg\u00E9-style egg contest for its lattice and acanthus pattern. Artist Brian K. Baity says, &amp;quot;The most difficult part of this carving is removing the dark outer layers while keeping the 1/32-inch white layer intact.&amp;quot; Photo courtesy of Brian Baity. Smooth and Swirly   It&amp;#039;s obvious why Franc Grom is called the &amp;quot;Egg Art Master.&amp;quot; Inspired by the spiral designs common in Slovenian art, he puts 2,500 to 3,500 holes into each egg he carves to create this fluid detail. Photo courtesy of A-pic.co.tv. Barack Obama   For 25 years, artist Ron Cheruka, a.k.a. &amp;quot;The Egg Man,&amp;quot; has been fascinated with egg carving. Using different types of egg, from goose to quail and ostrich, he gently crafts his designs freehand with a dental lab hand drill. This Barack Obama egg is on sale for only $40 at cherukatheeggman.com. Photo courtesy of Ron Cheruka. Oh, Deer  Yet another design by &amp;quot;The Egg Man&amp;quot; Ron Cheruka. This carving, featuring an eight-point whitetail buck, is also made from a rhea egg and is priced at $50. Photo courtesy of cherukatheeggman.com. Fireman   This fireman design by &amp;quot;The Egg Man&amp;quot; is made from a goose shell. Done all by hand, as opposed to with a stencil, it sells for $25. Photo courtesy of cherukatheeggman.com. Spiral in Spiral  Another awesome Ron Cheruka design is his &amp;quot;Spiral in Spiral&amp;quot; piece made from two different eggs\u2014the egg on the inside is goose, surrounded by a larger emu egg. Photo courtesy of cherukatheeggman.com. Playing Dress-Up   When photographer Christopher Penn was walking through Boston&amp;#039;s Natick Mall, he came across this eggshell dress made by artist Virginia Fitzgerald. The dress was alongside two other dress creations\u2014one from bottles, the other from paper. Fitzgerald is the creator of The Dress Project, in which she makes dresses out of anything, and we mean anything. Photo courtesy of Christopher Penn. Lotus  Gary LeMaster is the artist and creator of EggZotica, specializing in egg art of all kinds. This piece is made from the egg of a rhea, a flightless bird that resembles an ostrich. LeMaster wanted to see how much shell he could carve out, so, using a pattern he used to doodle in college, he added a Celtic knot-work design around the vertical perimeter of the egg. The price for this creation? A whopping $1,599. Photo courtesy of theeggshellsculptor.com. Peacock   Another brilliant design by Gary LeMaster is this peacock on a goose egg, one of his all-time favorites. He extended part of the design to the back of the egg, where he also carved a fleur-de-lis. This piece is priced at $129. Photo courtesy of theeggsculptor.com. Shine a Little Light   Who would have thought you could light up a room with eggshells? Made from an ostrich egg, this lampshade has a deer mural on it and an attached fringe. It&amp;#039;s one of four lamps artist Tina Boes has on sale and is priced at $225. Photo courtesy of wysiwigs.com. Crackled Sky   For her Crackled Sky piece, Tina Boes used a &amp;quot;Grille&amp;quot; technique (similar to a stencil, the artist writes on the egg through a pierced sheet of paper) over the front of a layer of blue and white polished polymer clay so it would appear as if you are &amp;quot;looking out into the sky.&amp;quot; This piece is priced at $55. Photo courtesy of wysiwigs.com.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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