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], "out_of_scope": [ "Egg production, animal reproduction, and husbandry", "Cooking eggs where decoration is incidental or absent", "Manufacture of dyes, paints, adhesives, and decorating tools", "General sculpture or jewellery production without an egg-decorating activity", "The complete religious observance or festival in which decorating occurs", "Long-term conservation of finished decorated eggs" ], "distinguishing_features": [ "The activity deliberately changes the visual or tactile appearance of an egg surface; washing or boiling alone does not qualify.", "The egg or an explicitly identified egg-shaped substitute is the decorating substrate, rather than merely a depicted motif.", "Decorative choices account for the substrate's curved surface, limited handling area, and potential fragility.", "The intended result retains an identifiable egg form; work that turns shell fragments into an unrelated mosaic requires a boundary decision.", "Decoration can serve aesthetic, personal, or 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preparing; marking out; decorating; drying or setting; finishing; complete; paused; abandoned", "why_it_matters": "Identifies available next actions and prevents premature handling or delivery." }, { "name": "Consumption suitability evidence", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "not applicable; unassessed; supported by recorded material and handling evidence; unsupported", "why_it_matters": "Prevents decorative appearance from being treated as evidence that an egg is suitable to eat." } ], "affordances": [ "Identify the substrate and propose preparation steps compatible with the chosen decorating method.", "Map motifs, bands, and focal points onto the egg's curved surface.", "Build a decorating sequence with explicit drying, masking, resist, and handling dependencies.", "Track colour coverage, line quality, attachment stability, and shell damage during execution.", "Choose whether to continue, repair, revise the design, or stop after a decorating defect.", "Assess completion against 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"what_it_is_for": [ "Egg decorating is practiced in homes, workshops and community celebrations as a form of festive or ritual art.", "Decorated eggs may serve as gifts, ceremonial objects or seasonal displays whose patterns carry local cultural meanings." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Decorative substances unsuitable for food contact can make an otherwise edible egg unsafe to eat.", "Fragile shells and carving implements can cause cuts or puncture injuries.", "Heated wax and exposed flames used in some traditions can cause burns or fires.", "Perishable eggs used for prolonged displays can spoil and create foodborne illness risks if later eaten." ], "facets_not_applicable": { "interfaces": "No single formal standard or regulation applies to egg decorating as a ritual art independently of its materials and intended use.", "recognition": "Egg decorating is an activity whose ritual purpose cannot be established from the appearance of an egg or its decoration alone." } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q605069: egg decorating", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q605069", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Egg decorating", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_decorating", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "egg-substrate-preparation", "name": "Egg substrate and preparation", "description": "Identify what is being decorated and whether its surface and contents are ready for the planned work.", "rationale": "An intact egg, an emptied shell, and a manufactured substitute do not support the same preparation or handling decisions.", "layers": [ { "id": "substrate-identity", "name": "Substrate identity", "description": "Establish the egg form, material, and contents before selecting operations.", "findings": [ { "id": "shell-and-contents", "name": "Shell and contents", "description": "Record whether the substrate is a real shell, what remains inside it, and any uncertainty about its preparation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is this a real egg with contents, an emptied shell, a shell section, or a manufactured egg-shaped substitute?", "kind": "definition", "id": "shell-and-contents-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence establishes the substrate material and any cooking, emptying, or previous treatment?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "shell-and-contents-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "surface-readiness", "name": "Surface readiness", "description": "Inspect the surface and establish how the egg can be supported while decorating.", "findings": [ { "id": "preparation-and-support", "name": "Preparation and support", "description": "Record cracks, moisture, residue, existing coatings, and a support arrangement that leaves the working area accessible.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where are cracks, openings, residue, moisture, or coatings that could interfere with the chosen technique?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "preparation-and-support-q01" }, { "text": "What preparation and holder will permit access to the planned surface without damaging the egg or touching wet decoration?", "kind": "action", "id": "preparation-and-support-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "egg-surface-design", "name": "Design on the egg surface", "description": "Describe how decoration occupies the egg and where its motifs and meanings come from.", "rationale": "Egg curvature and unequal ends shape layout, while motif meanings require attribution rather than inference from appearance.", "layers": [ { "id": "curved-layout", "name": "Curved layout", "description": "Locate poles, bands, divisions, focal motifs, and any intentionally undecorated areas.", "findings": [ { "id": "motif-placement", "name": "Motif placement", "description": "Record the intended orientation and how patterns join or terminate around the egg.", "questions": [ { "text": "How are the pointed end, rounded end, and widest circumference used to position motifs or dividing lines?", "kind": "definition", "id": "motif-placement-q01" }, { "text": "How will motif spacing and pattern joins be checked as the egg is rotated?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "motif-placement-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "motif-attribution", "name": "Motif attribution", "description": "Distinguish original design, copied examples, and attributed cultural practice.", "findings": [ { "id": "design-source-and-meaning", "name": "Design source and meaning", "description": "Record design references and the evidence for any claimed name, symbolism, or traditional association.", "questions": [ { "text": "Who supplied the design, and which reference supports any claimed motif name or meaning?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "design-source-and-meaning-q01" }, { "text": "Which features make this an example of a named egg-decorating practice rather than a personal adaptation?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "design-source-and-meaning-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "decorating-techniques-and-materials", "name": "Decorating techniques and materials", "description": "Specify how marks, colours, textures, and attachments are produced on the selected egg surface.", "rationale": "Colour application, resist, shell removal, and attached ornament create different effects and require different compatibility checks.", "layers": [ { "id": "colour-and-resist", "name": "Colour and resist", "description": "Describe surface colouring and any masking or resist used to preserve selected areas.", "findings": [ { "id": "colour-application-method", "name": "Colour application method", "description": "Record whether colour is immersed, brushed, drawn, stamped, or otherwise applied, including any resist and its removal.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which colours are applied by which methods, and which areas must remain protected at each stage?", "kind": "definition", "id": "colour-application-method-q01" }, { "text": "What product instructions or recorded trials support compatibility between the colourant, resist, and egg surface?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "colour-application-method-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "surface-removal-and-additions", "name": "Surface removal and additions", "description": "Describe techniques that remove shell material or add decorative elements.", "findings": [ { "id": "shell-alteration-and-attachment", "name": "Shell alteration and attachment", "description": "Record planned scratching, cutting, piercing, wrapping, or attachment, and how each changes handling requirements.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the design remove only a surface coating, remove shell material, or attach a separate ornament?", "kind": "definition", "id": "shell-alteration-and-attachment-q01" }, { "text": "How will tool pressure, attachment placement, and support be chosen to limit shell damage?", "kind": "action", "id": "shell-alteration-and-attachment-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "decorating-sequence-and-correction", "name": "Decorating sequence and correction", "description": "Track the order of egg-decorating operations and responses to visible defects.", "rationale": "Overlapping colours, resist stages, and limited dry handling areas make operation order consequential.", "layers": [ { "id": "operation-dependencies", "name": "Operation dependencies", "description": "Identify prerequisites for applying, protecting, exposing, or finishing each decorated region.", "findings": [ { "id": "next-ready-operation", "name": "Next ready operation", "description": "Record completed stages and the conditions required before the next operation can begin.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which colouring, resist, removal, and attachment steps must precede the next planned operation?", "kind": "action", "id": "next-ready-operation-q01" }, { "text": "What observed condition or documented waiting requirement establishes that the egg can be handled or recoated?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "next-ready-operation-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "defect-assessment", "name": "Defect assessment", "description": "Compare the developing result with the intended design and assess possible corrections.", "findings": [ { "id": "repair-or-revision", "name": "Repair or revision", "description": "Record unwanted colour spread, smudging, missed coverage, detached ornament, or shell damage without treating deliberate irregularity as a defect.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which observed marks or damaged areas depart from the maker's intended result?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "repair-or-revision-q01" }, { "text": "Can the affected area be corrected, incorporated into a revised design, or left as documented variation without undermining intended use?", "kind": "action", "id": "repair-or-revision-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "decorated-egg-use-and-completion", "name": "Decorated egg use and completion", "description": "Determine whether the decorating activity has produced a result ready for its stated destination.", "rationale": "An egg intended for consumption has different acceptance requirements from an emptied shell intended to hang or be displayed.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-use-constraints", "name": "Intended use constraints", "description": "Connect decorating choices to consumption, display, gifting, or ceremonial requirements.", "findings": [ { "id": "food-or-display-destination", "name": "Food or display destination", "description": "Record intended use explicitly and identify evidence needed before accepting the result for that use.", "questions": [ { "text": "Will this decorated egg be eaten, displayed, gifted, used ceremonially, or used only for practice?", "kind": "definition", "id": "food-or-display-destination-q01" }, { "text": "If consumption is intended, which material instructions and preparation or handling records support that use, and what remains unverified?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "food-or-display-destination-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "finish-and-handover", "name": "Finish and handover", "description": "Check completion of the decorated surface and any immediate presentation or handling arrangements.", "findings": [ { "id": "completion-acceptance", "name": "Completion acceptance", "description": "Assess whether intended decoration is complete, finish and attachments are ready, and any stand, hanger, or packaging suits the egg.", "questions": [ { "text": "Are the intended surfaces complete, residual resist addressed, and applied finishes or attachments ready for handling?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "completion-acceptance-q01" }, { "text": "What support, packaging, attribution, and handling information must accompany the decorated egg for its intended use?", "kind": "action", "id": "completion-acceptance-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "No sense is recorded; this description treats the term as a craft activity and includes egg-shaped substitutes.", "Regional terminology and motif meanings should be checked within the particular community rather than treated as universal.", "This is a recall-based description; no sources were consulted, and no dedicated identifier or technical standard is confidently supplied." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of egg decorating this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Dyeing", "Wax-resist decoration", "Painting and drawing", "Scratching or engraving", "Pierced or carved shell decoration", "Applied decoration, including beads, paper or fabric" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of egg decorating this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Easter celebrations and gift giving", "Transmission of family and community craft traditions", "Decorative display and collecting", "Craft education and recreational making" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of egg decorating this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Fragile shells can crack during preparation, decoration or storage.", "Raw egg contents can contaminate hands, tools and work surfaces.", "Perishable eggs can spoil during prolonged unrefrigerated display.", "Decorative dyes, paints and adhesives may be unsuitable for eggs intended for eating.", "Hot wax, flames and sharp carving tools can cause burns or cuts." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of egg decorating this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Ukrainian pysanky are associated particularly with wax-resist patterning and culturally transmitted motifs.", "Red-dyed Easter eggs are prominent in Greek and other Orthodox Christian traditions.", "Central and Eastern European traditions include locally distinctive wax-resist, scratched and painted eggs." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of egg decorating this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Easter egg", "difference": "An 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