Good Eggs - Not Just for Easter

Story 108
Apr 6
2 min read

Eggs represent new life, potential and transformation featuring in spring festivals and traditions to celebrate the Equinox. These are concepts that align with both with spring and personal health journeys. Just like an egg holds the building blocks of life, small daily choices hold the building blocks of our wellbeing. Easter is a natural moment to reflect: What are you growing? What are you nurturing?

The Art of the Egg

An egg offers a blank canvas as well as being a power pack of nutrients. Egg decorating is an old Easter tradition - across many cultures, eggs have been dyed, painted, carved, and gilded for centuries to celebrate renewal and spring.

Faberge 'Hen Egg' both Humble and extraordinary, crafted from gold and coated in white enamel. Inside a golden yolk opens to reveal a golden hen, within a miniature Imperial Crown and within a ruby ring.

Since my art school days I have always been fascinated by the opulent and legendary

Fabergé eggs. Created for Russian royalty as Easter gifts these weren’t just beautiful on the outside—they contained hidden surprises and delights within. Around 50 bespoke egg gifts were made between 1885 and 1917, these are now scattered around the world owned by museums and private collectors. They embody a fascinating idea: that what’s inside can be just as intricate and valuable as what we see echoing the charm of Russian Matryoshka nesting dolls. Layers unfold like chapters of a story. The egg itself is the original version of this idea. A simple outer shell holding everything needed for life inside.

Even the simplest forms can become vessels for imagination, detail, and surprise.

And that’s something we can all tap into—whether we’re dyeing eggs with natural pigments like turmeric and beetroot or sketching delicate patterns with a fine brush. Creativity doesn’t need gold leaf to be meaningful.

What's in an Egg?

Eggs come in many forms, different shells, different interiors, each offering its own kind of nourishment common ones are chicken, duck, and quail.

Chicken eggs an everyday staple; balanced in protein and fat, mild in flavour and endlessly versatile.

Duck eggs are larger and richer white globes. They contain more fat and slightly higher levels of key nutrients, giving them a deeper flavour and make a good baking ingredient.

Quail eggs are small but mighty, surprisingly dense in nutrients, with a higher yolk-to-white ratio with more concentrated taste and delicate on the plate.