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| This egg is decorated with more than 1000 tiny horseshoes. |
Gyula Laszlo is the egg farrier. That's right. He shoes eggs. And he does it in a most beautiful way.
Hungarian tradition calls for Easter eggs to incorporate horseshoes into the design or pattern. But the shoes aren't painted on or even glued on. Over the centuries, talented artisans have perfected the ancient craft of actually applying--nailing!--tiny horseshoes to the fragile eggs.
Amazing artists like Gyula Laszlo create hundreds of horseshoe-adorned eggs each spring.
Watch this video to see some of his work:
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