Ostrich Egg Decoupage Globes: A Taste of Colonial Africa

African art and ostrich eggs come together to create beautiful and interesting globes. These ostrich egg globes have a hand-painted appearance; however, they are actually decoupage art, meaning that the artwork is on paper which has been glued to the surface of the egg and then varnished.

Decoupage art was very popular in France in the 17th and 18th Century, and the method lends itself well to this application. The ostrich egg decoupage globes have a nice antique look. The artwork, which includes uniquely African scenes and old-style cartography, is evocative of early colonial Africa.