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There are moments in life when art and reality stop existing separately.
Today, alongside my work as a ceramic artist and founder of KUST, I also serve in the 3rd Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This experience has changed the way I see creation, responsibility, and the role of objects in times of war. It has also given rise to a new direction in my work — the development of ceramic pieces created for the 3rd Army Corps.
This project stands at the intersection of service, culture, and resistance.
At KUST, I have always worked with clay as a material of memory, form, and meaning. But in this context, ceramics have gained another dimension: they have become a way to support those who are defending Ukraine right now. The pieces we create for the 3rd Army Corps are not simply decorative objects. They carry a mission.
All profit from the sale of these works goes directly to support the 3rd Army Corps of Ukraine.
This means that every purchase becomes more than an appreciation of handmade ceramic art. It becomes a real contribution to the people who are serving, fighting, and holding the line. By choosing these works, collectors and clients directly support Ukraine’s resistance against Russian aggression.
The artistic idea behind these ceramic works is deeply important to me.
I wanted to create objects that would speak both about the depth of Ukrainian cultural tradition and about the modern history of Ukraine that is being shaped today by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. That is why these pieces combine Ukrainian folkloric forms, symbols, and archetypes with the realities, technologies, and meanings born from the war.
In these works, ancestral imagery meets the present.
Traditional protective forms, ritual references, and visual codes of Ukrainian culture are brought into dialogue with the strength, pain, courage, and innovation of modern Ukraine. One of the clearest examples of this is the FPV Motanka — a ceramic figure that unites the ancient symbolic form of the Ukrainian motanka with the reality of FPV warfare.
This piece is a reminder that the Armed Forces of Ukraine became the first to widely develop and apply FPV drones as a powerful modern weapon, changing the battlefield and, in many ways, changing the very nature of contemporary war. In this way, the work connects deep tradition with a new historical reality being written in real time.
Each product in this collection is created not only as an artwork, but as a carrier of meaning.
They are:
For me, this project is personal. It is impossible to separate it from my service, from the people around me, and from the reality Ukraine is living through. These ceramic works are my way of continuing to create while also serving a larger purpose.
The mission of this collection is simple and powerful:
To transform art into support.
To connect culture with action.
To create objects that carry both beauty and purpose.
In a time when Ukraine is defending not only its territory but also its identity, memory, and future, art cannot remain neutral or empty. It can become a language of solidarity. It can hold history. It can raise support. It can remind us who we are.
This is what these works are about.
They are about Ukraine’s past and Ukraine’s present.
They are about tradition and innovation.
They are about resistance, dignity, and the people who are shaping history today.
By collecting these ceramic pieces, you support the 3rd Army Corps, stand with Ukraine, and become part of a story in which art is not only something to admire — but also something that helps.
