I have been thinking a while if I should post my own coming to Twitter and NAFO story, opening up scares me extremly, but here we go:
My personal ties to Ukraine before the war were zero. I didn't have a family background or friends
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coming from this beautiful country. But I followed the news from 2014 on, and it caused a spark.
When Gulag-country took the step to the full blown war I was crying for weeks. The news feeds lacked of views from Ukraine, so I came here. To find voices you won't hear on
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normal television news.
And I met amongst other amazing ppl my dear @darekadattehito , she showed and learned me so much. The wittiest racoon there is! @mr_gh0stly was the one that led me to NAFO, I also waited a bit till I finally got what tracksuits have to do with it all.
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I found a great security net with the lovely NAFO DE and AT groups. Love you guys πππ
From my nature I am terrible introvert, you find me way more in the comment section than doing my own posts.
So trying to take aktive actions was a big step for me
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First I needed something more fierce..so @KTARDV6 , my beloved fella motha.. thank you for the best outfit π₯ Thank you for the great paintings and showing me what being fearless and your absolute self is!
A big shoutout to my dear @alaylagw
Without you I never would have
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dared to do these soo successfull Syrian foundraisers, you really are so amazing! Those were genius ideas! β€οΈ
And where are we now.. I met soo amazing artists. My dears, I admire you so much!! Thank you for each creation, thank you for every beautiful item I get to see
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With each creation you bring soo much joy! Never underestimate the power of art.
And to get to know the brave people with so much on their shoulders.. @jana_skhidna@boroda_ruda_@vlad_sord
You are so inspirational as well..
Giving your all day by day.. I can never express
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with all the right words what you mean to me. How much I keep my fingers crossed for you all day by day, hoping for the next update..
Thank you for your service!
So much for keeping it short.. sorry.
There are soo many more I should mention, but then you would have to
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read a whole book π
Thank you @Kama_Kamilia for giving us this safe space to operate from.
Thank you all amazing forgers creating art day by day! #NAFODay
And please take a look at my pinned tweet... We have something very nice
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Her contribution is the amazing artwork for our pyrograph piece she created together with @did_zhurba
Thank you for this beautiful picture of @vlad_sord , @jana_skhidna and @dzygaspaw
Aren't they looking great? π
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The fierce @ultraPupka shows her skills in wonderful aquarell style paintings.
Some examples below.
They are very powerfull and beautifully composed.
And she is open for commisions! ππ₯
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Her great sense of humor shines through in her comic style artworks. I can't help but smile and laugh when I see them popping up in my timeline π
These 2 contributions come from a master in ceramic design. She studied at the ceramic faculty and shows her high skills in all of her amazing works.
The first piece is a fun cup with an outspoken frog π₯°
We know to whom his message goes!
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The second one is a cute bird, it can be used to plant small flowers :)
With great love to detail all these pieces are completely handmade and signed. The paint applied to show this great glace.
They look so vibrant! π
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Guess we want to see some production steps next? π π₯°
Here you go:
This contribution is a see through epoxid bullet necklace. Pictures below.
Let's hear what our dear artist wants to tell us about this piece:
"The pendant is in the shape of a 7.62x54 rifle cartridge (the MosinβNagant rifle).
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Inside we can see a spike, which is symbolic for Ukrainian wheat fields and at the same time battlefields. There's also a feather inside of this cartridge which is a symbolic for angels or guardians. So together we have here an armament symbol of Ukrainian warriors, /2
protecting our land, our home"
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@Aligon_Older is my dear expoxid wizard and I wanna show you why: Her creations are as meaningfull as they are beautiful. By choosing bullets she pinpoints the effects the war has on Ukraine. Each is fired by an individual and that has
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The raffle items we got from this artist with many facettes are 3 brooches made with beads.
You can see the first below π
The cute black one was completely created by @LeiSolar vivid imagination and is a small magical being consisting of ink.
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It helps authors with their writing:)
The 2.+3.piece is inspired by the game Hollow Knight.
It shows the character Hornet: the skillfull defender of Hollow's nest, she wields a needle and a threat! And the other the main character Knight:
Hornet's sibling :)
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"Art connects" is their inspiration. β€οΈ
Before the fullscale war they had found a great job to work with a group of LGBTQI teenagers in a community center. Unfortunately due to bombings it had to close down...π
This work inspired them to do an amazing collection with the
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We will do Ladies first and take a look at the important work brave Jana does at the frontline!
By collecting donations one of her main goals is to support units with lifesaving or tactical necassary equipment.
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Various units make sure to keep dear Jana busy, fe here a collection of 100 tourniquets for the 93rd β€οΈ
After collections are closed she also posts the receipts, so it is totally visible where the donations are going.
See her below tweet β¬οΈ