MAkhilyo, trained as a welder, lives and works in a house whose fence and gate are decorated with fake flowers and vines.
He started the project when a friend brought him broken machine guns. A month later, he exhibited his war art at a museum in Donetsk. Since then, he has been continuously creating what he calls “war flowers”. In addition, he makes a stand for writing pens from grenade launcher and cartridge case parts.
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Mikhalif continues to create what he calls “flowers of war.”
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The smell of iron and paint permeates the workshop, which is also decorated with dozens of religious icons from floor to ceiling.
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His workshop is littered with half-burnt machine guns and shells from the front line of the war. Friends and acquaintances bring them as raw material for his art.
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Mikhalyev creates this art as a monument, a memorial to the war in eastern Ukraine.
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“Real flowers won’t last long, and my roses will be reminders for a long memory,” says Lohar.
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He started the project when a friend brought him broken machine guns.
