On the outskirts of the Transcarpathian town of Perechyn, among the mountainous landscapes, there is an artists’ studio. Three artists, Yan Potrohosh, Andrii Stehura, and Oleh Putrashyk were working on art and creative commercial projects until February 24, 2022. But with the start of the full-scale invasion, their studio space transformed into a mini-factory. The artists started making hedgehog obstacles, grappling hooks, and potbelly stoves for the military. Their smithy was reformatted into the military-artistic association Shpor. This is the name that stands for a stove in Transcarpathia.
The design of stoves has been improved several times to make them easy to use, mobile, and functional. A modern stove can be used to cook food or tea or to keep warm during bad weather. They are also easy to carry around. In the workshop, the artists also constantly make anti-tank hedgehogs and various demining devices like grappling hooks. The development of new useful applications continues to this day. During the full-scale war, this workshop manufactured and sent to the frontline over 1500 demining devices and over 3800 anti-tank hedgehogs.
In their creative workshop, a former hangar, artists create furnaces and hedgehogs that are important for the servicemembers at the frontline. In our new film with a soundtrack by Ptakh, you can see how the artists work to help the service members.
