> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Mostafa Rachwani > Reference:: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/10/ceramic-cockerels-surprise-boris-johnson-and-volodymyr-zelenskiy-on-kyiv-walk > Date:: 2022-04-10 > Tags:: #warp #ceramics #Ukraine > WeftLinks:: [[Peace and justice value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Locally handmade objects provide friendly expressions of cultural identity in international exchanges]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > While buildings might be destroyed in war, the crafts can survive and become a symbol of hope. ### Highlights > Ceramic cockerels were designed by Ukrainian ceramicist Prokop Bidasiuk, who worked at a local majolica factory and created many dishes, vases, toys and other ceramic products. After the bombing of Borodianka, a single cockerel was seen to survive as an apartment was exposed when the walls collapsed. This became a symbol of cultural endurance in the Ukrainian resistance against the Russian invasion. During a meeting of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a woman appeared with two ceramic roosters for each of them. This story was then picked up by the world press as a rare glimpse of cultural endurance despite the mass destruction experienced in Ukraine.