Miracle Church (Wonder Matches & Miracle Beads) (2025) Design von Anatolii Zhamoido

Zhamoido Anatolii & Bulba Natalya
Miracle Church (Wonder Matches & Miracle Beads)
Original Design: 2008
Completion: 2025
Dimensions: 125 mm (diameter) × 170 mm (height)
Materials:
• Eternity. Matches
• Toothpicks
• Wooden beads
• 4 mini wooden craft sticks (natural)
• Glue
• 2 polished wooden slices
• Amber (4 distinct types)
• 1 DVD disc and plastic box (from a 100-disc set)

Once, there was a boy who dreamed of building a temple — a beacon for kind hearts.
But all he had were a few sticks from ice cream and coffee, some matches, and toothpicks.
Yet when he began his work with love and inspiration, the sticks came to life:
some turned into walls, others into domes, and still others — into slender columns…
And so the temple rose — not for the gods, but for the Wonder that lives in each of us.
Don’t wait for a miracle — be one yourself.
This miniature temple is an architectural sculpture crafted primarily from matchsticks (≈95%), subtly complemented by toothpicks, wooden beads, and small craft sticks.
It rests upon two polished wooden slices—natural rings of time—elevated on a DVD disc and a transparent case from a 100-disc set: silent relics of the digital era.
Four distinct pieces of amber shimmer across its base like frozen light from ancient worlds.
What may appear modest in scale carries quiet grandeur. This object is more than a model—it is a meditation on memory, time, and transformation.
It reminds us that wonder can emerge from the simplest gestures, and that light still lives—in wood, in resin, in silence.
Even in an ordinary matchstick — or one saved from an ice cream treat.

Originally developed as part of an educational project in the form of books and creativity kit published in Ukraine and RF (before the war)*, this version of the artwork represents a full realization of the concept. Its creation took approximately 3–4 weeks of full-time work. The object stands as both an artifact and an invitation: to rediscover wonder in the smallest materials and the slowest gestures.
A step-by-step illustrated guide to creating the matchstick Church is available as a PDF and can be ordered directly from the author.
The guide is offered in Ukrainian or Russian (and can be easily translated into your preferred language — for example, by ChatGPT).
Price: €5.
* Total circulation sold: 1,000,000+ copies.
Believe me — yours could be even more magical! :)
An art of sparks and stillness, born from fire and wire.
Ordinary things. Extraordinary vision.
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