Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Death

Apocalyptic Horsemen Series

The Four Horsemen series addresses global crises and translates them into material, symbolism and craftsmanship.
This gives the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse a frighteningly contemporary form, mirroring our times of disease, war, famine and death.

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Death

This ring is made of tungsten – cold, heavy, enduring.
Filled with volcanic sand, at its center the shell and head of a hornet.
A macabre memento mori, embodying mortality and transience.
Death as the final rider: inevitable, absolute, silent.
Not jewelry, but a wearable symbol of the end.

Polished metallic ring sculpture symbolizing Death, featuring a dark central band and a subtle sculptural detail rising from the surface.

DEATH (2025)

Work Data

Title: Death
Series: Four Horsemen
Year: 2025
Materials: Stainless steel, wasp exoskeleton (head and shell fragments), volcanic sand, 24k gold leaf
Dimensions: approx. 3 × 3 × 3 cm
Technique: Hand-formed and assembled mixed media ring sculpture

🇩🇪 Ring „Death“ aus Tungsten, gefüllt mit Vulkansand, Hornissenpanzer und Kopf – Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. 🇫🇷 Bague « Death » en tungstène, remplie de sable volcanique, carapace et tête de frelon – Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. 🇬🇧 “Death” ring in tungsten, filled with volcanic sand, hornet shell and head – Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

DEATH (2025)

Concept

Memento mori.
Death as an absolute boundary.
No renewal, no cycle — only the certainty of disappearance.

A work about the quiet beauty of stillness, the value of finitude, and the weight of nothingness.

🇩🇪 Ring „Death“ aus Tungsten, gefüllt mit Vulkansand, Hornissenpanzer und Kopf – Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. 🇫🇷 Bague « Death » en tungstène, remplie de sable volcanique, carapace et tête de frelon – Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. 🇬🇧 “Death” ring in tungsten, filled with volcanic sand, hornet shell and head – Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Illness (2025)

Context / Status

Part of the series Four Horsemen.
Submitted to the Luxembourg Art Prize 2025, the Arte Laguna Prize 2026 (Venice), and the Society of Canadian Artists – International Online Juried Exhibition 2026.

Not for sale.

Private collection.

Arte Laguna World