Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Hunger

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: Hunger

This ring was crafted from a genuine historic calibration weight.
The original stamps and the engraving “200 g” remain visible – once a relic of precision, now stripped of its function.
It is filled with scorched rice and ashes, sealed within resin.
A tool of measurement transformed into a symbol of deprivation and global inequality.
A reflection of the paradox of our time: abundance on one side, systemic hunger on the other.
Measured, weighed – and still allowed.
Not jewelry, but a wearable reminder.

🇩🇪 Detail Gravur „200 g“ auf historischem Kalibriergewicht – Hunger-Ring, Apokalyptische Reiter. 🇫🇷 Détail gravure « 200 g » sur poids étalon historique – bague Hunger, Cavaliers de l’Apocalypse. 🇬🇧 Detail engraving “200 g” on historic calibration weight – Hunger ring, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

HUNGER (2025)

Work details
Hunger (2025), Four Horsemen Series.
Turned ring made from an antique weight from a set of scales. Embedded in the ring are ashes and burnt rice.

🇩🇪 Ring „Hunger“ aus historischem Kalibriergewicht, gefüllt mit verbranntem Reis und Asche – Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. 🇫🇷 Bague « Hunger » en poids étalon historique, remplie de riz brûlé et de cendres – Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. 🇬🇧 “Hunger” ring from historic calibration weight, filled with scorched rice and ashes – Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

HUNGER (2025)

Concept

A symbol of both scarcity and excess. The materials come from waste, leftovers, traces of destruction – reworked to reveal the cycle of consumption and renewal and great injustice.

🇩🇪 Detailansicht: verbrannter Reis und Asche im Inneren des Hunger-Rings, versiegelt in Harz. 🇫🇷 Détail : riz brûlé et cendres à l’intérieur de la bague Hunger, scellés dans la résine. 🇬🇧 Close-up: scorched rice and ashes inside the Hunger ring, sealed in resin.

HUNGER (2025)

Context / Status

Part of the Four Horsemen series. Submitted to the Luxembourg Art Prize 2025, Loewe Craft Prize 2026, Arte Laguna Prize 2026.

to Arten Laguna 2026