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.

Handcrafted ring sculpture symbolizing Hunger, featuring layered organic materials and a warm gold-toned interior core.

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

Not for sale.

Private collection.

to Arte Laguna World 2026