
ILLNESS • Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Series
ILLNESS
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: Illness
This ring is made of white ceramic – filled with fragments of latex gloves in blue, white and black.
Sterile, cold, fractured.
It grew out of my own biography as a nurse and the experiences of the Covid years.
It symbolizes disease as the harbinger of death: weakness, isolation, and the profound sense of helplessness.
Not a piece of jewelry, but a wearable reminder.

Illness (2025)
Work details
Illness (2025), Four Horsemen Series. White ceramic ring with fragments of latex gloves in blue, white, black.

Illness (2025)
Concept
Sterile, cold, broken – a portable memorial. Created from experiences during the Covid period; illness as a harbinger of powerlessness and isolation.

Illness (2025)
Context / Status
Submitted to the Luxembourg Art Prize 2025, Loewe Craft Prize 2026, Arte Laguna Prize 2026.