Thibault Hazelzet Vanitas Medium Ring

$1,743

Unique
2022
800 Silver, White Porcelain

The Vanitas Medium Ring is meticulously crafted out of 800 silver and white porcelain with detailed carvings adorning the exterior of the ring. As a child, Thibault Hazelzet spent time studying the pages of his parents' 19th century book of cameos. This book inspired him to create castings that are still used and featured on the rings today.

For the porcelain shards, Hazelzet begins by molding and firing them at 1300°C. He then shapes the wax rings around these porcelains and directly pours the silver. The carving process is then meticulously carried out.

Hazelzet’s rings are reflective of his work as an artist. The brutality of the treatment of materials and the finesse of the figures linked to simple shapes create a contemporary and classic effect simultaneously - something the artist calls a ‘delicate brutalism.’ Hazelzet focuses on extreme contrasts and creates modern pieces that remain universal and timeless.

Production lead time approximately 4 – 6 weeks.

Artist Biography

Thibault Hazelzet is an experimental French artist whose practice spans sculpture, photography, painting and jewellery. With works that are instinctive, poetic and grounded in a deep respect for materials with prior lives, Hazelzet describes his visual language as delicate brutalism – a play of raw materiality and formal finesse, where abstraction meets figuration.