Artist/Maker:

David Roux Fouillet
France / Switzerland, 1978

Title:

Princess of 22

  • Year: 2012
  • Type: Ring
  • Material: gold, ruby, bullet; target with cd mixed media
  • Size: ring 3 x 2,5 x Ø 1,6 cm, target 4,5 x 12,5 x 12., cm
  • Aquisition: 2012, Young Talent
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Commission

During David Roux-Fouillet’s jewellery study in London he decided to shoot a diamond in a golden ring with a rifle, as an alternative to setting gems. The Françoise van den Bosch foundation asked David to design a piece of jewellery based on this principle, within the scope of the Piet Hein Verspyck Mijnssen Acquisitions of Young Talent. David Roux-Fouillet made a ring based on the coat of arms of the Van den Bosch family, which is composed of pigeons and stars. He used a Princess 22 calibre pistol to shoot a ruby in both stars. The target on the box, the lead curling as a result of the impact of the bullet, and the title, point at the violent origin of this piece of jewellery.

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