--- title: "Stratified Forms — Concept" description: "A sculptural and artistic approach central to Jonty Hurwitz's practice in which works are constructed from sequential geometric layers — each existing independe" lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "legalName": "Mathematics of Self Ltd.", "alternateName": "Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "logo": "https://sentient.art/sentient-art-logo-dark.png", "founder": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yifat Davidoff" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#website", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "name": "Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "description": "Sculpture editions and unique artworks by Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff — where art meets science.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org" } } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "legalName": "Mathematics of Self Ltd.", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "logo": "https://wdrxdfvnnrdahkzifhxs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-assets/site-settings/logo/1779723800851-m6hr4e-Original-Sentient-Logo-Black.png", "founder": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yifat Davidoff" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#website", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "name": "Official Site: Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "description": "Art born from science. 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The spaces between strata — the voids — become integral to the work, creating meaning through the relationship between presence and absence, fragment and whole. The viewer's act of perceptual reconstruction completes the artwork. ## Discussion Stratified Forms are a type of sculpture constructed from a series of discrete layers, or strata. In this technique, no single plane contains the complete three-dimensional form; rather, the form emerges as an optical and cognitive synthesis of the assembled parts. The spaces between the layers are as critical as the material itself, contributing to the perception of volume, depth, and shape. This method relies on the viewer's brain to complete the object, creating a whole that is perceptually greater than the sum of its parts. The approach has significant philosophical implications, exploring how complex realities are constructed from simpler, fragmented information. It suggests that meaning and identity are not inherent or fixed properties, but emergent phenomena that arise from the relationship between components. As the viewer moves around a stratified work, their changing perspective actively participates in the assembly of the form, demonstrating how coherence can arise from disconnected elements. This process transforms the passive viewer into an active participant in the creation of meaning. This technique draws on the visual language of geology and modern scientific imaging, such as computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), where a solid body is understood by revealing its internal structure through successive cross-sections. Each stratum functions as both an individual fragment and a constituent of a larger system. This method suggests that reality is not always encountered as a unified, immediate surface, but as something to be built up, revealed, and understood through depth and the careful examination of its constituent layers. ## Featured in - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Dad I Can't See You Properly (La La Land), Gypsum, Sandstone, Acrylic, Stainless Steel, 2025](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-d20e9d3e-3ed4-462a-a637-22d8a5a33656-compressed-1779151786997.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) Dad I Can't See You Properly (La La Land) 2025 ](/edition/dad-i-cant-see-you-properly-la-la-land) - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Flicker of Form, Acrylic, 2024](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-d0125b09-f6b6-488b-b729-7963bdc94a00-compressed-1778927982154.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) Flicker of Form 2024 ](/edition/flicker-of-form) - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, The Memory, Stainless Steel, 2023](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-7b152cc0-aec0-41b3-b567-638aa0b339c1-compressed-1780240785329.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) The Memory 2023 ](/edition/the-memory) - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Colour In My Life, Photo-cure Polymer And Stainless Steel, 2023](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-865310c0-edb7-4471-9aca-5333ef006fee-compressed-1779503790648.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) Colour In My Life 2023 ](/edition/colour-in-my-life) - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Singularity in Green Bronze, Bronze And Steeel, 2021](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-2da7a8f9-d53d-4d04-96ac-63fdb9fc6495-compressed-1779669560622.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) Singularity in Green Bronze 2021 ](/edition/singularity-in-green-bronze) - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Mandela: Understanding Peace, Stainless Steel, Aluminium, Cotton Paper & Ink, 2020](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-c58522e2-21d5-4f99-965b-17b97439e0e0-compressed-1779505250998.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) Mandela: Understanding Peace 2020 ](/edition/mandela-understanding-peace) - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, African Mask: Blue Flower, Stainless Steel, Aluminium, Cotton Paper & Ink, 2020](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-279d9777-3129-46c8-a92e-550f10fb1828-compressed-1779669497411.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) African Mask: Blue Flower 2020 ](/edition/african-mask-blue-flower) - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Blue Singularity, Bronze & Steel, 2016](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-50bbff38-c53a-4aaa-bd7f-1ac1fb4a0ad3-compressed-1779669515967.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) Blue Singularity 2016 ](/edition/blue-singularity) - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, The Door My Daughter Didn't Open, Wooden Door & Acrylic Spray Paint, 2011](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-ac45b3eb-6667-4b08-817c-e701e35f7dad-compressed-1779669537285.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) The Door My Daughter Didn't Open 2011 ](/edition/the-door-my-daughter-didnt-open) - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Sister, Layered Copper Mesh, 2011](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-9ab3e87d-2296-49a3-9c5e-898ac34861e4-compressed-1779489031084.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) Sister 2011 ](/edition/sister) - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Where is Heaven Ester?, Layered Copper Mesh, 2010](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-91e21329-d294-4d53-bdb8-3f673c0b3f99-compressed-1779669530191.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) Where is Heaven Ester? 2010 ](/edition/where-is-heaven-ester) - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Vanquished Co-Founder (The Thinker), Resin, Gypsum, Steel And Perspex, 2010](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-355fac8b-faab-4f01-8393-8e67daf34a63-compressed-1779669581550.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) Vanquished Co-Founder (The Thinker) 2010 ](/edition/vanquished-co-founder-the-thinker) [← All concepts](/concepts) [](https://www.facebook.com/ontyhurwitzart)[](https://www.instagram.com/jontyhurwitzart/)[](https://wa.me/447469152288)