--- title: "World's Smallest Sculpture — Concept" description: "Jonty Hurwitz holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest sculpture of a human form — a nano-scale figure measuring 80 × 100 × 30 micrometres, created usin" 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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This is the proposition of Jonty Hurwitz’s series of nano sculptures, a group of works that exist almost beyond the threshold of ordinary sight. To encounter them, the microscope becomes not merely a viewing aid but an integral part of the artistic experience. These are not simply miniature curiosities; they are concentrated conceptual worlds where vast themes of love, myth, extinction, and perception are compressed into material forms barely larger than a speck of dust. The emotional core of the series is found in works exploring human connection. 'Trust' (2014), described as a nano-sculpture connected with portraiture and love, renders intimacy at a scale that makes it a metaphor. Viewing the work requires a dependence on technology and a belief in the artist's promise that the subject survives its extreme reduction. 'Cupid and Psyche: Second Kiss' (2016) extends this thread through mythology, depicting the artist and his partner Yifat Davidoff in a loving embrace. The microscopic scale, rather than diminishing the classical story, intensifies it, suggesting that the most profound human narratives require no physical grandeur. This artistic language also addresses wider ecological concerns. 'Fragile Giant' (2014) depicts an elephant, the largest land mammal, in a form so small it achieved the Guinness World Record for the Smallest Animal Sculpture, standing just 0.157 mm tall. The power of the work derives from this stark contradiction. The giant is rendered fragile not only through its microscopic size, but also as a symbol for the real-world endangerment of the species through poaching and habitat loss. The sculpture is simultaneously a technical marvel, a memorial, and a warning. Together, these nano editions redefine monumentality, proposing that significance is not a function of physical volume or mass. To experience these works is to slow down, to lean in, and to surrender visual certainty to an act of patient attention. In making such demands, the sculptures remind us that wonder often begins where normal vision ends, and where imagination and trust must take over. ## Featured in - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Cupid and Psyche: Second Kiss, Resin, 2016](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-d592c655-edcd-49b5-b242-972e5ed1996f-compressed-1779669568587.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) Cupid and Psyche: Second Kiss 2016 ](/edition/cupid-and-psyche-second-kiss) - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Eyelash Surfer, 2015](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-46bd0fa7-eda8-4eff-b614-80301e9d89ae-compressed-1779317801131.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) Eyelash Surfer 2015 ](/edition/eyelash-surfer) - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Fragile Giant, Gold And Mixed Media, 2014](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-99f0786f-c643-419e-b742-d3c60bcac179-compressed-1779873440338.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) Fragile Giant 2014 ](/edition/fragile-giant) - [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Trust, Resin, 2014](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-f966afa4-030f-4c0b-acff-0319be82b33b-compressed-1779669583532.jpg?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain) Trust 2014 ](/edition/trust-nano-sculpture-portraits) [← All concepts](/concepts) [](https://www.facebook.com/ontyhurwitzart)[](https://www.instagram.com/jontyhurwitzart/)[](https://wa.me/447469152288)