--- title: "Alchemy - Leaping Frog — Sculpture by Jonty Hurwitz" description: "Jonty Hurwitz's "Alchemy - Leaping Frog" captures a vivid moment of transformation, exploring the physics of motion and perception as the frog leaps. 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It’s about becoming.", "creator": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz", "sameAs": "https://sentient.art/about" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dr. Yifat Davidoff", "sameAs": "https://sentient.art/about" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "sentient.art" } ], "isPartOf": { "@type": "CollectionPage", "name": "Edition of Originals" } } ] --- [ The Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff ](/) [ The Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff ](/) [](/ "Home") ![sentient.art](/sentient-art-icon.png)![sentient.art](/sentient-art-logo.png)![sentient.art](/sentient-art-logo-dark.png) # Alchemy - Leaping Frog Edition Size:  33 Artist Copies:  6 Year:  2024 Dimensions:  40w x 45h x 45d (cm) Materials:  Copper, Oil Paint, Stainless Steel, Acrylic, Hand-painted ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Alchemy - Leaping Frog, Copper, Oil Paint, Stainless Steel, Acrylic, Hand-painted, 2024](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-1f851df9-22ee-44c9-88c8-fa10668b326c-compressed-1779147886194.jpg?width=1600&quality=85&resize=contain) ## Related concepts - [Anamorphic Sculpture](/concepts/anamorphic-sculpture) - [Optical Illusion Sculpture](/concepts/optical-illusion-sculpture) - [Privileged Viewpoint](/concepts/privileged-viewpoint) - [Observer-Dependent Reality](/concepts/observer-dependent-reality) - [Optical Illusion](/concepts/optical-illusion) - [Anamorphosis](/concepts/anamorphosis) - [Mirror Anamorphosis](/concepts/mirror-anamorphosis) - [Mathematical Sculpture](/concepts/mathematical-sculpture) - [Anamorphic & Illusion Art Editions](/concepts/anamorphic-art-editions) ![Alchemy - Leaping Frog — Alchemy Blumfield Museum.png](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1786385215086-17bqf0r.png?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Alchemy - Leaping Frog — IMG\_2148\_cr.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1f851df9-22ee-44c9-88c8-fa10668b326c/1779147834973-4-IMG_2148_cr-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Alchemy - Leaping Frog — IMG\_2115\_cr.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1f851df9-22ee-44c9-88c8-fa10668b326c/1779147833944-2-IMG_2115_cr-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Alchemy - Leaping Frog — IMG\_2226.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1f851df9-22ee-44c9-88c8-fa10668b326c/1779147841614-13-IMG_2226-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Alchemy - Leaping Frog — Alchemy - Leaping Frog Jonty Hurwitz and Yifat Davidoff 2.png](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1779317377597-o0dgjdg.png?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Alchemy - Leaping Frog — IMG\_2143\_cr.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1f851df9-22ee-44c9-88c8-fa10668b326c/1779147834462-3-IMG_2143_cr-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Alchemy - Leaping Frog — IMG\_2215.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1f851df9-22ee-44c9-88c8-fa10668b326c/1779147840074-11-IMG_2215-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Alchemy - Leaping Frog — Alchemy - Leaping Frog Jonty Hurwitz and Yifat Davidoff 1.png](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1779317308445-5lflooh.png?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) A continuation of the Pura Vida story.In Alchemy, the Red Eyed Tree Frog returns—not as a symbol of stillness, but of motion, instinct, and pursuit. Inspired by the monumental Alchemical Leap from the 2024 Macau Biennale, now held in the permanent collection of the Macau Museum of Art, this piece carries the story forward.Where Pura Vida was a moment of presence and reflection, Alchemy is a moment of need. The frog is hunting. Energy is everything. Alchemy, in its truest form, is not gold from lead—but life from effort. Transformation demands hunger.This sculpture captures that turning point: nature’s quiet engine, the elegant urgency that drives survival and change. The frog’s body is poised, alive with tension—mid-leap or just before it. The story is no longer about being. It’s about becoming. 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