--- title: "Butterfly Hands" description: "In the poignant copper etching “Butterfly Hands”, the Artist melds geometric precision and deeply-seated emotion, crafting a narrative that is both persona" 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", "@type": "WebPage", "name": "Loading edition…", "description": "Loading edition details", "url": "https://sentient.art/edition/butterfly-hands-unique-artworks", "isPartOf": { "@type": "WebSite", "name": "Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "url": "https://sentient.art" } }, { "@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. Jonty reveals hidden forces of reality through works that make perception shift. Everything is not as it seems.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org" } } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "VisualArtwork", "name": "Butterfly Hands", "url": "https://sentient.art/edition/butterfly-hands-unique-artworks", "image": "https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/edition-images/edition-3c3908d7-e1aa-47db-b724-4163612d1aaa-compressed-1779669521003.jpg", "inLanguage": "en", "dateCreated": "2018", "artMedium": "Etched Copper", "artworkSurface": "200 x 60 x 3", "description": "In the poignant copper etching “Butterfly Hands”, the Artist melds geometric precision and deeply-seated emotion, crafting a narrative that is both personal and accidentally whimsical. The artist asked their mother to pose, imagining holding them as an infant, intending to encapsulate a fragment of their own childhood within the intentional mathematics of triangular etchings.The result, however, gently defied the meticulousness of the artist’s typical work in a curiously Freudian manner: two left hands cradle the imagined infant. Pointed out only post-creation by the artist's step-son, this incongruence unveils a fascinating, unplanned vulnerability in a work originally rooted in methodical geometric etching.It offers an intriguing perspective on the intersection of mathematical art and the fluidity of memory and emotion. \"Butterfly Hands\" stands as a testament that even within the rigid confines of geometry and planning, the subconscious may flutter, revealing unexpected, gentle insights into the personal realms from which art springs forth.", "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": "Unique Artworks" } } ] --- [ 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) # Butterfly Hands Edition Size:  1 Artist Copies:  2 Year:  2018 Dimensions:  200 x 60 x 3 (cm) Materials:  Etched Copper ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Butterfly Hands, Etched Copper, 2018](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-3c3908d7-e1aa-47db-b724-4163612d1aaa-compressed-1779669521003.jpg?width=1600&quality=85&resize=contain) ## Related concepts - [Perceptual Illusion as Medium](/concepts/perceptual-illusion-as-medium) - [Dual Description](/concepts/dual-description) - [Observer-Dependent Reality](/concepts/observer-dependent-reality) - [Optical Illusion](/concepts/optical-illusion) - [Anamorphosis](/concepts/anamorphosis) - [Mathematical Sculpture](/concepts/mathematical-sculpture) - [Science Art](/concepts/science-art) ![Butterfly Hands — Butterfly-hands-jonty-hurwitz-3.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/3c3908d7-e1aa-47db-b724-4163612d1aaa/1762440097294-2-Butterfly-hands-jonty-hurwitz-3-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Butterfly Hands — Butterfly-hands-jonty-hurwitz-2.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/3c3908d7-e1aa-47db-b724-4163612d1aaa/1762440098315-3-Butterfly-hands-jonty-hurwitz-2-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) In the poignant copper etching “Butterfly Hands”, the Artist melds geometric precision and deeply-seated emotion, crafting a narrative that is both personal and accidentally whimsical. The artist asked their mother to pose, imagining holding them as an infant, intending to encapsulate a fragment of their own childhood within the intentional mathematics of triangular etchings.The result, however, gently defied the meticulousness of the artist’s typical work in a curiously Freudian manner: two left hands cradle the imagined infant. Pointed out only post-creation by the artist's step-son, this incongruence unveils a fascinating, unplanned vulnerability in a work originally rooted in methodical geometric etching.It offers an intriguing perspective on the intersection of mathematical art and the fluidity of memory and emotion. "Butterfly Hands" stands as a testament that even within the rigid confines of geometry and planning, the subconscious may flutter, revealing unexpected, gentle insights into the personal realms from which art springs forth. 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