--- title: "Childhood in Copper — Anamorphic Sculpture" description: "I look back on my childhood and marvel at how the line between imagination and reality was blurred. 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This sculpture explores a child's mind's relationship between fantasy and reality.", "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) # Childhood in Copper Edition Size:  8 Artist Copies:  4 Year:  2017 Dimensions:  40w x 50h x 40d (cm) Materials:  Copper, Stainless Steel, Silver, Acrylic & Titanium ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Childhood in Copper, Copper, Stainless Steel, Silver, Acrylic & Titanium, 2017](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-accfdbf0-5bd5-43c2-9e77-759c451e1cb8-compressed-1778889426905.jpg?width=1600&quality=85&resize=contain) ## Related concepts - [Perceptual Illusion as Medium](/concepts/perceptual-illusion-as-medium) - [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) ![Childhood in Copper — Childhood\_Jonty\_Hurwitz\_3.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/accfdbf0-5bd5-43c2-9e77-759c451e1cb8/1762439919612-4-Childhood_Jonty_Hurwitz_3-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Childhood in Copper — Childhood\_Jonty\_Hurwitz\_4.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/accfdbf0-5bd5-43c2-9e77-759c451e1cb8/1762439923138-7-Childhood_Jonty_Hurwitz_4-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Childhood in Copper — Childhood\_Jonty\_Hurwitz\_2.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/accfdbf0-5bd5-43c2-9e77-759c451e1cb8/1762439920969-5-Childhood_Jonty_Hurwitz_2-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Childhood in Copper — Childhood\_Jonty\_Hurwitz\_1.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/accfdbf0-5bd5-43c2-9e77-759c451e1cb8/1762439922060-6-Childhood_Jonty_Hurwitz_1-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Childhood in Copper — Childhood\_Jonty\_Hurwitz\_5.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/accfdbf0-5bd5-43c2-9e77-759c451e1cb8/1762439924341-8-Childhood_Jonty_Hurwitz_5-web.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Childhood in Copper — Childhood in Copper - Childhood.mp4](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J2B8hYkWkHo/maxresdefault.jpg) I look back on my childhood and marvel at how the line between imagination and reality was blurred. I needed to try and capture that complex relationship in this artwork. Can you still see the image with your own eyes? Can you still believe in the existence of daydreams nurtured in your mind? At what point did you accept reality as what you see? This sculpture explores a child's mind's relationship between fantasy and reality. 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