Fragile Giant

  • Jonty Hurwitz

Nano Sculpture of an Elephant. A nano sculpture and film sponsored by Chugai Pharmaceuticals (Pfizer Group), this project shines a light on the fragility of the world's elephant population. This work was aired in Japan as the advert for the company over the course of 2015 and 2016. At the time of making this advert, it was the first ever stop-motion film made of nano technology in a Scanning Electron Microscope. This work was also used as the cover image for Advanced Materials DOI: 10.1002/adma.201502382 2016

The Fragile Giant on a human fingerprint
Advert made for Chugai Pharmaceuticals