Sarah Murphy is a jewelry artist based in Lewis Center, Ohio, who focuses on achieving a sustainable practice through her use of materials. She has developed a unique jewelry-making process that involves creating her own gems from discarded plastic collected at her family’s steel cable manufacturing plant in Marion, Ohio. Her work challenges the standard of perfection in jewelry making and the notion that jewelry must be made purely of fine, precious materials. She vividly reclaims emotional value by applying the kintsugi philosophy of finding beauty in imperfections; by mending broken objects with gold adhesive, she illuminates the potential for empowerment through channeling awareness and desire to effect change.
