Sara Ortuzar was born in Bilbao, a city with industrial roots and an artistic soul. Her creative path began among sculptures and figures in search of form. She studied Fine Arts at the University of the Basque Country, where she specialised in sculpture, drawn to its ability to embody the intangible.
Jewellery came later, as an intimate and almost secret language — where scale becomes smaller, but intensity remains. In 2009, she encountered the workshop of master goldsmith Eduardo Pérez in the coastal town of Plentzia. There, she began an apprenticeship that continues to this day. Her training in classical jewellery was shaped by that rigorous, artisanal environment, which remains a core influence in her practice.

Throughout her career, Sara has cultivated a deep fascination with the physical matter of nature — and with how science attempts to understand, replicate or translate its structures, often marked by functional and mysterious beauty. This interest has led her to combine traditional handcraft with digital technologies, exploring materials and forms that blur the boundaries between the organic, the structural and the symbolic.
She has exhibited at institutions such as the MAD Museum in New York, the Balenciaga Museum in Getaria, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, and specialised galleries in Istanbul and Italy.

Sara Ortuzar explores natural phenomena as a mirror reflecting the complexity and transformation inherent in human experience. Her work captures processes of change—like water shifting between solid and liquid—embodying ambiguity and mutability.
This delicate balance is expressed through the interplay of solar heat, symbolized by gold—the metal of light—and translucent structures, created in materials such as PLA and clear quartz, evoking ice and frost to recreate ephemeral landscapes shaped by constant flux. Within this tension lies the essence of adaptation, reflecting ​humanity´s need to evolve in harmony with its inner life and ​surroundings.

Like water, people are shaped by their geographic and cultural contexts—forces that can stimulate or limit transformation. Yet human beauty is not defined by privilege but by the ability to radiate from within; some lights are born even in shadow.
Combining artisanal techniques with 3D technology, Sara creates contemporary jewelry with an organic, symbolic presence. Crafted from sustainable, non-toxic materials, her pieces become small universes charged with mystery—inviting contemplation, silence, and emotional resonance.