Sara Cardina

Based in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, Sara Cardina is a contemporary ceramic artist whose poetic, nature-inspired pieces reflect a journey of reinvention, emotion, and material mastery. After years working with wood, ceramics, textiles, and pewter, Sara found her true medium in Precious Metal Clay (PMC) — a malleable and expressive material that allowed her to sculpt delicate, meaningful forms in silver, bronze, and gold.

In 2008, she trained at the Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery (UK) under Lisa Cain and later deepened her practice through mentorship with renowned artists including Hadar Jacobson and Nadine Gueniou. A certified member of the PMC Guild, Sara has developed a distinctive style rooted in organic shapes, spirals, leaves, and shell-like forms — quiet meditations shaped by memory, land, and feeling.

Her work incorporates a rich variety of materials: bronze clay, copper clay, white bronze, glass, silicone, ceramic, fabric, enamel, stones, and 3D-printed elements — each selected for its expressive potential.

Sara’s pieces have been featured in solo and group exhibitions across Portugal, including Do Design and Maló Clinics. Her craft is not only a personal practice but a shared family legacy — one she continues to pass on to her son and sisters, now ceramic artists in their own right.

For Sara, jewelry is more than ornament — it’s a language of form, feeling, and transformation, proving that it’s never too late to follow what truly matters.