Gold, aside from its obvious seductive physical attributes, has another unique and very special quality: it can be recycled ad infinitum. Believed to be flesh of the gods by the ancient Egyptians, indestructible by the ancient Greeks who wrote that “neither moth nor rust devoureth it”, it is little wonder it has become symbolic of the eternal and the adaptable.
It is a quality Robert Grynkofki of Australian fine jeweller Sarah & Sebastian particularly admires. As one of a legion of jewellers pursuing a more sustainable way to source precious metals, he’s attuned to its ability to be recycled, “without losing quality”, and knows that unlike individual stones
