Mario Salvucci born in Foligno in 1957 he designed jewelry for more than thirty years , first in Italy and then from 1982 in USA.
In New York after working for other designers launched his first collection with the name “Mario Salvucci Jewelry” in the New Talents Show at the Artwear Gallery in 1985.
His work is been represented by the Fragments Showroom in NY for fiftteen years and sold in the best american retail chains like Barneys and Neinan Marcus and also in Japan.
His jewelry is been featured in all the major fashion magazines like Vogue , Elle and others.
He did over the years private label work for companys like Ann Taylor and The Gap and others.
Always researching new materials he started expanding his creative field into fabrics and interior designs. , in 1997 he received an International Design Award from IDRA for a project with recicled plastic.
In 1999 after a trip in the Philippines and a collaboration with cooperative of women that made Abaca , a natual fiber handwoven textile , he started Progetto Lanterne with a show of lamps and photos at the Arce&Kwan Gallery in NY.
In 2000 after a trip in India and a collaboration with a number of textile and embroidery handycraft people he created Kuri , a collection of shawls made from Tussar silk.
In 2003 he return to live in Italy and start the new Progetto Lanterne with a limited edition series of
prototypes of lamps , experimenting with different materials he return at the end to metal , lasercut alluninuim , and the “Elecrtic Flowers” materialize.
In 2011 after ten years he return to jewelry and launch the new collection “Incredibile Creatures”.
Art that creates Nature - Nature that creates Art . This collection is an invite to look around and observe Nature. Each Incredible Creature is made in 100% recycled Sterling Silver, refinished and bent by my hands in a limited edition. Some of the jewelry is coloured with a natural process of oxidation done with sulphur that beside purifying produce unique colours that are never the same. Every piece is original and fragile like Nature.
