Everyday bottle caps of all kinds fall to Earth.
My job is to pick them up and give them another life.

Italian born Patrizia Iacino is known for taking everyday objects considered as trash to most, such as used contact lens cases and milk bottle caps, and juxtaposing them with precious metals, gemstones and pearls to create one of a kind hand crafted jewelry.

Trained as an architect in Florence, Patrizia moved to New York City in 2001. The high-energy vibe of the city where the concepts of use, refuse, and recycle are evident everywhere heightened her awareness for the environment. This, coupled with her “classical” Italian artistic/architectural training, gave birth to the idea of “ecological” jewelry: GlobalcoolO

The colors, the forms, the attention paid to items no longer useful to most led her to collect, among other things, plastic milk jug caps. This resulted in the first “Milk Cap Collection” – but the research did not stop there; she went on to experiment with contact lens containers combined with precious pearls (Eye Collection), caps from beer and mineral water with sterling silver wire (H2O Collection). And, she is always on the lookout for new “waste” that can be put to a more dignified use.

The next time you throw away an innocent bottle cap or contact lens case, it just might end up around someone’s neck as a beautiful piece of jewelry.