Amedeo Scognamiglio

Award winning jewelry designer Amedeo Scognamiglio offers a trendy take on the classic cameo with new hand-carved pieces made from alternative materials. Amedeo Scognamiglio's family has been hand-carving Cameos since the early 1800's, in the quaint village of Torre del Greco, in the south of Italy. Sixth generation of an uninterrupted tradition, co-founder of the fine jewelry house Faraone Mennella, master-carver since age 16, Amedeo has revolutionized his ancestors' art, bringing the ancient craft of cameo-making into Fashion, through new contemporary designs, modern shapes and glamorous applications. Each piece still completely hand-carved with a thousand year old technique, on rare sea shells; each new collection inspired by Amedeo's favorite Fashion Icons and unusual Travel destinations.AMEDEO's collections are available at the Designer's flagship boutique in New York City, and luxury shops around the globe such as BergdorfGoodman, Dover Street Market, TSUM, The Corner Berlin,