In human alimentation mollusks’ have always been a primary element and their use it’s old as human history.
The first technique used to profiteer shells and to realize personal decoration objects was perforation. Now a pointed grindstone performs shells.
Right now the shell that it is major used for decorative applications on jewels and on objects is Mother of Pearl. It comes from the Pintacta Margheritifera’s valve.

At our time Master Alessio Sorrentino - known as a coral, cameo and other materials’ engraver - through shape, dimension and shell’s structure, is in love with the material and with his erudite and sensitive hands he is able to show the shell’s “essence”. He transforms shells into esteemed objects to present to whoever is able to appreciate this unequal emotion.
With Alessio Sorrentino Mother of Pearl’s masterpieces we enter into a world full of new rich emotions.