Italian ‘Vogue’ features eco-jewelry by longtime B.R. resident

Jewelry designed by longtime Baton Rouge resident Kathleen Nowak Tucci is spotlighted on the cover of the current issue of Italian Vogue. The cover is inspired by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster and features a model lying on rocks wearing the cascading black rubber jewelry Tucci makes. Tucci’s works are also featured inside the magazine. Tucci, who spent 20 years in Baton Rouge and attended LSU, runs My Sister’s Art with her sister, Margaret Nowak Dobos. Dobos says the business started six months ago. It’s a family operation: Tucci designs the jewelry and handles production; Dobos is involved in the business, marketing and distribution end, while her daughter models the jewelry on the website. “Kathleen made the jewelry for me exclusively, and I was stopped so often and asked about my jewelry that we decided to create this joint venture,” Dobos says in an e-mail. The handcrafted necklaces and bracelets are made from recycled rubber inner tubes. My Sister’s Art is currently being sold at West Coast boutiques, and plans are in the works to move into the East. To see the Vogue cover, click here. An astonishing array of repurposed black-rubber jewelry is shown on the sisters’ business website, accessible by clicking here.