There is a name that tells an intimate and universal story: Belleke, a Dutch diminutive that preserves the creative soul of Isabelle Gandini – designer, artisan, gemologist, and expert in precious stones. Since childhood, Isabelle has been sculpting matter – first wood and resin – guided by a profound bond with nature and with everything imperfect and organic that becomes a source of inspiration.
In 2005, her instinctive attitude turned into a vocation: she began her training at the Scuola Orafa Ambrosiana, where she acquired the foundations of goldsmithing. But it was in 2016, with her specialization in High Jewelry and wax modeling, that the recognizable aesthetic of Belleke took shape: essential, evocative, suspended between sign and matter. The lost-wax technique – ancient and poetic – became her chosen tool, shaping jewels that seem to emerge from an archaic and visionary time.
2019 marked a new chapter, with her diploma in gemology from the Italian Gemological Institute. Scientific knowledge of stones intertwines with a sensitivity capable of grasping their soul: inclusions, shades, imperfections. Each gem is selected with rigor and an almost affectionate attention, transforming what others might consider a flaw into a poetic signature.
Her materials speak of authenticity: Isabelle works not only with gold, but also with silver, yellow bronze, and red bronze, pairing them with stones that defy mainstream standards. Tourmalines, kyanites, anyolites, pearls: gems with a story and a character. Each creation is conceived to embrace that stone, and no other. Every jewel is a one-of-a-kind piece, handcrafted, breathing the time of waiting, of listening, of care.
Belleke is not a brand: it is a continuous gesture of research and love for detail. A gentle voice in the world of jewelry, choosing slowness, the memory of hands, the truth of matter.
