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Isolde de Ridder is a circular jeweller and goldsmith. She founded her business – Isolde de Ridder Sieraden – in 2017, to create high-end jewellery with the greatest care for both people and planet. Isolde gives discarded metals and other materials a second life, contributing to a better world for future generations.
Isolde began her education to become a goldsmith in 2006, to combine her passion for gemstones, creativity and working with her hands. She’s inspired by Nature, gemstones, ancient civilizations and also more recent art movements.
We talk about why reusing discarded precious metals is more complicated than it sounds, and how Isolde is encouraging people to bring old jewellery back to life, using her storytelling and design skills to help people repurpose jewellery and other materials into things they will treasure, and that remind them of their loved ones.
Isolde tells us about her early interests, and how they led her to start this business, how she became disillusioned with the ethics of Fair Mined and Fairtrade Gold, and how that sparked the ideas for becoming a circular economy jeweller.
We hear about some of the kinds of jewellery Isolde designs, and how she uses old objects to embed precious memories into the finished product.
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Links we mention in the episode:
- Isolde de Ridder – Sieraden website http://www.isoldederidder-sieraden.nl
- Isolde de Ridder – Sieraden on social media : https://www.facebook.com/idrsieraden https://www.instagram.com/isoldederidder_sieraden/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/isolde-de-ridder-le-creurer-561589143/
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About Isolde de Ridder
At Isolde de Ridder Sieraden, founded by Isolde de Ridder – Le Creurer in 2017, creating high-end jewellery with the greatest care for both people and planet, is our mission.
We strive to make the world more beautiful with our unique jewellery. Our unique pieces are crafted by hand in the Netherlands. Jewellery that gives discarded metals and other materials a second life and that contributes to a better world for generations to come.
Isolde started her education to become a goldsmith in 2006. Her passion for gemstones, working with her hands and creativity were the initial reason to start this education. Nature, gemstones, ancient civilizations but also more recent art movements have always been a great inspiration.
In the past 15 years Isolde developed a love for telling a story in the form of jewellery. Whether it’s a pair of engagement or wedding rings that perfectly describes the loves of a couple, a mourning ornament made out of the jewellery of a lost parent that tell the story of the love of a child for its parents or a birth ornament that is a perfect resemblance of the love of a parent for its child. All are important parts of our lives and these memories deserve to be remembered.
What better way than to remember by means of a beautiful ornament that you can carry with you daily?
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