Aurélie Bidermann’s Makoma collection marries garnet and granulated gold

Aurélie Bidermann’s Makoma collection arrives as a richly considered meditation on texture and colour, where granulated gold wraps around deep red garnets in pieces that feel both architectural and organic. The designer, known for her exploration of precious materials through a sculptural lens, has crafted earrings and rings that echo the layered patterns found in nature and tribal adornment.

The collection speaks through restraint and precision. A pair of drop earrings suspends a polished garnet of deep burgundy within an oval border, anchored by spherical granules that build downward in diminishing clusters, creating a sense of movement within stillness. Matching rings feature the same stone set within a generous sphere of granulated gold, the tiny beads catching light as they catch the eye. A bracelet follows the same vocabulary, its curved form densely textured with the signature beading that has become Bidermann’s calling card.

The garnet, with its rich wine undertone and subtle chatoyancy, brings warmth to the cooler glint of the gold granulation. This is jewellery conceived as wearable sculpture, where each piece balances visual weight with refined restraint. The safari aesthetic referenced in the collection’s naming emerges not through literal representation but through an intuitive understanding of rhythm, pattern and the beauty of natural surfaces.

Makoma: colour and texture as narrative

Makoma launches for autumn winter 2026, extending Bidermann’s established language of hand worked metalwork into new territory. The jewels are available through the brand’s established retailers and from her ateliers in Paris.

Imagery courtesy of Aurélie Bidermann (@aureliebidermann).