Los Angeles
Shain Leyton
Custom Fine Jewelry
Handmade, bespoke pieces designed with you — one conversation, one drawing, one heirloom at a time.
About
A quieter kind of luxury
Shain Leyton has spent more than a decade making fine jewelry by hand in Los Angeles. What began behind the counter of a small Santa Monica gallery grew into a deeply personal practice: 14k gold, thoughtfully chosen diamonds and gemstones, and designs meant to be worn every day and passed down for generations.
Every commission starts with a conversation. Shain listens for the story behind a piece — a proposal, a milestone, a ring that has waited years in a drawer — and shapes it into something wholly yours. Nothing here is off a shelf. It is made, deliberately and slowly, for one person.
Bespoke
What Shain makes
Every piece is designed and handmade to order. These are the ways clients most often begin.
Engagement & Bridal
Rings designed around your story and your stone — from the first sketch to the moment you say yes, and the band that follows.
Bespoke Pieces
A necklace, a pair of earrings, a piece with no occasion but your own. Designed with you from a blank page in gold and fine gems.
Heirloom Redesign
Jewelry that hasn't been worn in years, reimagined into something you'll reach for daily — keeping the meaning, changing the form.
Repair & Restoration
Careful, hands-on restoration for the pieces that matter most, so they can be worn and loved for another generation.
Process
How it works
Unhurried, personal, and made entirely for you.
- 01
Conversation
We start by talking — the occasion, the feeling, the stones or heirlooms you already have. No pressure, just listening.
- 02
Design
Shain draws and refines the piece with you, choosing metal and gems until the design feels unmistakably yours.
- 03
Craft
Your piece is made by hand in Los Angeles, with care given to every detail and finish along the way.
- 04
Yours
The finished piece is placed in your hands — made once, for you, to be worn now and passed on later.
Contact
Let's make something
Every piece begins with a conversation. Tell Shain what you have in mind — an idea, an occasion, an heirloom to reimagine — and she'll take it from there. By appointment.
By appointment
- Phone
- (310) 995-7072
- @shainleyton_