About

Our Journey

Leigh Avenue is a design house of handcrafted jewellery. We source material, manufacture and find inspiration both locally and abroad. Leigh Avenue is uniquely positioned to consistently and continually develop, design and supply wonders of art.

Our Beginnings

Leanne Shakenovsky’s love for creating jewellery began in her early teen years – sitting on dusty floors, trawling through endless troughs of old findings.

Later, drawing on her inspiration from her travels to India, Zanzibar and South East Asia, as well as her local South African heritage, Leanne began selling her pieces to friends, family and boutique stores.

Leigh Avenue is named after Leanne herself and as chance would have it, the address of the magic making – her home and studio. Today each Leigh Avenue piece is still personally designed and curated by Leanne.