Who We Are
Rigby Leigh is a New York–based jewelry design studio making fine jewelry both original and timeless. From unrepeatable Cast-in-Wood creations to refined signature pieces, our work is made to be worn and treasured for generations.
We make naturally formed jewelry, using a rediscovered process thousands of years old. Using only Harmony Recycled Gold, hand cut and ethically mined Montana Sapphires and Genuinely Antique Diamonds, we create jewelry with true meaning, using a natural method not seen since Ancient Rome.
Shaped By Nature
Genuinely unique jewelry created with sustainable processes and ethical materials.
Ancient Cast in Wood Method
The Cast-in-Wood method was discovered by designer David Watkins over years of experimental making. Inside is always something totally original.
Shaped by the grain of the wood and delivered in its original wood box.
About Us
Rigby Leigh is a New York-based jewelry design studio and act of personal and original creation by designer David Watkins.
Every piece is a celebration of creation and every part of the process is done with intention —
sourcing the materials, carving the wood, pouring and firing the gold, and cutting and setting every stone by hand. No piece can be exactly repeated because no piece of wood is exactly alike.
Rigby Leigh owes its name to David’s mother, a Rigby of Leigh, born to the family name ‘Rigby’ in England’s Leigh-on-sea.
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