Femme Metale jewelry is fun, flirty, flashy, and definitely rock 'n' roll. Creator and designer Leslie Homan fell into making jewelry seven years ago, after giving up her job as a makeup artist and stylist for infomercials.The 47-year-old now lives in Corona, Calif., with her yappy Italian greyhound and giant white cat.
Her company now has 450 wholesale accounts across the country, as well as international visibility online. To come up with the jewelry designs, Homan uses reference books on Victorian Art, pop-culture icons and music to inspire her own creative mind.
Homan also creates fine jewelry rings using 14-karat white gold, pave diamonds and various gemstones like sapphires and rubies. The rings come in various shapes: skull and cross bone, pirate, burning heart, and crown, to name a few.
These pieces can also be custom-ordered.
"There's flexibility in how a customer would like a piece done," Homan said. "The customer can choose how many stones, what color they want the stones, and if they want pave diamonds. I can even have one cast in yellow gold."
Homan designed some of the jewelry as an homage to rockabilly style – "Mom" and "Dad" tattoo-style rings, "Love" and "Hate" sparrow necklaces, skulls and crossbones, playing cards and burning hearts.
"I love the whole rockabilly scene and flashy tattoo design," Homan said. "I was really into it about 10 years ago and I had the classic car and the whole '50s and '60s style, so I wanted to design something for that."
Source: centredaily
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