"It whispers of dinner at Vertigo on shaky ground.
The dusky garnets matched the merlot
at The Redwood Room,
where Gustav Klimt paintings
shimmered in the soft light,
jazz murmured like a fever
and your hand clasped mine."*
Vertigo brooch created by Jocelyn Krodman, in homage to the Alfred Hitchcock film noir masterpiece Vertigo. The pin contains lines from the movie and the man in the center spins around, just as in the Vertigo trailer and film credits.
The 1958 thriller, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, was filmed in San Francisco. I don't know if it's still there, but for a time there was a terrific restaurant called Vertigo at the base of the Transamerica Pyramid Building. For more San Francisco film noir history, go here.
I met Jocelyn - who graduated three years ago from the Savannah College of Art & Design - in Savannah, Ga. and bought the brooch, as well as some lovely necklaces and earrings she made. Photographs of more of Jocelyn's imaginative work will appear in an upcoming post.
Email Jocelyn here for information about purchasing her original creations or read updates on her website.
*Excerpt from the poem The Garnet Necklace by Tara Bradford. This is the second in a series of posts linked to San Francisco.
Love the pin. Never saw the film...now you have me interested!!!
Posted by: My Mélange | 19 June 2008 at 13:25
I am amazed often by the ideas that people come up with...the talent pool out there in the world is just HUGE.
I am liking this piece, so very original.
I never saw the film, but I recognized it right away, I think the movie poster had the same image.
xoxo
Posted by: Gillian ~ Indigo Blue | 19 June 2008 at 04:04
It was a great film and they do not make them like they used to.
Posted by: Pecos Blue | 19 June 2008 at 01:30
very, very clever!
:-)
as soon as i saw the brooch i wondered
~~and does the man spin?~~
i own a copy of Vertigo and many of hitchcock's movies
which are classics
and bear watching again and again.
1958? wow!
and still so good today...
Posted by: somepinkflowers | 18 June 2008 at 22:08
Hi! I saw found you through the Facebook blog network. That is a gorgeous and creative pin:)
Posted by: Marie | 18 June 2008 at 20:27
Tara is seems as though you have had a wonderful time in San Francisco meeting and greeting and seeing all the wonderful sites posted lately! I sure hope you'll be in Paris come Aug. as I'll be there for a week! lots happening at this end!A lovely poem today! Great artwork in the pin shown! hugs NG
Posted by: naturegirl | 18 June 2008 at 18:57
I saw Vertigo on TV some months ago, and I found it really gripping. They don't make them like that any more! xoxo
Posted by: Colette | 18 June 2008 at 18:54