MARGARET SCOVIL 2022 CHALLENGE

 a Kim Baird Tied for Second Place

DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PINK FLOYD'S "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON WAS RELEASED ON MARCH 1,1973. THE ALBUM COVER FEATURES A TRIANGLE WITH A PRISM WITH A COLOR BEAM PROJECTED THROUGH IT. ONE OF MY GRANDCHILDREN GAVE ME A PATCH WITH THE "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" PRISM. I ATTATCHED THE PATCH TO SOME BEADBACKING, AND THIS PIECE JUST TOOK OFF. WITH A COLOR PALETT OF MOSTLY BLACK, THE POSSIBILITIES WERE ENDLESS. THIS PIECE MEASURING 8" WIDE, IS ALL BEAD EMBROIDERY. MATERIALS INCLUDE: LAVA ROCK, STONES, BUTTONS,PEARLS, TRADE BEADS, BUGLE BEADS, ABALONE, SEED BEADS, SHELLS, FOUND OBJECTS, AND CORK. TECHNIQUES INCLUDE, BEZELING, LADDER STITCH, PEYOTE STITCH, AND BEAD EMBROIDERY. THIS PIECE INCLUDES A ROTATING BASE THAT GIVE IT CONTINUOUS MOTION TO MIMIC A RECORD PLAYING. THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS BACKED WITH MATERIAL THAT RESEMBLES EARTH'S MOON.

b Barbara Jacobs

Picking just one song turned out to be a challenge in itself. So many to choose from. Then I remembered something that happened one day. It was a sunny day and I was driving with the windows down and the radio on, and yes it was up loud. While stopped at a red light this song came on. A man walking down the street stopped, looked all around and finally made eye contact with me. He smiled gave me a thumbs up and started singing as he continued down the street. Even a song with dark lyrics can make people smile.

c Marilyn Grock first Place

One of the songs from the 70s that sticks in my head is “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” recorded by Tony Orlando and Dawn in 1973. Although women wore a yellow ribbon in the early1900s, the symbol of a yellow ribbon became widely known in the 1970s as a reminder that an absent loved one, either in the military or in jail, would be welcomed home on their return. It still seems appropriate in the difficult times we are currently experiencing. My lantern depicts the oak tree with its yellow ribbon in each of the seasons. Pattern for lantern by Katie Dean. Inserts by me.

d Karen Bettin tied for second place

Dream Until Your Dream Comes True 

While we swayed to the beat of Aerosmith’s “Dream On” (1973), my junior high school friends and I made paper fortune tellers to learn if our dreams would come true. My desire was to translate this ‘70s experience into beads using the bold graphic designs, the harvest gold avocado green earth tones and the “Dream On” “Groovy” “Dynomite” sayings of the ‘70s.  Different from using paper, this beaded version required using a different bead stitch in each layer (3 drop peyote, bead embroidery, right angle weave) to be able to depict the various ‘70’s designs while providing the right amount of stiffness or suppleness necessary to make this a functioning fortune teller.  Which ‘70s saying will you get when you ask this fortune teller, “Will my dream come true?” 

E Diane Hertzler

The Electric Boogie was released in 1976, and rereleased in 1989 as the Electric Slide. I got My Groove Thang on when introduced to this fun line dance while attending a Christmas party in the late 70’s, and it is still one of my favorites today. Popular at weddings, reunions, it is now stepped off as a county line dance. My bracelet was inspired by the disco balls that would hang in the dance halls during the Disco Era. Beaded into the electric blue bracelet lining is It’s Electric, a bolt of lightening and Electric Boogie 1976. The outside layer of the bangle is encrusted with Swarovski bicone crystals to represent a sparkling disco ball.

f teresa shelton

God Save The Queen

 In the 70’s many Americans were getting their groove thang on to disco at the famous Studio 54 in Manhattan NY, while across town, near Queens, The Ramones were taking the garage band roots of the 60’s and putting a new twist on it with some added edginess.

Across the pond, in the UK, bands like The Clash, Buzzcocks, and Sex Pistols were stirring up a new counterculture phenomenon with their music.  The mid 1970s witnessed the birth of punk rock!! Along with the music, came a distinct visual aesthetic with lots of black, black, and even more black, studded black leather jackets, spikes, chains, and safety pins. Modern indie bands can also thank punk rock for their DIY ethic of self-producing their recordings through smaller, independent record labels.

This DIY beaded neckpiece evokes some of the visual cues of punk with lots of black, safety pins, chains, and spikes.

Wikipedia has this to say about the shocking and riotous 1977 Sex Pistols single, God Save the Queen, “The song, and its public impact, are now recognised as "punk's crowning glory”.

g Marla Baer-Peckham

Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Old Oak Tree

I spent my formative years (middle and high school) in the 1970’s. I had a LOT of “favorite” songs and artists, making the choice a bit daunting. So, I took a couple of days and listened to quite a number of albums and songs, trying to decide on a true favorite. I discovered that one song, in particular, would not leave my mind (can you say, “Ear Worm?”). That decided it! Once I had made the decision, it really didn’t take long to come up with a design idea. The tree has a metal armature to give it structure. I then wrapped the entire thing in an assortment of brown and green beads. Unfortunately, it was not stable! So, I started looking around and found this piece of driftwood I had stashed. Spent a number of hours shaping and sanding it. I then attached the tree by drilling a couple of holes and gluing the metal “roots” into it. Finally, I covered the remaining visible roots with some polymer clay. For the finishing touch, I tied a number of yellow ribbon bows around it!

H hannah rosner

My brother, who is a professional musician, gave a DIY ukulele kit to my sweetheart with the stipulation that after it had been assembled, I would bead it. This challenge seemed like the perfect time to do it - the kit was finished in January and I spent February beading it instead of doing a project that was a lot more work and a lot less fun. I used Toho seed beads, some stabilized turquoise cabs, cotton, cup chain and some Czech glass beads. I used the colors that were in my house growing up in the 1970s.

i shirley kloss

Don McLean wrote the song American Pie in 1971 but the impetus for it was the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson. Buddy Holly was one of Don McLean’s heros and he presumably read about the plane crash while delivering papers. The song has so many images that I thought it would be fun to bead as many of them as I could find or design patterns for. Most of these patterns are from Thread-a-bead. I designed James Dean’s jacket and the robot from Lost in Space. I intended this to be a charm bracelet, but it seemed more photogenic as a story board.

j kasey klaus

"Devil went down ta Georgia ...Lookin' for a soul ta steal ...
Bet a fiddle o' gold against your soul ...
Devil bowed his head 'cuz he knew that he'd been beat ...
Laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny's feet ..."