Thu 18 Oct 2007
ScotteGBeads.etsy.com
Who inspires you?
Generous supporters of other Artists. I’ve been selling on Etsy.com for less than a year and have witnessed some truly amazing acts of generosity. From the person in the forums who gladly gives advise or support to a total stranger, to those people who support others in need, whom they only know by username.
Talented Artists and Craftspeople, unique designers, ambitious artists and crafters, all these people are an inspiration… the people who do what they love and love what they do.
My family is a big inspiration. Everything I do is for them.
What inspires you?
Music plays a lead role in my work, whether it be painting, drawing or working with polymer clay - how the sounds work with each other, the rhythm and the patterns and how all of these things come together, in a friendship or a cooperative effort of a close relationship.
I love to see and experiment with color combinations, and when I find a great combination… Wow, that is inspiring. The colors have to work together much like the different elements of a musical composition. When I’m setting up to make some beads, and I start putting colors together and rolling them smooth, I’m always amazed by the transition that occurs. The individual colored pieces of clay maintain their individuality in a group even as they are squeezed, twisted, rolled and stretched. It’s fascinating and addictive, and can use up all my clay stock.
Where do you create?
I’ve got some great studio space in our house. We have half of the house dedicated to clay and artwork. At one point when we were first living in our home, we realized that most of our day was being spent making beads and other artwork. 
That’s when we decided to expand our workspace out of the dark and musty sub-basement and into our lovely finished basement room complete with bathroom, windows and exterior door with a deck. Yeah, I’m definitely feeling a bit spoiled, but hey, I’m paying for it :)
How long have you been working with polymer clay?
I’m fairly new at working with polymer clay. My wife introduced me to it early 2005. I watched for a while and helped with mixing colors for her projects. It was the mixing that hooked me. I was mesmerized by watching two or more colors blend together as the balls of clay are twisted, folded and squeezed. From there came my experimentation with polymer clay beads and jewelry designs. I’ve been a potter and a painter, and my polymer clay work pulls from both of those passions.