Meet Justyn Scott

We were lucky to catch up with Justyn Scott recently and have shared our conversation below.

Justyn, thank you so much for taking the time to share your lessons learned with us and we’re sure your wisdom will help many. So, one question that comes up often and that we’re hoping you can shed some light on is keeping creativity alive over long stretches – how do you keep your creativity alive?

The best way I find to keep my creativity alive is through inspiration. I look at what other artists do in all forms of media and take little bits of ideas from so many varieties of art and put it in my art. I see what people are making and run with ideas that stem from others. I love the way that creatives bounce ideas off each other and can come up with such cool things.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

I started playing with glass in 2015 and fell in love. Watching what most people see as a solid object flow like honey in this beautiful orange glow and molding it into my heart’s desire was just so captivating that I couldn’t stop. I worked as a production glass pipe maker for about 8 years and continued to hone and improve my skill and slowly build my personal business, Myschief Glass. Having my own business has been quite the journey and not my favorite part, but I love the craft and love sharing it with people. I’ve worked on my teaching skills to better share the art with others who wouldn’t otherwise get the chance. I offer fun one time beginner classes as well as more advanced classes for people who have their foot in the door but want to improve their skills. I also share my art at different events and push the boundaries of what might be considered “art” to some. As long as it gets a reaction or gets people talking. I know I’m doing something right.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

I think by far the biggest thing about my craft that was important to learn early on, is to let go of things. Glass is a sensitive media. You can work on a project for minutes or days and at any moment, it could break. If for just one second you aren’t focused and put the flame somewhere it shouldn’t go the glass may crack or explode. Or if you happen to put two colors that don’t like each other side by side it could crack. Learning to just let the project go, no matter how much time and effort you put into it can be very important.
I’d say another important thing is to let go of ego. Learn from others. There’s so many different ways to do things with glass that you may not have thought of. Collaboration can lead to so many more open doors.
I guess finally I’d say just don’t accept defeat. Lose battles, not wars. Learn from your losses. Just because a project didn’t work once doesn’t mean it never will.

What do you do when you feel overwhelmed? Any advice or strategies?

Slow down and breath. Things happen and we can’t stop the world from turning. I’ve found just breathing and giving my body and mind a reset in environment and where my focus is, has been the best way that I deal with the feeling of being overwhelmed.

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