I have a split personality - either that or I am a bit like Worzel Gummidge with different heads.
I love the "art" side of what I do, it fulfills something within me. Taking a seed of an idea and developing it to best express the full grown thought. However, I also enjoy the more commercial side of what I do, not the buying and selling side of keeping shop, but the evangelical spreading the word about Friendly Plastic. I have worked with it for about 18 years now and I still love it, I still find more to do with it, and I still develop new techniques. Demonstrating this enthusiasm through formal demonstrations at shows, teaching and giving talks, as well as writing books and filming DVDs keeps me on my toes.
Then there is the experimental, try-out-new-materials side to me which explores chicken wire and fibreglass and large sculpture. My difficulty is that the commercial side often takes up more time than the rest, and I end up frustrated with my lack of creative expression. Networking and blogging help me to stay in touch with other creative folk and keep the inspiration flowing.