DBM: What do you most enjoy about the creative process? And
also, what do you least enjoy?
ED: I love when the beads talk to me – there are some which tell you
right in the shop what they want to be. What do I enjoy the least?
Repetition! Queen of half pair of earrings - or half pair of earrings
turned into pendants or rings instead of making the other half!
DBM: Do you have favourite colours or colour combos to work
with?
ED: Any metal colours, turquoise, pinks, fuchsia are my fav colours. I
don’t really know why, but I have a lot of purples too (though I don’t
even like it).
DBM: Do you have favourite bead shapes or components to create
with?
ED: My all-time favourites are the fire-polished beads - round, donut,
drops – anything. I love the two-hole beads, they are the best for
dimensional pieces. But, what I like is diversity. I love to combine lot
of shapes in my designs, the more the better. I really enjoy all the new
shapes factories have come up with in the last couple of years. It’s not
easy to keep up - but that is one struggle I don’t mind!
DBM: Do you have a favourite creation?
ED: Usually it is always the last one - until I came up with a much
better idea!
DBM: Where do you draw your creative inspiration from?
ED: Shapes - the beads, geometry. Colours - also the beads,
sometimes bead table accidents, my students work – they sometimes
come up with unexpected but beautiful combinations.
DBM: What’s your favourite beading stitch? (we won’t tell the
other stitches ;)
ED: It is absolutely the RAW with two needles! And I don’t mind if
you tell them, but I hate peyote stitch sorry! J
DBM: How does beading fit into your life?
ED: I live in a quiet town just at the borders of Budapest (our capital
city) with my family - my husband and my two daughters. I still have
a full-time job, so my beading hours are very limited. My family is
very supportive, they help me a lot. After work, school, family time
I usually have time for beading after 8pm till I drop. I usually sleep
only 5-6 hrs (that is way beyond when you can still call it beautysleep!
Of course I have to squeeze not only beadin,g but drawing, writing,
kitting, etc, into these few hours.
My muse is not really aware of my schedule, she comes and goes as
she wishes. I have more ideas than free time, so usually it is not a
problem to find something to bead.