Born and raised in Elkins, Scottie Roberts Wiest received a bachelors degree in fine arts from Agnes Scott College. She was apprenticed to Takeichi Kawai in Kyoto, Japan, and then to potter  Charles Counts. In 1967 Wiest opened her own shop in West Virginia. She has exhibited extensively in shows, sold work in a dozen states, and taught pottery at Davis & Elkins College and Augusta Heritage Center. The West Virginia Women's Commission honored Wiest in 1987 as the top artist in the state. A production potter for 35 years, Scottie continues to produce her signature stoneware and porcelain lines, however, she has branched into more unusual creativity work in the past 15 years.