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Snow Flake Glass Chosen for Missouri Governor's Mansion Display
BOMH's In Touch
September, 2010
Peggy King, along with three other BOMH Juried Artists recently had their work installed in a huge walnut cabinet in the Missouri Governor's Mansion, commissioned by then-Governor Holden. The cabinet replicated the shape of the Governor’s Mansion itself and was installed in 2005 on the enclosed “back porch” of the Mansion. First Lady Georganne Nixon and her staff, along with a BOMH committee developed the idea of a rotating display of BOMH work to keep the display fresh and focused on
Missouri’s artists.
The plan is to rotate the work, by mediums, on a regular basis (at least twice a year). The first exhibit features glass; the medium and featured artists were selected by Mrs. Nixon’s staff from the BOMH website. Artists were asked to create special
pieces to fit within the space
limitations of the cabinet. The display includes artists’ bios and
hometowns, a photo and website
of each artist, and information
about the MAA/BOMH.
News Release, January 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MISSOURI ARTISANS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT
Peggy King of Snow Flake Glass in Columbia, Missouri has been elected 2010 President of the Missouri Artisans Association, better known as The Best of Missouri Hands.
The Best of Missouri Hands is a statewide, 501c3 nonprofit organization of over 450 members, dedicated to the development and recognition of Missouri artists and artisans through education, interaction and encouragement. Members strive to educate as well as to raise public awareness and interest in Missouri’s handmade arts and fine crafts. In March of each year, the organization presents ArtSmart, a three-day conference open to the public, with nationally-known speakers and programs of interest to artists of all levels. The conference will be held in Boonville this year. Information about the organization is available through its website (www.bestofmissourihands.org).
Ms. King is a local glass artist using fusing and lampwork techniques to create original jewelry, wall art, plates, coasters, and other fused glass creations. Her work is available locally at the Columbia Art League and Bluestem Missouri Crafts
Columbia Missourian Article, 11/13/09
Columbia energy analyst exercises creativity through fused glass
BY Andrew Feiler
Columbia Missourian
COLUMBIA — Local glass artist Peggy King found her passion at the age of 50.
An energy analyst for the Missouri Public Utility Alliance, King said she spends her days in a job that “requires logic, an analytical mind, a head for detail and the constant crunching of numbers.”
Searching for something more creative to occupy herself outside the office, King stumbled upon a lampworking class. She knew immediately she had found something special.
King now has her own line called Snow Flake Glass. She will be selling her creations this weekend at the King's Daughter Holiday Festival at the Holiday Inn, 2200 I-70 Drive S.W. She is also bringing some of her black-and-gold Tiger Pause line.
Internet sites such as Lampwork Etc. provide King with fused-glass techniques and the ability for her to do group purchases for cheaper supplies. She now owns two kilns in her basement studio.
“There aren’t too many people that understand the complexities of fused glass,” said Jane Domke, a friend from the art glass community.
The artists meet once a month, alternating their homes for an informal glassworks club.
“We could be considered competitive, but we’re not; we’re cooperative,” Domke said. “We’re all still learning.”
King sells her work at her husband Bob's store, Pendulum Bob’s Clock Shop in Forum Shopping Center, as well as at Bluestem Missouri Crafts and the Columbia Art League.
She also takes part in art shows, such as Columbia Art League's “Art in the Park,” the Arrow Rock Heritage Craft Festival and Affair of the Arts
Missouri Life Magazine, December, 2009
Missouri Life Magazine, October, 2009
Best of Missouri Hands Special Supplement
Columbia Tribune Article, October, 2007
Fall into Art: Meet Peggy King
Friday, September 17, 2010
BY Ben Frentzel, Columbia Missourian
COLUMBIA — Peggy King prefers to use her basement as her artist's studio. She spends most evenings preceding art shows down there, playing with a 2,000-degree dual fuel torch and shaping molten glass. Her two kilns are always plugged in, ready to fire.
King works with glass; she makes plates, coaster, lamps, beads, jewelry and Christmas ornaments. Although she loves what she does, she is quick to praise other people's work, and she has some of the work in her house.
At the Fall into Art festival this weekend, King is displaying plates, business card holders, coasters and her popular “Fishies” series of underwater scene glass panels, among others.
Five years ago, King took a class on glass fusing at Village Glass Works. The same day, she bought a kiln and, as she put it, went crazy.
King works with numbers every day as an energy analyst for Missouri Public Utility Alliance, but she uses glass work as her creative outlet. She is also the president of The Best of Missouri Hands, which represents Missouri artists of all skill levels.
Born and raised in St. Louis, King is one of six children, four of whom are doing something with numbers or engineering.
She shares her home with her husband, Bob, who owns and runs Pendulum Bob’s Clock Shop in Columbia, and their 14-year-old cat, aptly named "C’mere." When they got her as a kitten, that was what she responded to.
She thinks of her husband's clock shop as a hobby even though it's also his business. King said neither of them pursue their hobby for the money. “I don’t break even," King said. "This is a hobby, a passion.”
She attends a bead-making retreat for four days in May where she gathers with a bunch of artists. They set up tables and spend the day making glass beads. "I say, 'It's nice of you guys to let me hang out. I drool on my torch, you know,'" she said. “There’s just something about glass artists. There’s no competition,” King said.
Blue Stem Missouri Crafts carries her jewelry year-round. Around Christmas, they sell King’s handmade ornaments.
King’s newest work is a line of glass lamps, and she said she is anxious to see how they sell at the show. Everything she sells at the show will be $100 or less.
King's work and more information about her can be found at her website.
For more information about the dichroic plates I made for the 2012 Missouri Arts Awards , click the above picture.
