What is your favorite work-time snack or beverage?

Written By Kim Joy

I have to start off with a known fact… you should not be eating or drinking while working with stained glass. Ok maybe you could have a drink in a closed container with a straw sticking out. But eating is a big no-no!

Why, you ask? Glass chips, flux, lead all can be tranferred by hand- not yummy and not healthy.

I do have snacks and drinks in the studio but I use care. I wash my hands before an edible snack such as chips, popcorn or vegan cookies. My drink in a proper container usually is water with electrolytes added, that is until my son Patrick introduced me to green tea! Now green tea is my go to.

When students are in the studio, they have to clean up their area before snacking and wash their hands.

When I am in my studio office I can eat and drink anything. Usually have my overnight oats, dark chocolate squares, chips and pineapple salsa or even dinner.

What is your favorite work-time snack or beverage?

Kim Joy

Kim Steinmuller Joy has been a stained glass artist and teacher since 1982. Most of her pieces are in the traditional style and starting to experiment to incorporate materials not usually found in the medium. She believes that through her pieces she can grow and learn more about the world around her and where she came from. She hopes that her work will inspire and encourage others in their artistic endeavors. She loves working with commissions that allows her to create one of kind pieces for the commissioner.

She belongs to Stained Glass Association of America and National Capital Art Glass Guild. Her work can be found at the Community Council of the Arts in Kinston NC, Arts Council of Wayne County Goldsboro, NC, and Wilson Arts in Wilson, NC. She teaches Nash Community College Nashville, NC, Wilson Community College Wilson NC. Her works are in private collections worldwide.

Kim Steinmuller Joy was raised in upstate New York and now lives and works in Wilson, NC.

https://www.kimsjoy.com
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