Kim creates stained glass work and jewelry in her Shangri La Studio.
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.
From my studio
to you!
When I was a little girl, my Dad made me a playhouse from a Gypsy caravan. I spent hundred of hours in there playing, imagining and hanging out with friends. When I was a teenager and had outgrown Shangri La the Playhouse, my Dad turned her into a mobile ice fishing shanty- he loved to fish. After my Dad died in 1979 my sister Jane took Shangri La to her house to become a potting shed. That is the story fo the original Shangri La.
Fast forward to 2022 when I decided it was time to think about moving my studio back home so Shangri La was about to be recreated as my studio. Construction was finshed in February 2024 and Art Happens on Tarboro building was sold in March 2024 and I was finally back in the place that held so many cherished memories (yes it is a different building but the concept and emotion is the same). We have a history together.
Stained Glass
I love creating stained glass pieces for myself and for others. Seeing a piece of my work hanging in someone’s home or office makes me so happy.
I do commission work, side by side with the commissioner to create a piece they have seen grow from idea to design to pattern to work in progress to finished work.
If you have a broken piece of stained glass needing repair you can schedule a consultation to see if we can bring that piece back to life.
Jewelry
From beaded jewelry, to PMC (Precious Metal Clay) to metalsmithing I have worked over the years and still get excited when I sit at my bench. We can create a piece together or you can look through finished work to find the piece just for you.
Classes and Workshops
I teach at Wilson Community College in Wilson, NC, Nash Community College in Nashville, NC, the Community Council for the Arts Kinston in Kinston, NC and Arts Council of Wayne County in Goldsboro, NC.
I am available to teach at a place of your choice, just contact me and we can set up a class or workshop.