BIOGRAPHY

Peggy was born February 8th, 1943 in Rockford, Illinois to William Barton and Constance Forbes. She grew up riding horses on the family farm with her younger sister patsy as her sidekick. She graduated from Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. While taking a pottery class in Santa Barbara, she found her true passion when she first put her hands in wet clay.  

Peg and a friend moved to Vail in the fall of 1965 to spend the winter working and learning to ski. She met her husband Chuck on the chairlift in February and started their 52-year long romance.

Peg shared her love for and knowledge of ceramics through teaching workshops at: Anderson Ranch Arts Center; Snowmass Co, Carbondale Clay Center; Carbondale Co, Touchstone Center for Crafts; Farmington, PA, Peters Valley Craft Education; Layton, NJ, and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts; Gatlinburg, TN. 

Peg Malloy received a degree from Brooks Institute of Photography and studied ceramics in apprenticeship with Henry Mean in Castle Rock, Colorado.  She also studied with Ken Ferguson, Jeff Oestreich, Sandy Simon, and David Shaner.  Peg’s work has been exhibited internationally, and has been featured in Ceramics Monthly, as well as the following books:  Pots in the Kitchen, by Josie Walter, The Art of Contemporary American Pottery, by Kevin A. Hulch, The Best of Pottery 2, and Wheel Thrown Ceramics, both by Don Davis.   

ARTIST STATEMENT

“A pot with a job, that’s a functional pot! To be function a pot must do a particular job, not just suggest or symbolize function. Besides doing the job, the pot needs a sense of spirit or visual fulfillment. Most importantly, use and beauty should be on voice.”