Georgia and Hal Gibson 

Hal Gibson

I was born and raised in Dallas Texas.  I received my degree in business at SMU.  I began doing clay to understand and help my wife with her clay projects.  What I did not expect was to get hooked on clay. I took my first class in 1988 and I continued classes at until retiring to Lake Cypress Springs in 2007.

During my time in clay, I have been very fortunate to take classes from nationally and locally known potters who were always willing to share their techniques.  Rather than doing production pottery, I would rather change up each piece and make it unique in either construction or glazes.  My work is mainly wheel thrown. Through my creation of ceramic art, I find a connection with Mother Nature. Working in clay is a celebration of the natural elements of Mother Nature’s earth, water and fire.  I enjoy the organic look of the clay forms.  Spraying glaze is the usual process I use for my glaze application.  Some pieces have 4 or more different glazes sprayed in overlapping layers.  With the layering of glazes I try to achieve a rich and varied surface.  This layering of glaze sometimes results in the pots having a resemblance to rocks or stone or other natural elements.

Georgia Gibson

I am originally from South Dakota and received my undergraduate degree in Fashion Retail and MBA in general business. I worked in the fashion industry both retail and wholesale for 7 years and than began my 25 year career with an oil company.  In hindsight the colors and textures of fabric is why I chose the fashion industry.  Color and textures are big influences in both my clay and glass work.  My love of clay started with an art class in high school which included a little clay work.  I knew that someday I would return to it.  After finishing my MBA I decided to take clay classes.  For the next 17 years I continued to enroll in the local community college clay classes and every local workshop I could find.  In 2004 I added fused glass to my line of art work.
After taking early retirement my husband Hal and I moved to our home on Lake Cypress Springs outside of Mt. Vernon, Texas.   The materials and processes of clay and glass are similar and complementary. In both mediums I like making objects people will want to live with and use and that will also add pleasure to their own surroundings. I love exploring textures and patterns in both clay and glass.  In glass this is accomplished through layering opaque, transparent and dichroic glass and using both full and tack fusing to obtain different levels of glass melt.  In clay this is accomplished through texturing and carving in the clay, slip trailing and multiple layers of glaze.  And of course, color, color color in both clay and glass.