About Us
Jo Cooper received her B.S. degree in education and art from the
University of West Georgia and engaged in graduate studies at East
Texas State University and the University of Georgia. She taught Science
and Art in the Gwinnett County School System. She also taught Art in the
Carrollton Head Start Program and in children’s art programs both in
Texas and in Georgia. Her work has been shown at GPAC in Winder, U.of
W.G., Carroll County annual Fair, and other locations. Awards of 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd place and Honorable Mention have been earned. Her interest in
art began as a child with chalk, crayons, and pencil drawing and
progressed to charcoal drawing and oil pastels in high school and
college; then on to oils, acrylics, and watercolors. Most recently she
began hand building clay, primarily using under glaze firing for the
brilliant colors and Raku firing for the variation and excitement gas firing
brings.
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Bill Cooper received his B.B.A. degree in marketing and management from
the University of West Georgia. He is the owner of William H. Cooper III, and
Associates, Inc., a marketing firm. Having been in the business world full
time until recently, the extent of his “hand-work” has been home repairs,
home improvements, and designing and implementing small building
projects. A few years ago, he became familiar with GPAC now located in
Auburn through his wife, Jo, and began throwing clay. Since then, his work
has been displayed at GPAC Gallery and at various shows and festivals in
the area. He enjoys high firing with traditional glazes as well as low firing
with under glazes. He constructed a Raku kiln and you can now find him
firing outside his studio, Studio 23, in Hoschton. Just follow the smoke.