https://isatuhyde.com Isatu Hyde Fri, 09 May 2025 20:55:53 +0000 https://isatuhyde.com en https://isatuhyde.com/Studio-Shop Fri, 09 May 2025 20:55:53 +0000 Isatu Hyde https://isatuhyde.com/Studio-Shop For work for sale straight from the studio please click here. <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8980af6cf6454770fd98ad8613f7cd8b30d8e3db77dcaab4de6c124822640ced/Tyg-and-jug-MG.jpeg" data-mid="233015419" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8980af6cf6454770fd98ad8613f7cd8b30d8e3db77dcaab4de6c124822640ced/Tyg-and-jug-MG.jpeg" /> https://isatuhyde.com/Home Thu, 01 May 2025 19:13:56 +0000 Isatu Hyde https://isatuhyde.com/Home Isatu Hyde Pottery / Ceramics &nbsp; ONLINE SHOP, CLICK HERE Please contact me for commissions and enquiries, and for permission to use images. Contact studio@isatuhyde.com +447800840947 Instagram @isatuhyde <img width="2160" height="2700" width_o="2160" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c536e812b850cf003a7526274a24577bf4f9238ca39f00e2e8e709530d248c9/IMG_9480.JPG" data-mid="231833605" border="0" data-scale="46" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c536e812b850cf003a7526274a24577bf4f9238ca39f00e2e8e709530d248c9/IMG_9480.JPG" /> <img width="2160" height="2700" width_o="2160" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6557b4f1bcee1571e5bacece61e110b691e2a774b5c407def2b57e8045f5e1d/IMG_9482.JPG" data-mid="231833607" border="0" data-scale="69" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6557b4f1bcee1571e5bacece61e110b691e2a774b5c407def2b57e8045f5e1d/IMG_9482.JPG" /> <img width="2160" height="2700" width_o="2160" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd9c5c0d17fb58940650599b0e254a68da54e8f11c7d9a9cd3ceca6e03c9b93f/IMG_9479.JPG" data-mid="231833604" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd9c5c0d17fb58940650599b0e254a68da54e8f11c7d9a9cd3ceca6e03c9b93f/IMG_9479.JPG" /> <img width="1024" height="1546" width_o="1024" height_o="1546" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d37c5ddbd6e765d5a715bc41dbf618b7ad92f2078061fe24bd94bf0cda0df09/isatu_tor-46of65.jpeg" data-mid="231833966" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d37c5ddbd6e765d5a715bc41dbf618b7ad92f2078061fe24bd94bf0cda0df09/isatu_tor-46of65.jpeg" /> <img width="1539" height="2308" width_o="1539" height_o="2308" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a192ae121a0bcab1625f88c9bb87c9818d51d80f301b5ffd38c7823296b58e4/Isatu-Hyde-Bottle-vase.jpg" data-mid="233013653" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a192ae121a0bcab1625f88c9bb87c9818d51d80f301b5ffd38c7823296b58e4/Isatu-Hyde-Bottle-vase.jpg" /> <img width="2160" height="2700" width_o="2160" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0098a376ac15a6fda9f54b221fdaa48180e3356a4716fab2ed898decb729eacb/IMG_9481.JPG" data-mid="231833606" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0098a376ac15a6fda9f54b221fdaa48180e3356a4716fab2ed898decb729eacb/IMG_9481.JPG" /> <img width="2067" height="1470" width_o="2067" height_o="1470" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f61fac1b0f72e33855c41f64cb7053c21ffaaebeae63977204d666c782d11967/teabowl.jpeg" data-mid="233013617" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f61fac1b0f72e33855c41f64cb7053c21ffaaebeae63977204d666c782d11967/teabowl.jpeg" /> <img width="3195" height="4800" width_o="3195" height_o="4800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8290568c28d7016410c7879c4dd672a0f0d077d38d2f5d78b79aba26961045a0/JI_280120_IsatuHyde_361.jpg" data-mid="233013639" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8290568c28d7016410c7879c4dd672a0f0d077d38d2f5d78b79aba26961045a0/JI_280120_IsatuHyde_361.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dcd7752963de56ddb09c7d9d85c015e509d5ca76def2c30aa3c7f64e1e839c30/IMG_6322.jpg" data-mid="233013612" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dcd7752963de56ddb09c7d9d85c015e509d5ca76def2c30aa3c7f64e1e839c30/IMG_6322.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1545" width_o="1024" height_o="1545" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0ade3cf7a724a6448e545cc2de76431f97513119351271b0e4b1981e279d34d/isatu_tor-63of65.jpeg" data-mid="231833940" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0ade3cf7a724a6448e545cc2de76431f97513119351271b0e4b1981e279d34d/isatu_tor-63of65.jpeg" /> https://isatuhyde.com/Bio Fri, 02 May 2025 09:55:23 +0000 Isatu Hyde https://isatuhyde.com/Bio Biography <img width="1024" height="678" width_o="1024" height_o="678" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8114380a8fa79f077de240b8dfce064e8fbfc97b11cea529ffee0546edd469e1/isatu_tor-55of65.jpeg" data-mid="231877086" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8114380a8fa79f077de240b8dfce064e8fbfc97b11cea529ffee0546edd469e1/isatu_tor-55of65.jpeg" /> Isatu first encountered throwing at the wheel under the instruction of master potter Andrew Crouch. Between a degree-switch from Architecture to Sustainable Design she went to his studio ‘just to make something from start to finish’. On day one she became hooked on beauty of the material, the processes and the sculptural possibilities of this ancient art and hasn’t looked back since. Working mainly on the potter’s wheel, Isatu’s inspirations draw heavily on pre-industrial craft from around the world. Her 4 year apprenticeship and subsequent employment with Andrew Crouch at The Marches Pottery focused on making oil-fired, reduction stoneware that took most notable influence from Eastern and Medieval European ceramics. &nbsp;Her own key interests that have been added to this mix are traditional West African and Minoan ceramics. Her interest and experience in all of these themes have been informing her work as she endlessly develops her skills as a potter, gradually forging a personal aesthetic that seeks to offer a rich but gentle addition to both intimate, personal spaces and places of shared experience. She currently works with both stoneware and earthenware clay bodies, firing in electric, gas and wood fired kilns. Her dedication to the traditions of production pottery are demonstrated in her tableware collection that “grounds [her] practice in a love for making pots for daily human interaction”, and her more expansive interests and inspirations are put forward in work that can stand alone as expressions of an ongoing conversation on form, light, colour, tone and surface. “I am interested in finding visual balance and elegance in the tension between strength and relaxation. I aim to make pots that are quiet but have poise, substance and presence.” Awards and Funding Churchill Scholarship Trust 2019 (travel deferred to 2024): Funded to undertake research into West African pottery techniques and history Adopt a Potter 2015: Funding towards further apprenticeship with Andrew Crouch, potter. Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust / Heritage Crafts foundation 2014: funding towards apprenticeship with Andrew Crouch, potter. 2011 Ferdynand Zweig Scholarship Falmouth University: funded travel to Athens and Crete to research Minoan ceramics <img width="1024" height="1545" width_o="1024" height_o="1545" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/103bc41a62b707504fd9ed9ac87071a410a14ebc5873ef7528e6b42d8473c8f0/isatu_tor-6of65.jpeg" data-mid="231877085" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/103bc41a62b707504fd9ed9ac87071a410a14ebc5873ef7528e6b42d8473c8f0/isatu_tor-6of65.jpeg" /> https://isatuhyde.com/Projects Fri, 02 May 2025 10:44:25 +0000 Isatu Hyde https://isatuhyde.com/Projects &nbsp; Gallery of past commsions and projects.&nbsp; <img width="2160" height="2700" width_o="2160" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0098a376ac15a6fda9f54b221fdaa48180e3356a4716fab2ed898decb729eacb/IMG_9481.JPG" data-mid="231879188" border="0" alt="Jamb. Commission: Flower brick, Vase and drug jar. Plus London Craft Week showcase." data-caption="Jamb. Commission: Flower brick, Vase and drug jar. Plus London Craft Week showcase." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0098a376ac15a6fda9f54b221fdaa48180e3356a4716fab2ed898decb729eacb/IMG_9481.JPG" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/374a95e4aaf62402c8c18680349e38218e0b5dd7e7d66247ab6c71921fb504f3/Pensons-flared-bowls-3.jpg" data-mid="231878458" border="0" alt="Pensons, Herefordshire. Dessert bowls in white celadon." data-caption="Pensons, Herefordshire. Dessert bowls in white celadon." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/374a95e4aaf62402c8c18680349e38218e0b5dd7e7d66247ab6c71921fb504f3/Pensons-flared-bowls-3.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d742cc22e4405df8358b17af6452b4cb3a080da02e020d4f48834a5388ca807/Tyg-and-jug-MG.jpeg" data-mid="233013859" border="0" alt="Tyg mug. Collection for Midgley Green." data-caption="Tyg mug. Collection for Midgley Green." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d742cc22e4405df8358b17af6452b4cb3a080da02e020d4f48834a5388ca807/Tyg-and-jug-MG.jpeg" /> <img width="800" height="1067" width_o="800" height_o="1067" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b917c97ec6c6977bf1e41931f5521db8756e137c9e94463717355d14aa1b27a6/teacup-and-saucer.jpg" data-mid="233013858" border="0" alt="Artificer Collective show. Espresso cup in stoneware and white celadon." data-caption="Artificer Collective show. Espresso cup in stoneware and white celadon." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/b917c97ec6c6977bf1e41931f5521db8756e137c9e94463717355d14aa1b27a6/teacup-and-saucer.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="656" width_o="1024" height_o="656" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a8b4273e384e1cc685d0b3c67fd72912da4874f3e024dabb9bb94ec7c2720c7/Issasun-web-1.jpg" data-mid="231878481" border="0" alt="Akoko Restaurant, Fitzrovia, London. Serving bowls in black clay and espresso cups in dark oil-spot glaze. " data-caption="Akoko Restaurant, Fitzrovia, London. Serving bowls in black clay and espresso cups in dark oil-spot glaze. " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a8b4273e384e1cc685d0b3c67fd72912da4874f3e024dabb9bb94ec7c2720c7/Issasun-web-1.jpg" /> <img width="700" height="927" width_o="700" height_o="927" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e123f783b9aec88bafdb004aca18e91545fe47a1424af987d4411367a22ddf31/micaceous-cache-pots.JPG" data-mid="233014454" border="0" alt="Artificer Collective show. Micaceous clay pots, sanded." data-caption="Artificer Collective show. Micaceous clay pots, sanded." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/700/i/e123f783b9aec88bafdb004aca18e91545fe47a1424af987d4411367a22ddf31/micaceous-cache-pots.JPG" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6b0df4de282a180b25b0fbda37fcc812b2b617f8eeefa49d6544e49cb9a40717/IMG_6325.jpg" data-mid="233015437" border="0" alt="Table service in dark celadon with ochre wash." data-caption="Table service in dark celadon with ochre wash." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6b0df4de282a180b25b0fbda37fcc812b2b617f8eeefa49d6544e49cb9a40717/IMG_6325.jpg" /> https://isatuhyde.com/Studio Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:32:35 +0000 Isatu Hyde https://isatuhyde.com/Studio Studio The Reading Room Pottery is located in the North Herefordshire village of Brampton Bryan, just ten miles from both the Shropshire and Powys border. It takes its name from one of the many previous lives of the building as a Reading Room for the village, and has become a place for new friendships and shared learning, as well as for personal reflection, focus and production. Open Studios will be officially hosted at the pottery on the dates below and, at other times, if the sign is out please come on in. There is always new work to buy directly and the opportunity to discuss teaching and workshops.&nbsp; If you’d like to be sure of an open door, please call ahead and a time can be arranged. Open Studios dates 2025: Sunday 25th MaySunday 3rd AugustSaturday 6th and Sunday 7th December <img width="1024" height="1546" width_o="1024" height_o="1546" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5388ba1437dbd8c81b6450f9dcee79ad7805b19d6d8c2f3ccfb8eb7c66ffc12/isatu_tor-38of65.jpeg" data-mid="231833210" border="0" data-scale="46" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5388ba1437dbd8c81b6450f9dcee79ad7805b19d6d8c2f3ccfb8eb7c66ffc12/isatu_tor-38of65.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="1546" width_o="1024" height_o="1546" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d37c5ddbd6e765d5a715bc41dbf618b7ad92f2078061fe24bd94bf0cda0df09/isatu_tor-46of65.jpeg" data-mid="231835452" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d37c5ddbd6e765d5a715bc41dbf618b7ad92f2078061fe24bd94bf0cda0df09/isatu_tor-46of65.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="1546" width_o="1024" height_o="1546" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1cf59b08fb0867d41e4d7c0e5fe23c5e7438530557c78dca9dadc8989fdb778/isatu_tor-5of65.jpeg" data-mid="231833208" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d1cf59b08fb0867d41e4d7c0e5fe23c5e7438530557c78dca9dadc8989fdb778/isatu_tor-5of65.jpeg" /> <img width="2048" height="3091" width_o="2048" height_o="3091" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea289569f11f46448daa67c6577fd2f36baa969b011a1403f50a6ed4e829dc97/francli_tor-6of44.jpeg" data-mid="231833074" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea289569f11f46448daa67c6577fd2f36baa969b011a1403f50a6ed4e829dc97/francli_tor-6of44.jpeg" /> &nbsp; https://isatuhyde.com/Events Fri, 02 May 2025 10:50:45 +0000 Isatu Hyde https://isatuhyde.com/Events Events Upcoming: London Craft Week: 8th-14th May 2025 Jamb x Isatu Hyde Reflections of the Past: A Conversation through Ceramics. Jamb95–97 Pimlico RoadSW1W 8PHjamb.co.uk <img width="2160" height="2700" width_o="2160" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0098a376ac15a6fda9f54b221fdaa48180e3356a4716fab2ed898decb729eacb/IMG_9481.JPG" data-mid="231891024" border="0" data-scale="46" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0098a376ac15a6fda9f54b221fdaa48180e3356a4716fab2ed898decb729eacb/IMG_9481.JPG" /> ---------------------------------------------Open Studio: Sunday May 25th 2025 The Reading Room Pottery, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, SY7 ODH //windmills.darkest.fragments Tel.: 07800849847 <img width="1024" height="1546" width_o="1024" height_o="1546" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1cf59b08fb0867d41e4d7c0e5fe23c5e7438530557c78dca9dadc8989fdb778/isatu_tor-5of65.jpeg" data-mid="231891407" border="0" data-scale="46" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d1cf59b08fb0867d41e4d7c0e5fe23c5e7438530557c78dca9dadc8989fdb778/isatu_tor-5of65.jpeg" /> 2024 Ceramic Makers’ Market _ The Chapel, Abergavenny _ Sat 21st - Sun 22nd September, 10am-4pm The Hepworth Wakefield Festive Market _ Sat 25 &amp; Sun 26 Nov, 10am - 4pm H-art showcase at Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan _ 1st-10th September 2 day workshop at The Exchange, St. Erith _ 23-24th September 2023 Isatu Hyde: Beauty Rooted in Use a Solo exhibition The Leach Pottery Entrance Gallery, 6 May - 2 July&nbsp; Watts Ceramics: Living Traditions ExhibitionWatts Gallery, 30 March – 18 June&nbsp; Liberty x Crafts Council Liberty London, 4th floor 27 April – 31 July https://isatuhyde.com/Teaching Fri, 02 May 2025 10:51:07 +0000 Isatu Hyde https://isatuhyde.com/Teaching Teaching <img width="1024" height="678" width_o="1024" height_o="678" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/57b8f3de39ba435282f3dbd9e4c3e447432e14cf93ee7274814f9cc4f4a9be32/isatu_tor-18of65.jpeg" data-mid="231889053" border="0" data-scale="44" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/57b8f3de39ba435282f3dbd9e4c3e447432e14cf93ee7274814f9cc4f4a9be32/isatu_tor-18of65.jpeg" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="1024" height="678" width_o="1024" height_o="678" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64dec850e14dba50552ddc71818d31a46c191759181aea38c29627cf79d6457c/isatu_tor-17of65.jpeg" data-mid="231889009" border="0" data-scale="44" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64dec850e14dba50552ddc71818d31a46c191759181aea38c29627cf79d6457c/isatu_tor-17of65.jpeg" /> Gift vouchers available for all options 5 Week Evening Course: A series of five two-hour sessions that focus on throwing, trimming and glazing and cups and bowls. Suitable for complete beginners and those with some previous experience.&nbsp; At a date to be confirmed after the final session, participants will be invited to come and collect their finished pots, or have them posted. 3 participants / 6:30 - 8:30pm / £225pp Please contact for dates and availability. Private teaching Private sessions are available at the studio and customisable to personal learning goals around relevant aspects of throwing, glazing, firing, workshop practice etc. All prices include materials and firing (where relevant). Please get in touch to discuss specifics. Complete beginners welcome! Half days run 9:45-1pm and 2-5:15pm; full days 10:00-4:30/5pm. Refreshments included but please bring your own lunch for a full day (lunch break 30mins to an hour, to your preference). Up to three participants per session,.&nbsp; Half day _ £75 for one person, £125 for two people, £180 for three people&nbsp; Full day _ £150 for one person, £240 for two people,&nbsp; £360 for three people&nbsp; 3 Session bundle Throwing and turning within two consecutive weeks, with a glazing session arranged thereafter. Finished work can be posted or collected from the pottery. Additional firing costs may occur if a lot of work is made - it would depend&nbsp;on the size and quantity of work but is unlikely to exceed £30. Timings for each day, as above. £180 &nbsp; &nbsp; Two 3 hour (throwing and turning) and one 1.5 hour session (glazing), per person £350 &nbsp;&nbsp; Two full day sessions and 1 half day, per person Private children's sessions (under 16 and accompanied by an adult) One child £15 per hour. Two children £20 per hour&nbsp; Three children £25 per hour. Reccomend 1.5 - 2 hours per session and 5+ yrs. Please get in touch via studio@isatuhyde.com for further information and booking. Concessions available.&nbsp; All teaching is held at The Reading Room Studio, located in the historic village of Brampton Bryan that forms the major part of the Harley Estate. The estate is set in the north west corner of Herefordshire, close to the county borders of Shropshire and Powys and has beautiful walks in every direction There are a number of B&amp;Bs nearby and close guesthouses include The Lion Hotel in Leintwardine and The Riverside at Aymestrey. A morning and evening bus service runs from Ludlow to Knighton, through Brampton Bryan. The closest shop is located 3 miles away in Leintwardine and there is Aardvark Bookshop&nbsp; and café (over 50,000 books in stock and specialising in Art books) just 100 metres up the road from the studio. The Reading Room Pottery, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell SY7 0DH //windmills.darkest.fragments