Isaac Button - Country Potter (Extract)

[@PennyRitz]

Love the fact that he throws while casually keeping his pipe in his mouth, AND while wearing a suit and tie. That man was a master and had style. What amazing talent.

[@djg51]

Alwaya a joy to watch a master at work -- bravo Isaac Button

[@mrnicefishy]

Isaac looks like a class act and a true professional

[@rustocean]

Being a professional potter throwing every day for my living, and seeing many not so great potters on youtube, I want to say that Isaac is absolutely great, in an ever so down to earth, humble way. I give this man deep respect and wished I could have assisted him. This is a true master potter. I am in awe. Thanks for posting. I think the music you chose is very fitting for this master's art.

[@trishdavies3453]

What an incredibly skilled and hard working man.

[@Thunderpuddle]

Kieth Brymer Jones, brought me here and I'm glad he did. Brilliant

[@nedludd8633]

The story I heard is that on the day the film people asked him to throw the large jar he had not prepared clay stiff enough for a tall closed form so he used softer clay he had handy . Which explains that little smile when he finished it successfully

[@tupence7]

What beautiful music , goes so well with the video . Thanks for sharing

[@credenza1]

Thank you so much for posting this film. What amazing skills, and what a wonderful window into a bygone era.

[@garyeasy7436]

A true country potter. Thanks for sharing this amazing video.

[@PistonBlown]

Thanks for posting. I must have seen the original film dozens of times as a child, though strange hearing music instead of just the clatter of a projector. My dad's a lifelong potter and pottery teacher and he used to play this film to each new class.

[@carolmick3864]

Gorgeous!

[@greyishgreblum]

Button was a potting machine in a time pottery had significant utility value and still he made pennies for his efforts. I think people are waiting for a miracle material to be invented when pottery was it.

[@Pinkbatrobi]

I love that he is throwing with a shirt and tie! Not something that one sees very often among us scruffy potters nowadays....I wonder what the little cylinders were going to be used for...anyone knows? Thanks for posting this video, it's great!

[@TheGigigi67]

Thanks for sharing this gorgeous video!

[@Uzume2]

Just ran into this youtube, absolutely beautiful. Thank you for posting!

[@emeraldile]

Beautiful. Thank you for posting this video.

[@vinarora6]

Hi! I'm a pottery teacher/studio technician in Coquitlam, BC, Canada. I've been watching the Isaac Button video over and over! I can't watch it enough. I've sent my students the KZbin link and they too are, of course, amazed. I would absolutely love to get more information on Isaac Button and Soil Hill. Any information would be very much appreciated!

[@PottedHistory]

Just beautiful to watch!

[@enslaver]

thankyou for uploading

[@TravelerWhereof]

@RichyPoops Thankyou for sharing this great video!

[@RichyPoops]

I've had it for years. Though as you say I think it's a bit hard to get hold of nowadays.

[@TheDraindeimo]

A fucking god, truly poetry in motion.

[@7kole4]

hahahahahahaha! without Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada..... pottery wouldnt be what it is today. just goes to show how un-appreciative people are these days and can only focus great talent on one person. i love it how people think some one is such a great potter because he throws big. i thought only high school students thought that....? maybe im wrong. hahaha! but this too is great and Isaac Button is right up Leach's and Hamada's alley. maybe in your isolated world he rated high enough.

[@llamazeppelin]

Oh. My. God.

[@longbeforedawn]

I have been looking for this complete video for months. So far, I've only been able to find it in a library in Canada. I can't check it out. Where did you find this vid?

[@jmg1957]

peace