In Ronda, inside a light-filled studio, Isa Boyd transforms clay into pieces that seem to hold silence and time. Her story does not begin at the potter’s wheel but in an inner journey of discovery. She left her hometown of Fuengirola to study nursing in Ronda, a city that gifted her love and a new life. For years she worked in different parts of Spain and abroad, yet something within her remained restless, as if her true roots were still waiting to be found.
Returning to Ronda became a return to herself. Looking for an activity that would help her reconnect, she signed up almost by chance for a ceramics class. That simple decision opened an unexpected door. From the first touch of clay she felt a luminous certainty: she had found her own language. What began as a pastime became a space of calm, creativity, and listening. With patience she learned techniques, glazes, and colors, discovering in each piece an intimate dialogue between material and heart.
When the pandemic arrived, time turned into space for creation. With a wheel, a kiln, and a deep curiosity, Isa worked every day, letting forms emerge without haste. She shared her early pieces on social media and the response was immediate. Ceramics, which until then had been only an intuition, became a way to meet the world and to meet herself.
Today her workshop remains a refuge where imagination flows freely. Isa continues her work as a hotel front-desk manager, and that choice, far from limiting her, gives her art a special freedom. “Perhaps if it were my only profession it wouldn’t have the same freshness,” she reflects. Every cup that leaves her hands carries that imprint: a slow conversation between clay and her own life rhythm.
Her path crossed with Sumay Cacao through a shared spirit. Isa creates an exclusive collection of cups designed to accompany the ceremonial cacao ritual. Each one invites stillness and contemplation, turning a simple drink into a sacred moment. In every piece lives a story of earth and water, of quiet searching and beauty, revealed in the warmth of a cup of cacao.
