Puya Vakili is originally from California but has called London home for 13 years now. He is a queer ceramicist based in Hackney wherein he teaches, is a technician and makes at Turning Earth studios. Puya ceramics was born out of his three main passions – pots, plants and problem-solving. He created the hydrochannel system in his own plant pots, a kind of internal reservoir at the base of the pots so you don’t need a plate underneath or a plastic pot inside. While wheel throwing is his main practice, he also dabbles in a little porcelain slip casting for his tea lights. As a bit of a science nerd, he has developed all the glazes used on his pottery.

All puya ceramics plant pots feature Puya’s innovative hydrochannel system so you can plant straight into the pot.

Hydrochannel planters are thrown in one piece and have an invisible hollow channel that runs along the circumference of the bottom of the pot. Drainage channels on the inside and outside of the pot connect the hidden hydrochannel. So not only can with this help your plant thrive, it’ll look good while doing it.

The hidden hydrochannel fills up with water. Excess water evaporates or be poured out through drainage holes. Remaining water in the hydrochannel gets absorbed by the roots.