This is wonderful. I also do pottery and mostly handbuild or molds. My next step is to throw on a wheel. I'm limited at present because I'm renting. Ollas are a wonderful idea and I introduced this idea to my students and parents with burying 2-liter plastic bottles with holes in them. But plastic is something we want to use less of in our lives. I saw recently an idea of taking 2 terracotta pots and sealing off one drainage hole with a broken piece of pottery and then gluing together the two pots leaving the other open drainage hole at the top to use for filling of water. Use waterproof glue. Of course, your ollas are the real deal and beautiful to look at.

Absolutely lovely! Almost Roman in design. Well done.

Great gardening idea. I have done the 5 gal. bucket with holes near bottom and holes at ground level with 3 plants (tomato) around one. Fill the bucket to water. I guess it works. Better than pouring water on the ground and hoping it soaks in before it runs off into the parking lot next door.
That aside, I am seriously impressed that you can turn out these nicely shaped and very uniform pottery pieces. I did some pottery wheel work (kick type, didn't like electric) in college. Made a plate and bowl but probably couldn't have replicated either one. Do you do other pottery pieces for sale?

That’s pretty cool do you sell them

Not being as professional as you , I saved empty gallon plastic jugs , poked tiny holes in the bottom , and planted them with the plants . when I water the plants , I fill the jugs , and the water slowly seeps out so the roots are being watered , instead of just the tops .

You are a genius!

How does this work? Are they vessels that you open and put water into, or are they solid and just retain moisture from rain and irrigation?

How does that work?