I think perfectly round is overrated. All of my bowls, pitchers, vases and mugs are pinch pots. To make them, I start with a ball of clay and hand pinch the clay into a bowl, or vase, or whatever shape suits my current whim. I do not use a potter's wheel. Pinch pots can take almost any form---except perfectly round! I like the feel of the surface indentations from my thumbs and fingers and the undulations on the pots as I rub my hands along their outer walls. And making pinch pots has another great advantage: you can make them anywhere. No need for electricity, or the whirring and grinding of a potter's wheel. During much of the year, my "studio" is a table under the grape arbor behind my kitchen in Anderson Valley. Or sometimes it is under the olive trees in front of my house.