Grow your own bonsai: Creating Your own Pots

Purpose:
The purpose of this write up is to encourage the aspiring bonsai artist to try their hand at creating their own bonsai pots. I will not provide instructions on how to actually create bonsai pots, nor is this to be substituted for a good solid ceramic study. I will explain why I make my own pots, my inspirations, and hopefully encourage the reader to create their own pottery.
Audience:
Target audience is anyone who wants to flex their creative muscle and really get involved in the creation of their bonsai - to create a truly unique, one of a kind pot that will compliment your bonsai. If you're up to following up on this, try looking in your phone book for clay studios, your local university or community college, or adult learning center.
Seems everything related to bonsai is expensive. The trouble is, I'm poor. I just don't have the funds available to buy a bunch of expensive bonsai pots. Also bonsai pots are BORING! It's really difficult to get excited about the shape/style of a bonsai pot. None of the bonsai pots I saw had the uniqueness I was looking for.  I started doing pottery because I was looking to create bonsai pots that reflected my own personality.
I purposely stayed away from the potter's wheel. The wheel takes YEARS to master. The ultimate purpose of using the wheel is to create symmetry and I was not looking for that. I wanted to create pots with the lumps and bumps of the human hand.
My first pots where pinch pots. Today, most of my pots are at their core pinch pots. The basic process for making a pinch pot is to create a round lump of clay, create a small indentation in the middle, and slowly pinch the clay to shape.
I served nine years in the navy and grew up in San Diego. I love the sea and miss being close to it. I'm also an IT geek, I'm into sci fi and Cthulhu. These are my inspirations for my clay creations. I use forms found in the ocean and in science fiction. I love tentacles and horns. Most of my work will have tentacles or horns of some sort.