My second attempt on the wheel resulted in two small cups, which seem to be sitting at an odd spot between cups and small bowls, they seem to be lopsided and thick at the base.

The cups were so lopsided I decided to finish the first two by hand (the middle and far right cups below), carving down the exterior walls with a parring knife, removing excess clay from the thick walls. Partially burnishing one and slip coating the other with the natural clay from Windsor.

After taking a night to mull it over I set to work trying to figure out why the vessels were forming so lopsided. Was it the home made wheel? something miss aligned or of kilter? was it my inexperience showing? was I holding my hands the wrong way? too much water or too little? It turned out it was none of these. The wonky-ness was coming from the uneven deck! A quick check with a spirit level and a couple of chocks of wood to correct the level and the wonky-ness was fixed! (well, greatly reduced, lets stock the rest up to inexperience, shall we)