For my lidded vessel, I went through a lot of options before settling on a vase, but it'll look like it's made of stacks of blocks with a little top on it.
This is the final result of my lidded vessel, I'm very pleased with it, but maybe I could have made the blocks a bit bigger. The lid fits nicely in the top, and I have yet to glaze it but when I do, I'm thinking about trying to do a fade from one color to another.