Creamware master potter Thomas Whieldon with coloured stains under the glaze. It served as an inexpensive substitute for the soft-paste porcelains being developed by contemporary English manufactories, initially in competition with Chinese export porcelains. It was often made in the same fashionable and refined styles as porcelain. The most notable producer of creamware was Josiah Wedgwood, who perfected the ware, beginning during his partnership with Thomas Whieldon. Around 1779, he was able to lighten the cream colour to a bluish white by using cobalt in the lead overglaze. Wedgwood sold this more desirable product under the name "pearl ware". Wedgwood supplied
West German Art Pottery 1970s, a wide variety of art pottery was produced well in the 1980s. "West German Art Pottery" is well known for its great variety of forms and expressive colors. The pottery began getting attention in the mid 1990s, and interest has been growing every since. Horst Makus published several books in the late 90s and after, but those are in German and limited to the period up to about 1962. Mark Hill published "Fat Lava", which is an expanded catalog from the exhibition done by Hill and Graham Cooley. Kevin Graham has produced a variety of cds, and Graham and