Jasperware Jasperware Jasperware, or jasper ware, is a type of pottery first developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s. Usually described as stoneware, it has an unglazed matt "biscuit" finish and is produced in a number of different colours, of which the most common and best known is a pale blue that has become known as Wedgwood Blue. Relief decorations in contrasting colours (typically in white but also in other colours) are characteristic of jasperware, giving a cameo effect. The reliefs are produced in moulds and applied to the ware as sprigs. After several years of experiments, Wedgwood began to sell
Roger Michell (studio potter) met and subsequently married Napiorkowska, a fellow student. whom he moved with to Yorkshire to establish a pottery in East Knapton. The work produced reflected a shared admiration of 18th century creamware and some ambitious designs were produced influencing the look and feel of nineteen seventies pottery and altering the direction of art and design for the rest of the century. It paved the way for new, young designers who were freed from modernist design constraints of the recent past. A plethora of novel designs began to gain prominence in the high street for example, the liquorice allsorts handbag plus