Wedgwood
Jasperware
This is just
the beginning...
...but
there will be much, much more - so keep coming back here to see.
We are getting to be enthusiasts! And it's already beginning to
get a little out of hand - please forgive us. You may be interested,
of course, but much of the material we are presenting right now
is coming immediately to hand and serves mainly as a placeholder.
We
have to say at the outset that we know little of Wedgwood Jasperware,
except that we have become strangely fascinated. Our fascination
may lead you, dear reader, in some strange directions. That's
what we do. Our business is fine art printing - and we want to
make it clear that we have no commercial interest in Jasperware,
we are just small time collectors.
So
we know only a little of Jasperware. But we are expert in the
areas of Photography, Myth, Philosophy, Religion, Greek Vases,
Classical Greek Music, Learned Societies (such as the Lunar Society),
Iconography, etc. And we have a huge supporting library of our
own - none of it intended to be about Jasperware, . We want to
share our expertise, but we must also learn...
This
may not be immediately obvious, but we are experts at photography
and printing. For the moment, though, all our Jasperware pictures
are from the internet, or our own few snapshots. We just felt
moved to put something up very quickly. This will change very
soon (only the photographs, not being moved), and we intend to
advise on how to get the best from your own photography.
You
see, even from a snapshot you should be able to get some fine
detail - and this is taken from the first picture above. We're
making a quick start so have a look at the page about photographing
Jasperware. It's not that we're picky, just that there is
extra beauty to be found through photography.
There
is such a huge pleasure in even the simplest pieces - and where
else can you purchase such beauty for ninety-nine pence. Don't
answer that, for we are told - "A commercial graffito on
the underside of a red-figure pelike in Oxford and attributed
by Beazley to the Achilles painter' can be read as 'four items
for 3.5 obols' - 26 pence each."
Anyway,
talking of photography means that we must remember that the development
of Jasperware required the invention
of photography. Not that it entirely worked out. One could
make images, but they were not stable in light - and without purpose
in the dark. But, without Wedgwood, there may have been no photography.
And no television. Maybe Athenian vases would have been sufficient!
We
want to take you as deeply into 18th century philosophy as our
cameras can take you into the images. Of that we know, while of
collecting Jasperware we still know next to nothing.
