Ric Swenson on wed 23 apr 97
Rick,
Good post!
You quite obviously listened to what F. Carlton Ball said in class many
times..."Always give credit where credit is due." or words to that
effect.... There is a great temptation to take credit for others work,
but changing the name of a glaze formula, or taking credit for work that is
not your own without acknowledging the source is not fair to the person who
worked hard doing the testing and spending hours with the research.
I hear a lot of talk about "gold glazes breaking to red" but rarely hear
David Shaner's name mentioned. Why is that? Did anyone else do more work
in that area? Maybe they did and I am just not aware of it. I find
"Shaner Red Gold" a wonderful glaze and I would attribute the base
formulation to David Shaner, even if I varied the formulation later.
(Should I re-name it Ric's Red...just to stroke my ego??? ) What's the
harm in giving credit where credit is due?
F.C. always tried to teach us to SHARE information...that's what teaching
is about. He was a great teacher (and I remember him attributing much
credit to his mentors and teachers too.)
It sounds to me like you continue this tradition and I admire your stance
on this issue. I can see no harm in honesty.
Ric Swenson, Bennington, Vermont
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> John lovejoy wrote:
>...I realize that as a teacher it's my responsibility to disseminate
>information.
>But, is it too much to ask to acknowledge where one gets the
>information?
>
>I'm afraid it is. It's not like some one has taken something you've
>published and claimed they wrote it. Since you are a teacher, and the
>recipes were not your own, I assume you compiled this info to help your
>students be informed. Your fellow educator is not taking credit as a
>publisher or author, he is simply passing this information on to his
>students, just as you have to yours. It may not seem friendly or ethical,
>but more students are benefiting from your research, so what's the harm?
>
>
>Toop much trouble to include credit? What would those students learn?????
>
>I always credit the source when telling a student/s of a glaze or
>technique, or when handing out same. I feel this adds to the oral history
>and chronology of ceramics. I also do this to fight the easy and rampant
>reproduction of other's materials without crediting those who do the work
>in the first place.
>
>The student learns to credit those who deserve it. This is, IMHO, VERY
>important.
>
>Rick Mahaffey, Tacoma Community College, Tacoma,Wa USA
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