Bill Edwards on sat 3 nov 01
Hi,
Thanks to the many great replies on the post in
regards to glaze recipes I had taken from me without
permission. Follow-up - I am considering that some of
my glazes being taken as an honor in some ways. I do
not take anyone as being honorable that would remove
my personal information from my office at the time and
will always pursue anyone willing to steal or make use
of material unless it was written and distributed for
public consumption. Some of that material was to go
into a book and was not released in any fashion or
form and therefore considered highly guarded by me.
Some of the information had been printed and released
to those wishing to make use out of such information.
Trade-mark and copy-right information and peoples
ability to alter a glaze just enough to call it their
own is a hard line to define. The defining factor is
how it was taken, what their intent is and did it cost
the original owner or will it ever cause the original
owner monetary loses. The answer to that for me is,
yes. I was hired for my knowledge in the field and for
having knowledge in compliance regulations and safty
aspects in a setting such as where I was at. Food
service safty and complete lab understanding and
owning a private manufacturing business has helped me
a great deal. However protecting every little iota and
monitoring ownership and trusting all fall into a
different league, one that I trusted one time too
often! I have 20 years of research and knowledge in
the industry but I am not an attorney and things
happen all the time that will puzzle the best of us.
Any glazes that I publish here is always there for
your use. Re-prints and such should be done with
permission or notice given to the originator if and
when possible. Collectively this helps us improve our
skills and techniques and opens doors to advancments
and invention! Sometimes a poor glaze can be hashed
out to mimmick the original in every way and be made
safe. Sometimes alterations of a good glaze can cause
a glaze to perform poorly and release toxins. It takes
lots if understanding to know this. SO when I or
anyone else makes a public record of a glaze if it is
tested, then it is good to let others know that. If
its not tested many times someone here will run it on
software and give a report back on their findings. We
are closer than ever thanks to Tom Buck, Eduoard
Basterache, Ron, John and many others for releasing
pertinent information that reduces likelyhood of
dangerous toxins being released from use of a food
servicable item. Our kid's do use cups and bowls and
such from the ceramics industry. Lead, cadmium and
other manterials need not be used where up-take may
happen unless we know the toxicological details of the
materials involved and have findings of such in hand.
Then we need our toxicologists to perform those tasks.
Theres 3 steps in producing food safe glazes from my
perspective. (1). Know your software and how to use
it. (2). Lab test the out-come with a reliable lab
serivce. (3). Confirm anything that stands out with
toxicology records and a toxicologist. Those are first
steps. That is why manufacturers and chemist and nuts
like me fuss and moan when someone takes information
without consent. We don't want someone using our
information without the background knowledge of
weather or not it is safe. Only I could determine what
that information would mean unless they hire another
expert to decipher my work and then they really are
getting in deep. So chances are some of my decorative
recipes will wind up on who knows what and I have no
control over that unless I pursue the one who took the
information in the first place. I would sincerely wish
that no person would ever come in contact with a
decorative glaze written specifically for my own
purposes get used because of ill gained methods. (Low
toxic release potential for most my work but thats not
good enough) It shouldn't happen! It is really great
to see most of you here will ask others about a glaze
if you know where the final product will be used. That
is probably one of the best steps yet in our industry
toward finding stable glazes that work and are safe!
No one should consider this as an alarm or bell
ringing statement. It means nothing more but to
protect your investments, know your materials and work
to define better ways to utilize them. If it is for
decorative use then that should be with the glaze
recipe. Too often people just copy a recipe and trust
it works just because it looks good and it will go on
every pot they make or a lot of them. All I can do is
insure my standards are kept high and my work should
speak loudly for its self.
This resolves any more talk on my end but beware that
if theres anything you don't want out don't trust
anyone at all with the information and always keep it
locked away until you are ready to distribute it
yourself.(Of course my locked office didn't prevent
this) A signed legal contract with whoever you are
dealing with is a start. Anyways, it is being handled
now and I thank you all for such generosity.
William Edwards
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