• First, thank you for your site. I am approaching the subject from a more technical side of things rather than decorative or functional pottery but I have found the knowledge you share to be some of the most practical and useful information I have seen anywhere.

• In the 4 decades or so of my academic career (I taught ceramics as a major of the Fine Art degree at the University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal, South Africa), glaze chemistry was one of my favourite subjects, though it was too 'scientific' for most students! Your Insight-Live programme is really super! Thanks once again for all you are doing to keep the discipline alive and kicking.

• I spent most of yesterday playing with the “new” (to me) version of insight on line. I love it, it is faster and eventually easier to use. And by the way, thank you for creating and maintaining the enormous data base of ceramic materials and making it available for anyone to use. What a wonderful gift to all of us interested in ceramics.

• If, like Japan, Canada had a custom of selecting certain artisans as “national treasures“ you would certainly qualify - not only for your expertise as a ceramic chemist, but for your compassion for us less expert potters!

• This is really cool. Thanks for sending this to my email.