• I work at a small, but rapidly growing custom slip-cast studio. The first few years were a learning curve gauntlet that, in retrospect, I am surprised we exited intact. This preface is to give a sense of how in debt I am to your research and hard work. I have had to learn as I go along, and the information you provide at digitalfire.com has been indispensable, and, quite frankly, an excellent cover for my ignorance on countless occasions! It is also the only source of information about many ceramics topics that I feel I can trust, knowing that it has been backed up with careful consideration and testing. Thank you again.

• Thanks Tony. You are offering a very valuable service to the potters.

• First of all, thank you SOOOO MUCH for all that you do for the pottery community. This site is such a wealth of information and the work and time you put into maintaining and updating it astounds me.

• BTW, thanks for creating such a great site.

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