His enthusiasm has spurred him to tour eight of the most renowned ancient kiln sites in mainland China, and he has even been farther afield than that, having mentored ceramic artists in distant Palau and Swaziland.
終日與泥巴為伍的李茂宗，也曾周遊大陸八大古窯址，遠赴帛琉、史瓦濟蘭等國指導陶藝生產技術。