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| Jaime McCutcheon
Highland Pottery
Jeffersonville, VT
2007 |
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Bourry Box Design |
Jess (Jaime's wife), Jaime McCutcheon, Naysan McIlhargey, wood fire
potter from Ohio, (both Naysan and Jaime apprenticed to Todd Piker) ,
Amy Clarke (Jaime's apprentice) and Donovan Palmquist (the professional
kiln builder who did most of the construction). |
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The kiln is made mostly of hard bricks and tends to
be
rather hot on the exterior.
The metal kiln building was chosen for reasons of safety. |
The flue arrangement leaves the chamber in the middle
of the rear of the kiln. |
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The double Bourry Box Design
feeds the fire from both sides of the kiln. |
The feed ports were arranged so that the stoker
can stand upright when feeding the fire. |
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Jaime Designed his Bourry Box Kiln, so that it could
be preheated with gas burners, there are five burners on each side of
the kiln. They are Ransom B-3's and he can easily reach bisque
temperature using them.
This allows him to skip the slow preheat stages and save his energy
for the top temperature range.
It also means he can fire the kiln in just one overnight stoking of
wood. A real consideration depending on how often you fire and how easy
it is to get assistance when stoking. |
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05/01/12
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