An example of the great wood/salt fired work by Karin Solberg.

The Crew and the Kiln Slab

Getting Started

Philip Wiggs provides materials and Kiln building expertise that makes this project possible. Here is our form for the slab.

Beginning The Bourry Box Kiln

in 1911 Emille Bourry wrote "A Treatise on Ceramic Industries" in which he described the type of upside down firebox used in the Sevres kilns. By 1942 "Pioneer Potter" Michael Cardew began using this fuel saving innovation in Africa and later at his own studio in England. A very influential design by Robert Sanderson as described in Jack Troy's "Wood-Fired Stoneware and Porcelain" is the inspiration for the wood kiln at Bobtown.

Pottery at Bobtown

Here's a view of the pottery at Bobtown near Berea Kentucky. The building was once a tobacco barn.