INTRODUCTION

Pyromasse 4057, Avenue de l'Esplanade Montreal, Quebec Canada H2W 1S9 Tel.: (514) 844 - 9824 Fax: (514) 982 - 9565 Member of the Masonry Heater Asociation of North America. The Pyromasse website offers information concerning the historical and technical development of the masonry heater and an overview of Pyromasse and its current activities within the Province of Quebec.

Operations: Construction of contraflow masonry heaters, European-style masonry bake ovens and cookstoves.

Field of Operations: Throughout the Province of Quebec

Experience: Construction of over 100 masonry heaters, ovens and cookstoves in the Province of Quebec. Though primarily self-taught, Marcus Flynn has, and continues to be, inspired, encouraged, and assisted by the masters of the North American field: Albert Barden, Norbert Senf, and Eric Nilsen.

Workshops:

• Field trip: Anjou and Provence. France 2002.
  Object: Inspection of the Fayol and Munoz oven factories, and local bakeries.
• Field trip: Tain L'Hermitage, Drone France. 2001.
  Object: Instruction in the assenbly of Panyol ovens. Investigation of traditional community ovens in Drone and Ardesh.
• Field trip: Helsinki,  Finnland. 2001.
  Object: Contact with local heater masons. Inspection of the Upo factorie in Lappi.
• Workshop: Truckee, California USA. 2000.
  Object: Working with soapstone as a facing material. Instructor: Eric Nilson.
• Field trip Minsk, Belarus Republic, 1995
  Object: Contact with local heater masons, acquisition of literature and plans
• Field trip: Slusk and Bolshiusliva, Belarus Republic, 1994
  Object: Research pertaining to traditional Russian Pitch-ka and Groop-ka
• Workshop: Port Colburn, Ontario, Canada, Tempcast Enviroheat manufacturing plant, 1994
  Object: Construction of Tempcast 2000 Prefabricated core kit
• Workshop/field trip, Emmaboda Smalland, Sweden, 1992
  Object: Traditional stove tiling techniques, construction of antique Kakelung, and Crownspisen's modern prefabricated Kakelung
• Workshop: Maine, USA, 1992
  Instructor: Albert Barden Object: Construction of Finnish-style cook stove

Pyromasse associates with the anarco-communist principals of social revolution.