Beyond Short Street: A Memoir

Stories from the life journey of one of Australia's leading artists in ceramics, beginning in a small isolated town in the Snowy Mountains. At university an unexpected inspiration leads to a PhD, followed by travel and adventure; from driving trucks, and flying gliders, to the Smithsonian in Washington, onwards to the deserts and high mountains of Pakistan and immersion in politics, archaeology, and assassination in Israel.

The emotional ups and downs of teaching in art schools, insights into the practice of the art of ceramics, and the subtleties of isolated rural living complete the storytelling.

A ceramic artist, author and teacher, Owen Rye is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics and is at the forefront of the contemporary woodfiring movement. His book 'The Art of Woodfire' was published in 2011 and he has inspired many ceramic artists to follow the woodfirer's path. His work has been widely exhibited in Australia and internationally and is to be found in public collections in the USA, China, Korea, Germany and France, as well as in many Australian collections, including that of the Australian National Gallery.