Not long after Lutrawita Tasmania relinquished its land bridge to what is now mainland Australia about 40 million years ago, powerful volcanic activity spawned iron-rich basaltic lava flows along much of its new northern coast. These flows, bubbling with gasses, hardened into the rock formations we see now.

I have tried to capture the strangeness of these formations in my sculptural work. On this shore I fire my kiln, which oddly melts local ash glazes and iron washes at the same temperature lava flowed from the earth millennia ago.

Esteemed teachers, a beloved husband Lev and a cohort of dear friends have supported me in this madness. Lev has also expertly wielded (some of) his Leica cameras to capture the mysterious landscape which inspired this exhibition.

Maxine Glanger
September 2026