Workshop: Seeds of Curiosity – Hybrid Worlds with Christie Lange

Saturday 9 August 2026
Studio 1, Hive
$60 per person (includes a light lunch)

Create a New Species in Clay

Inspired by the forms, textures and patterns found throughout the Big Small Worlds exhibition in the Gallery at Hive, participants will create their own hybrid organism using porcelain clay.

Guided by ceramic artist Christie Lange, this fun, hands-on workshop encourages close observation, imagination and creative experimentation through simple hand-building techniques. Participants will begin with a guided exhibition tour before designing and sculpting creating their own speculative creature or new species in clay.

No prior experience is required and all materials will be provided.

Important Information

• Ages 12+
• Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty or bring an apron
• No food or drink permitted in the clay studio
• A light lunch will be provided during a break on the Hive site

*Please note: participants will not be able to take their hybrid creature home on the day, as works will require approximately one month drying time prior to firing. Finished works will be fired by Hive staff and participants contacted when ready for collection.

Image credit: Christie Lange, Porcellana Biota, 2026, porcelain and glaze. Photographer Credit: Angela Casey

 

About the Artist

Christie Lange is a Tasmanian ceramic and mixed-media artist based in Binalong Bay on larapuna / Bay of Fires. Her practice explores restoration and renewal through close observation of ecological systems, with a particular interest in lichens, fungi, bryophytes, gastropods and soil communities.

Working primarily in porcelain, Christie hand-builds intricate sculptural forms that imagine hybrid ecologies shaped by adaptation and interdependence. She holds a Bachelor of Contemporary Arts (First Class Honours) from the University of Tasmania and has been recognised as a finalist in the Women’s Art Prize Tasmania, Bay of Fires Art Prize and Southern Ocean Art Prize.

Christie’s work is on display as part of the exhibition Big Small Worlds in the Hive gallery on Level 1 from 1 August – 18 October 2026

This is one of many event’s in Hive’s Seeds of Curiosity program which is part of National Science Week 2026.