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Join us on Saturday, March 29 for our first craft party of the year! Bring a tote bag to upcycle, or purchase a blank one at the event to transform into your dream tote. We will have a variety of fabric patches, buttons, and charms for you to adorn your bags with, as well as materials to create linocut stamps for printing designs onto your bags and patches.
There will be instructors floating around the event to provide assistance if you need help with any hand sewing or linocut techniques. They will also be giving demonstrations on hand sewing, sashiko stitching, button sewing, and linocut carving/printing.
Also feel free to use the fabric patches and buttons to create your own little wallets or pouches!
Free RSVP here so we can get a headcount for materials!
Pay at the door:
BYO tote - $15
Purchase blank tote - $25
All other materials included
850 N Virgil Ave
Saturday March 29
12pm - 5pm
with Jamiee Zhuge and Andy Cepollina
Unplug, unwind, and reconnect with the art of handwritten letters in this cozy, candlelit evening. Whether you’re writing to a loved one, a friend, or someone who’s made an impact on your life, this is your chance to slow down, reflect, and put pen to paper.
You’ll be able to choose from a variety of stationery and writing utensils, or feel free to bring your own.
Once your letters are complete, you’ll seal them with the wax and decorative stamp of your choice to add a personal, old-world touch to your correspondence.
We’ll also have complimentary wine and light snacks for you to enjoy as you create something meaningful to send or keep.
Details:
February 8
5:00-8:00pm
850 N Virgil Ave
If the cost of this workshop is prohibitive to you, please reach out to us at squeak@housemouse.la to inquire about sliding scale pricing.
with Jamiee Zhuge and Andy Cepollina
Celebrate love, friendship, or just the joy of making something with your hands in this cozy Valentine’s Day workshop. Together, you and your valentine, friend, or loved one will each create a ceramic mug, either as a matching set or to gift to one another. Once fired, they will be perfect for sipping coffee, tea, or whatever warms your hearts together.
In this workshop, we’ll guide you through basic handbuilding techniques to shape your mugs. Choose your clay, experiment with textures, and add personal touches to make your set truly unique. You’ll be able to pick from a variety of glaze colors to finish your pieces. Complimentary wine and snacks will be provided.
After the workshop, your set of mugs will be ready for pickup in 2-3 weeks.
By the end, you’ll have a beautiful, functional set of mugs to keep or gift—and a lovely new memory to go with them.
All skill levels are welcome!
Details:
February 8, 12:00-2:00pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Location: 850 N Virgil Ave
Price: $45 per person*
*Each attendee will need an individual ticket
If the cost of this workshop is prohibitive to you, please reach out to us at squeak@housemouse.la to inquire about sliding scale pricing.
with jamiee zhuge and andy cepollina
As we enter the spring season, set intentions with us in this reflective and meditative two-part handbuilding and candle dipping workshop. Create your own candle altars adorned with silver charms to guide and protect you throughout the rest of the year.
After an introduction on basic handbuilding techniques, you will build a pair of candle holders or single candelabra with the clay of your choice. As you build, reflect on your intentions for the new season, and how the ritual of lighting candles will play a role in realizing these intentions— whether it’s to slow down, take time to reflect, foster community, or any other dreams you wish to manifest.
Once our candle holders have been built, we will engage in an intention setting ritual by candlelight, in which we decorate a placard with 2-3 intentions for the season and year, and make charms, trinkets, or runes that represent these intentions out of silver clay.
We will come back together to hand dip candles after your ceramic pieces and silver charms have been fired. In this second session, we will explore candle form, shape, and texture. You can choose to either embed your silver charms in the wax of your candles, or hang them as an adornment from your candle holders, serving as a reminder of your intentions each time you light them. If you decide to embed your charms, your candles will burn away to leave you with pure silver reminders or protective guides for the year to come.
Details:
Part 1: Saturday March 22, 4pm - 8pm
Part 2: Saturday April 5, 4pm - 7pm
850 N Virgil Ave
We have a few sliding scale tickets available, if the cost of this workshop is prohibitive, please email us at squeak@housemouse.la to inquire about community pricing.
learn the basics of ceramic handbuilding to build your own mug, bowl, cup, ashtray or anything you want in this 2 hour class.
beginner friendly, but all skill levels welcome! all materials and tools will be provided. we will cover introductory ceramic concepts and handbuilding techniques including pinch pots, coil building, and slipping & scoring.
as this is a one time class, you will choose a glaze at the end and we will fire and glaze your piece for you. pieces will be ready for pickup in 3-4 weeks.
with andy cepollina
create your own ceramic instrument! ocarinas are wind instruments distinct from traditional flutes because their forms are enclosed vessels rather than open-ended cylinders.
in this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how ocarinas work, how to build and tune them, and how to experiment with unique ocarina designs
this is a 2 hour workshop where you will build 1-2 ocarinas from start to finish. we will fire and glaze your pieces and they will be ready for pickup in 3-4 weeks.
details:
september 12th 2024, 6-8pm
850 n virgil ave
sliding scale tickets available
create your own pinhole camera and learn how to use it to take cyanotype photographs!
these photographs capture UV light instead of the visible spectrum, which gives them a uniquely eerie and ghostly effect.
this 3-hour hands-on workshop is aimed towards those comfortable with DIY projects and crafting.
experience with Xacto knives, cardboard, painting, and basic understanding of photography recommended.
you will leave with your cyanotype camera, 1-2 cyanotype photos, and cyanotype solution to print at home.
when: august 17, 1-4pm
tickets are sliding scale $80-120. if interested please email us at housemousevirgil@gmail.com for a code to use at checkout
with inessa illes
this three hour workshop will focus on using pre-cut shapes to create a free-form stained glass frame. The steps will include collecting pieces, copper taping, and soldering.
details:
september 29, 2024, 2:30-6pm
850 n virgil ave
limited sliding scale tickets available
with taylor teutsch
introduction to cyanotype dyeing! 2 part course taking place october 26, and the following week on november 2.
part 1: we'll go over the process of cyanotype and get to know the materials. bring in any found objects, trinkets, or materials that you may like to use for printing. fabric will be provided!
additionally, we'll brainstorm any photos/drawings/artwork that you'd like to use for printing on garments in part 2.
part 2: clothing swap and dye! bring in any light colored cotton garment that can be traded with others. we will then customize our garments with the objects and/or designs brainstormed in the last session.
details:
session 1:
october 26, 2024, 2pm-4pm
session 2:
november 2, 2024, 2pm-4pm
850 n virgil ave
sliding scale tickets available
with sam young
learn the basics of hand stitching and visible mending
topics covered include:
five basic hand stitch techniques
correct needle and thread for specific projects
proper threading and knotting techniques
participants are encouraged to bring a mendable garment with a small hole or tear that they would like to repair. all other materials included
details:
october 25, 2024, 1-4pm
850 n virgil ave
sliding scale tickets available
with inessa illes
this three hour workshop will focus on using pre-cut shapes to create a free-form stained glass frame. the steps will include collecting pieces, copper taping, and soldering.
details:
october 20, 2024, 2:30-6pm
850 n virgil ave
limited sliding scale tickets available
with andy cepollina
create your own ceramic instrument! ocarinas are wind instruments distinct from traditional flutes because their forms are enclosed vessels rather than open-ended cylinders.
in this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how ocarinas work, how to build and tune them, and how to experiment with unique ocarina designs
this is a 2 hour workshop where you will build an ocarina from start to finish. we will fire and glaze your piece and it will be ready for pickup in 3-4 weeks.
details:
october 17 2024, 6-8pm
850 n virgil ave
sliding scale tickets available
with jamiee zhuge
create your own incense holders!
this is a 2 hour workshop where you will build 1-3 incense holders from start to finish. we will fire and glaze your pieces and they will be ready for pickup in 3-4 weeks.
details:
october 21 2024, 6-8pm
850 n virgil ave
sliding scale tickets available
with inessa illes
this three hour workshop will focus on using pre-cut shapes to create a free-form stained glass frame. the steps will include collecting pieces, copper taping, and soldering.
details:
november 17, 2024, 2:30-6pm
850 n virgil ave
limited sliding scale tickets available
with jamiee zhuge
create your own ceramic tray!
this is a 2 hour workshop where you will build a ceramic tray from start to finish. we will fire and glaze your pieces and they will be ready for pickup in 3-4 weeks.
details:
tuesday november 19 2024, 6-8pm
850 n virgil ave
sliding scale tickets available
with andy cepollina
create your own ceramic instrument! ocarinas are wind instruments distinct from traditional flutes because their forms are enclosed vessels rather than open-ended cylinders.
in this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how ocarinas work, how to build and tune them, and how to experiment with unique ocarina designs
this is a 2 hour workshop where you will build an ocarina from start to finish. we will fire and glaze your piece and it will be ready for pickup in 3-4 weeks.
details:
december 13 2024, 6-8pm
850 n virgil ave
sliding scale tickets available
with Elías MX
All materials included -- Participants will learn how to carve into a rubber/linoleum block and print their original design. Participants are encouraged to bring an 8 x 5.5 in design or draw one up in our session. The workshop will teach participants the basics of carving, carving safety, inking, and working a hand press. At the end of the workshop, participants will get to print an edition of 5. All prints will be in black and white.
details:
wednesday december 18 2024, 6-9pm
850 n virgil ave
sliding scale tickets available
with jamiee zhuge and andy cepollina
join us for our two part soup bowl workshop-
part 1: december 6
learn how to handbuild your own large soup bowl! in this first session, we'll go over two handbuilding techniques for crafting a bowl. once your bowl is shaped, you'll have the opportunity to decorate it using underglaze and sgraffito techniques. you can also select from a variety of in-house glaze colors, and we’ll take care of glazing and firing your piece to completion.
part 2: december 20
we will come back together for a cozy soup party, and slurp some soup out of the bowls you made! we will be serving up a of yummy couple soups (including vegan options), but also feel free to bring a soup to share with the group! we will also have some bread and drinks to complement the meal.
details:
december 6 + 20 2024, 6-8:30pm
850 n virgil ave
sliding scale tickets available
with jamiee zhuge and andy cepollina
As we ring in the new year, set intentions with us for 2025 in this reflective and meditative two-part handbuilding and candle dipping workshop. Create your own candle altars adorned with silver charms to guide and protect you throughout the year.
After an introduction on basic handbuilding techniques, you will build a pair of candle holders or single candelabra with the clay of your choice. As you build, reflect on your intentions for the new year, and how the ritual of lighting candles will play a role in realizing these intentions— whether it’s to slow down, take time to reflect, foster community, or any other dreams you wish to manifest.
Once our candle holders have been built, we will engage in an intention setting ritual by candlelight, in which we decorate a placard with 2-3 intentions for the new year, and make charms, trinkets, or runes that represent these intentions out of silver clay.
We will come back together to hand dip candles after your ceramic pieces and silver charms have been fired. In this second session, we will explore candle form, shape, and texture. You can choose to either embed your silver charms in the wax of your candles, or hang them as an adornment from your candle holders, serving as a reminder of your intentions for the year each time you light them. If you decide to embed your charms, your candles will burn away to leave you with pure silver reminders or protective guides for the year to come.
Details:
Part 1: Saturday January 18, 3pm- 6pm
Part 2: Saturday February 1, 3pm-6pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Sliding scale tickets available, please choose the level that feels financially comfortable for you.
with Jamiee Zhuge and Andy Cepollina
Slow down with us in this bookbinding workshop to make your own sketchbook or journal — a canvas for your dreams, reflections, and stories in the new year. This workshop will begin with creating a cyanotype print for the front and back covers of your journal. As the covers dry, we will go over the basics of Japanese stab binding and how this technique can be used to make a simple yet beautiful hand-bound book. Paper will be provided for you to fold into pages, and you can choose between ribbon and yarn to bind your book. In the final portion of the workshop, we’ll continue to explore modes of creation that encourage thoughtfulness and slowing down by adorning our journals with beads, string, ribbon, and other materials.
By the end of the workshop, you will not only have a handmade journal, but a functional piece of art upon which you’ve already begun to imprint your story, ready to accompany you through the new year and beyond.
Please feel free to bring any items you wish to print with.
Details:
January 24, 2025
6:30 pm-9:00 pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Sliding scale tickets available, please choose the level that feels financially comfortable for you.
with Jamiee Zhuge and Andy Cepollina
Want to play with some clay? Drop in for some loosely guided clay time this month!
Drop in any time from 12pm to 4pm on January 20, January 25
$15 for 2 pounds of clay
We will bisque fire your piece(s)! You can also choose from our selection of glazes and we will glaze your pieces for $5 each.
Drop ins welcome, pay on arrival or purchase here and bring your receipt day-of.
Details:
January 20, 2025
January 25, 2025
Drop in any time between 12pm-4pm
850 N Virgil Ave
with Inessa Illes
This four hour workshop will focus on using pre-cut shapes to create a free-form stained glass frame. The steps will include collecting pieces, copper taping, and soldering.
50% of proceeds will be donated to wildfire relief GoFundMe campaigns.
Details:
January 26, 2025, 1:30-5:30pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Los Angeles CA 90029
with Inessa Illes
This four hour workshop will focus on using pre-cut shapes to create a free-form stained glass frame. The steps will include collecting pieces, copper taping, and soldering.
Details:
February 23, 2025, 1:00-5:00pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Los Angeles CA 90029
with Jamiee Zhuge and Andy Cepollina
Slow down with us in this bookbinding workshop to make your own sketchbook or journal — a canvas for your dreams, reflections, and stories. This workshop will begin with creating a cyanotype print for the front and back covers of your journal. As the covers dry, we will go over the basics of Japanese stab binding and how this technique can be used to make a simple yet beautiful hand-bound book. Paper will be provided for you to fold into pages, and you can choose between ribbon and yarn to bind your book. In the final portion of the workshop, we’ll continue to explore modes of creation that encourage thoughtfulness and slowing down by adorning our journals with beads, string, ribbon, and other materials.
By the end of the workshop, you will not only have a handmade journal, but a functional piece of art upon which you’ve already begun to imprint your story, ready to accompany you through the new year and beyond.
Please feel free to bring any items you wish to print with.
Details:
February 27, 2025
5:30pm-8:30pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Sliding scale tickets available, please choose the level that feels financially comfortable for you.
with Jamiee Zhuge and Andy Cepollina
Want to play with some clay? Drop in for some loosely guided clay time this month!
Drop in any time from 12pm to 4pm on January 20, January 25
$15 for 2 pounds of clay
We will bisque fire your piece(s)! You can also choose from our selection of glazes and we will glaze your pieces for $5 each.
Drop ins welcome, pay on arrival or purchase here and bring your receipt day-of.
Details:
February 22
Drop in any time between 12pm-4pm
850 N Virgil Ave
with Kale @layup.freak
Throw it back to the grade school tradition with us and print a series of Valentine’s cards so you can share the love with everyone your heart desires!
In this workshop, you’ll design, carve, and print your own Valentine’ day cards. You’ll learn linocut techniques and use them to create personal valentines that you can print to give again and again. This workshop will also include an optional exchange of printed valentines. You’ll leave with your own set of valentines and your hand carved lino block.
All skill levels are welcome!
65% of proceeds will be donated to Trans Defense Fund LA
Details:
February 9, 3:00pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Location: 850 N Virgil Ave
Price: $25-45 sliding scale
If the cost of this workshop is prohibitive to you, please reach out to us at squeak@housemouse.la to inquire about sliding scale pricing.
learn the process and science behind cyanotypes from start to finish!
in this hands on workshop, we’ll teach you how to prepare cyanotype sheets, how they work, and some experimental applications of painting and printing with light.
all skill levels welcome! this will be a 2-hour workshop from which you’ll take home 3-5 finished cyanotype prints. feel free to bring any objects you would like to try printing with - such as organic material, glass, jewelry, or any knick knacks you may have laying around in your junk drawer.
when: august 10, 2-4pm
tickets are sliding scale $30-45 - if needed, please email us at housemousevirgil@gmail.com for a code to use at checkout
with annie ferguson
2 hours of creative experimentation via everyday objects and items found around the home. The goal of this workshop is to inspire participants to think creatively by opening up the way they look at look at an item's potential and practicing with play and experimentation. workshop participants will learn about print basics and a few examples of popular found object printmaking techniques, along with demonstration of how to print with items available at the workshop. BYO object encouraged !
details:
october 24, 2024, 6-8pm
850 n virgil ave
with Tre Fisher
embrace the spooky season while practicing figure drawing!
instructor will be present to provide technical insight and general guidance if wanted; those wishing to self-guide are welcome as well!
in addition to working from the model, we will also share in creating exquisite corpse drawings and other fun drawing games to get in the halloween spirit.
costumes are encouraged
when: fridays in october from 7-10pm
details:
dates: october 11, 18, 25; november 1
time: 7-10pm
850 n virgil ave
Indulge in a night of aquatic opulence at house mouse!
We’ll be serving up all things fish (except real fish - vegans welcome! this is a fish lover event) with fish themed crafting stations, delectable fish shaped sweets and snacks, and mini fishbowl punch.
Make beaded fish charms and keychains, linocut and print some delightful fish inspired imagery, or play a game of good old fashioned go fish.
It’s gonna be a sparkly, silly, sweet night & we hope you can dive in with us!
Date: Friday, May 16
Time: 4 pm - 9 pm
850 N. Virgil Ave
In this 3 hour workshop, make a set of ceramic wares for your home matcha ritual. We’ll go over pinch, coil, and slab techniques that will allow you to make a matcha bowl, whisk stand, and set of tea cups.
You will have the option to come back for a second session where we’ll make matcha drinks together! We’ll have matcha, alternative milk options, fruit syrups, ice, and more for us to craft and indulge in hot and cold matcha creations.
Date: Monday, May 12
Time: 6pm - 9pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Limited Sliding Scale tickets are available, please select the tier you can afford. This helps make our workshops accessible to more people, but we rely on the honor system to make this possible. Thank you!
with Maddie Keyes-Levine
In this class you will learn how to build a miniloom out of cardboard and weave coaster-sized tapestries. No experience required and all the skills learned can be scaled up to build larger looms for bigger weavings! This is a great way to learn the basics of weaving and use up scrap yarn.
All materials included.
Monday April 21
6:00pm - 8:00pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Los Angeles CA 90029
Co-facilitated with Krystal Chang
Join us in a celebration of spring flowers with CHĀ HUĀ - HUĀ CHÁ: Arranging & Drinking Flowers.
A play on the phonetic Chinese words, CHĀ HUĀ translates to “arrange flowers” and HUĀ CHÁ to “flower tea.” In this two-part workshop, we will engage with the mediums of clay and flowers in a variety of ways, for a delectable tactile experience that inspires all of the senses.
Workshop Curriculum
Session 1: You’ll learn the basics of ceramic handbuilding to create two vessels - one to be used as a tea cup and the other as a miniature vase. This will be a time to play with and feel the clay as you build two functional forms. We will also go over a few techniques to add texture and details to adorn the vessels. We’ll glaze and fire your vessels to be used in Session 2.
Session 2: Use your vessels to arrange flowers and drink tea. Using the best flowers the season has to offer, including hellebores, fritillaria, sweet peas, flowering branches, and others, and focusing on locally sourced blooms, we will create ikebana-inspired compositions with an emphasis on line and form in a meditative process. There will be Hua Tea herbal and black flower tea blends available to taste, as well as ingredients for you to experiment with your own tea blend, creating a flower arrangement in another form.
Open to all skill levels, no prior experience required. All flowers, materials and tools provided. Each participant will take home their two vessels and flower arrangement.
Tickets are transferable but non-refundable. Maximum 12 participants, minimum 5 participants - if there are fewer sign-ups tickets will be refunded.
Krystal Chang is a florist, architect, and designer currently working on public artworks, botanical installations, and residential landscapes. Learn more about her work at http://www.krystalchang.com
Session 1
April 12, 2025, 1:00-4:00pm
Session 2
April 26, 2025, 1:00-4:00pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Los Angeles CA 90029
Sliding scale tickets available; if the cost of this workshop is prohibitive, please email us at squeak@housemouse.la to inquire about community pricing.
Handbuilding Days is now Clay Cafe!
As Handbuilding Days has been growing and getting more popular, we’re so excited to finally transform this offering into a little craft cafe starting this month, to accommodate more people, more art, and more community building. Rather than a place where you only go to attend workshops, we want house mouse to be a place for the community to gather, make connections, and create all at the same time, and on a more regular basis.
At Clay Cafe, you will be able to choose from our menu of activity offerings:
Handbuilding — $18, includes 1.5 lb of clay* + loosely guided instruction, stay as long as you like
Drop-in wheel — $60, includes 2 hours on the wheel, 3 lbs of clay (*not a lesson, prior experience required. treat this as a practice session as we will not be able to hold your pieces for trimming or glazing)
*Additional clay available for purchase — $5/lb
Glaze session — Available for you to glaze pieces previously made during Handbuilding Days/Clay Cafe $0.20/cubic inch, $0.30/cubic inch for oversized pieces larger than 6” on any side
Drawing/painting — $12, includes paper and the medium of your choice (watercolor, acrylic, brushes, charcoal, pastels, pencils)
Refreshments will also be available.
Please RSVP (free) for the date you would like to attend so we can get a head count for materials. Pay-as-you-go on the day of attendance.
RSVP highly encouraged, limited walk-in spots available.
Details:
Weekend Sessions
April 5, 19, 27
12pm - 5pm
Weekday Evening Sessions
April 10, 24
4pm - 9pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Bring any and all fiber-related projects to work on with friends during this evening craft community hang <3 Crochet, knitting, mending, etc. projects all welcome.
Circus of Crafts will be providing crochet guidance, advice, troubleshooting, etc.
Light snacks and tea will be provided.
BYO materials!
Thursday, May 8
5:00pm - 9:00pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Los Angeles CA 90029
with Inessa Illes
This four hour workshop will focus on using pre-cut shapes to create a free-form stained glass frame. The steps will include collecting pieces, copper taping, and soldering.
Details:
April 13, 2025, 1:00-5:00pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Los Angeles CA 90029
In this 5-week course, you’ll design and build your very own tabletop game out of clay.
Think chess, checkers, mancala, dominoes, Chinese checkers… or anything in between. We'll cover all the handbuilding techniques you’ll need to sculpt your pieces and/or boards, along with glazing methods to bring your designs to life with color and detail.
To conclude the course, we’ll end with a game night in the final session where everyone can play and enjoy each other’s creations. No experience needed and all skill levels welcome :)
Dates: Thursdays, May 29 - June 26
Time: 6pm - 8pm
850 N. Virgil Ave
Limited Sliding Scale tickets are available, please select the tier you can afford. This helps make our workshops accessible to more people, but we rely on the honor system to make this possible. Thank you!
with Inessa Illes
This 4.5 hour workshop will focus on using pre-cut shapes to create a free-form stained glass frame. The steps will include collecting pieces, copper taping, and soldering.
Details:
July 6, 2025, 1:00-5:30pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Los Angeles CA 90029
Create your own ceramic instrument! Ocarinas are wind instruments distinct from traditional flutes because their forms are enclosed vessels rather than open-ended cylinders.
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how ocarinas work, how to build and tune them, and how to experiment with unique ocarina designs.
This is a 3 hour workshop where you will build an ocarina from start to finish. We will fire and glaze your piece and it will be ready for pickup in 3-4 weeks.
Details:
July 17 - Turtle Theme
July 18 - Snail Theme
6-9pm
850 n virgil ave
with Anh Tran
Join us for a fun and sustainable creative session where you make a unique and high quality bag charm or keychain, by making a ceramic charm and bedazzling it with semi-precious stones, pearls, and glass. 🍷🍇 This event is BYOB– feel free to bring your own wine and snacks.
Process
In the first hour, you will learn basic hand-building techniques for the clay portion, then it’s choose your own adventure from there! At the second hour, the jewelry-making/ beading portion will be introduced. You will choose your beads from a wide variety and have time to plan your design before threading everything together. In the final hour, you will return to the clay charm to add colorful details using underglaze. The workshop is structured to give everyone plenty of time with each portion, but choose your own pace, and take a snack break whenever! 🐢…🐇.. you will leave everything at the venue to be picked up at a later date.
After the event, I will fire your projects at a pottery studio, glossy-glaze everything, and fire it a second time before preparing them for pick up. Once your work is ready for pickup, you will be notified by text and/or email. Items can also be shipped for an additional fee.
You will love having made an accessory yourself from start to finish! Not only that, but you can feel good knowing it was made with natural and sustainable materials, so that at the end of its life, each piece can return to the earth: wooden beads can be composted, stone and glass can be reused or decorate the garden, and metal findings can be recycled.
Details:
July 19
2PM-5PM
850 N Virgil Ave
with Jamiee Zhuge and Andy Cepollina
Slow down with us in this bookbinding workshop to make your own sketchbook or journal — a canvas for your dreams, reflections, and stories. This workshop will begin with creating a cyanotype, watercolor, or lino-cut print for the front and back covers of your journal. As the covers dry, we will go over the basics of Japanese stab binding and how this technique can be used to make a simple yet beautiful hand-bound book. Paper will be provided for you to fold into pages, and you can choose between ribbon and yarn to bind your book. In the final portion of the workshop, we’ll continue to explore modes of creation that encourage thoughtfulness and slowing down by adorning our journals with beads, string, ribbon, and other materials.
By the end of the workshop, you will not only have a handmade journal, but a functional piece of art upon which you’ve already begun to imprint your story, ready to accompany you through your life.
Please feel free to bring any items you wish to cyanotype print with.
Details:
July 20
1pm-5pm
850 N Virgil Ave
bring an old friend, make a new one
Join us for a craft à la carte at Clay Cafe! Choose from handbuilding, glazing, painting, and more — we’re so excited to offer a craft cafe to accommodate more people, more art, and more community building. Rather than a place where you only go to attend workshops, we want house mouse to be a place for the community to gather, make connections, and create all at the same time, and on a more regular basis.
At Clay Cafe, you will be able to choose from our menu of activity offerings:
Handbuilding — $18, includes 1 lb of clay* + loosely guided instruction, stay as long as you like
Drop-in wheel — $60, includes 2 hours on the wheel, 3 lbs of clay (*not a lesson, prior experience required. treat this as a practice session as we will not be able to hold your pieces for trimming or glazing)
*Additional clay available for purchase — $5/lb
Glaze session — Available for you to glaze pieces previously made during Handbuilding Days/Clay Cafe $0.20/cubic inch, $0.30/cubic inch for oversized pieces larger than 6” on any side
Drawing/painting — $12, includes paper and the medium of your choice (watercolor, acrylic, brushes, charcoal, pastels, pencils)
Cyanotype — $12, includes paper, cyanotype solution, and some objects for printing. Feel free to bring your own objects to print with, or forage some from the plants in the surrounding area :)
Refreshments will also be available.
Please select the craft activity and date you would like to participate in, and submit your preferred name and contact phone number.
Purchasing in advance highly encouraged, limited walk-in spots available.
Note: Glazing Session fees will be calculated day-of based on the volume in cubic inches of your piece(s).
Weekend Sessions:
July 5, 12
12pm - 5pm
Evening Session / Summer Club:
July 24
5pm-9pm
850 N Virgil Ave
In this 3 hour workshop, make a set of ceramic wares for your home matcha ritual. We’ll go over pinch, coil, and slab techniques that will allow you to make a matcha bowl and set of tea cups.
You will have the option to come back for a second session where we’ll make matcha drinks together! We’ll have matcha, alternative milk options, ice, and more for us to craft and indulge in hot and cold matcha creations.
Date: Saturday, August 23
Time: 12pm - 3pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Limited Sliding Scale tickets are available, please select the tier you can afford. This helps make our workshops accessible to more people, but we rely on the honor system to make this possible. Thank you!
Join us for a series of summer evening activities in the courtyard with food & drink! The perfect way to spend a warm summer night <3
This month, we’ll have:
8/14: Game Board Night (5-9pm)
We’re feeling nostalgic so we’ll have games like Sorry and Trouble, as well as classics like Tic Tac Toe, Chess, cards, and more. Feel free to BYO game!!
Free RSVP! Click “Add to Cart” and complete the transaction to register
8/28: Clay Cafe evening in the courtyard with wine (sign up over on Clay Cafe August) (5-9pm)
bring an old friend, make a new one
Join us for a craft à la carte at Clay Cafe! Choose from handbuilding, glazing, painting, and more — we’re so excited to offer a craft cafe to accommodate more people, more art, and more community building. Rather than a place where you only go to attend workshops, we want house mouse to be a place for the community to gather, make connections, and create all at the same time, and on a more regular basis.
At Clay Cafe, you will be able to choose from our menu of activity offerings:
Handbuilding — $18, includes 1 lb of clay* + loosely guided instruction, stay as long as you like
Drop-in wheel — $60, includes 2 hours on the wheel, 3 lbs of clay (*not a lesson, prior experience required. treat this as a practice session as we will not be able to hold your pieces for trimming or glazing)
*Additional clay available for purchase — $5/lb
Glaze session — Available for you to glaze pieces previously made during Handbuilding Days/Clay Cafe $0.20/cubic inch, $0.30/cubic inch for oversized pieces larger than 6” on any side
Drawing/painting — $12, includes paper and the medium of your choice (watercolor, acrylic, brushes, charcoal, pastels, pencils)
Cyanotype — $12, includes paper, cyanotype solution, and some objects for printing. Feel free to bring your own objects to print with, or forage some from the plants in the surrounding area :)
Refreshments will also be available.
Please select the craft activity and date you would like to participate in, and submit your preferred name and contact phone number.
Purchasing in advance highly encouraged, limited walk-in spots available.
Note: Glazing Session fees will be calculated day-of based on the volume in cubic inches of your piece(s).
Weekend Sessions:
August 2, 9
12pm - 5pm
Evening Session / Summer Club:
August 28
5pm-9pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Join us for a picnic at the park with crafts, potluck style <3
We’ll be bringing drawing and water color supplies, but please feel free to bring your own projects as well such as knitting/crochet, mending, etc.
We will also have some snacks, light bites, tea, and refreshments for everyone.
Feel free to bring a dish, drink, or dessert to share with the group :)
Free RSVP! Click “Add to Cart” and complete the transaction to register.
Date: Saturday, August 16
Time: 11pm - 3pm
Meet at Barnsdall Art Park
Izabela of Cool Girl Making Zines (@coolgirlmakingzines) will be joining us to host a zine workshop! She will be bringing a fabulously curated collection of materials for participants to experiment with as we learn how to create DIY 8-page personal zines with collage, drawing, and multimedia elements.
There will be prompts and zines to get inspired by but everyone is welcome to use their own ideas. The workshop will begin with a short history and fun facts about zines.
You don’t need to bring anything, just come ready to play and create! No prior experience is needed. Zine making offers a creative space for intuitive process, experimentation, mistakes, messiness and freedom.
Izabela is a zine maker whose works are deeply inspired by nature, emotions, playfulness, and slowing down. Fuelled by her childlike wonder, her art is whimsical and curious. By playing with different materials, adding layers and textures, and mixing collage with words, she creates unique zines, each of them is an extension of herself.
September 14
2pm - 5pm
850 N Virgil Ave
led by malavika rao
Using fabric scraps, felt, and stuffing, participants will design and hand sew their own soft sculpture keychains. This workshop encourages play, experimentation, and low-stakes making—no sewing experience required.
Bring your own notions and fabric scraps if you’d like to upcycle them!
malavika rao is a multidisciplinary artist and educator primarily working in painting, fiber, and installation. malavika’s practice recontextualizes practices of homemaking as methods of worldmaking. malavika uses craft to heal generational trauma and tend to the fragile relationship between care and survival. In their installations, malavika employs various crafting practices as modes of speculative world-building—creating spaces to interrogate inherited structures of care. They propose alternative relational frameworks grounded in reciprocity and collective sustenance, invoking a deeper, cosmological sense of interconnectedness, where the act of making becomes a ritual of repair, attunement, and orientation toward life-affirming futures.
September 27
2pm - 5pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Limited sliding scale tickets available at each tier; please select the tier corresponding to your ability to pay. Selecting higher tiers supports house mouse and those unable to afford the full cost of the workshop.
Tickets are transferable but non-refundable. Please email us at squeak@housemouse.la with any questions.
led by Andy Cepollina
In this 4-week course, we’ll go over the foundations of stop motion animation and claymation.
Together as a class, we will create a story board, build clay puppets, and make props out of found objects. The course will culminate with a collaborative film made together with all participants of the course.
No experience needed and all skill levels welcome :)
Andy Cepollina is an animator and ceramicist working in experimental animation, including stop motion, projection mapping, and digital 3D animation, utilizing a multitude of mediums. They graduated with a BFA in animation from Loyola Marymount University, and they continue to work with the university on large scale projection mapping projects.
Mondays, October 20 - November 10
6pm - 8:30pm
850 N. Virgil Ave
Get into the Halloween spirit with us at this month’s craft party!
Glaze a pre-made ceramic trinket dish/incense holder or paint a mini pumpkin. We’ll glaze fire your ceramic piece and have it ready by Halloween!
We’ll have some fall-inspired sweet treats and refreshments as well.
October 17
5-9pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Tickets are transferable but non-refundable. Please email us at squeak@housemouse.la with any questions.
with Jamiee Zhuge and Andy Cepollina
Join us for our two-part Soup Bowl Workshop:
Part 1: October 21
Learn how to handbuild your own large soup bowl! In this first session, we'll go over basic handbuilding techniques for crafting a bowl. Once your bowl is shaped, you'll have the opportunity to decorate it using slip and sgraffito techniques. You can also select from a variety of in-house glaze colors, and we’ll take care of glazing and firing your piece to completion.
Part 2: November 4
We will come back together for a cozy soup party and slurp some soup out of the bowls you made! We will be serving up a couple of yummy soups (including vegan options). Please feel free to bring a friend and a soup to share with the group!
October 21 + November 4
6-8:30pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Tickets are transferable but non-refundable. Please email us at squeak@housemouse.la with any questions.
with Jamiee Zhuge and Andy Cepollina
As we prepare for autumn, set intentions with us in this reflective and meditative two-part handbuilding and candle dipping workshop. Create your own wall-hanging or tabletop altars perfect for holding trinkets and ritual objects.
After an introduction on basic handbuilding techniques, you will build an altar with the option to also make additional ritual objects such as a candle holder, an incense or palo santo holder, and a small guardian.
We will come back together to hand dip beeswax candles after your ceramic pieces have been fired. In this second session, we will explore candle form, shape, and texture. You will leave this session with your finished altar and 2-3 hand dipped candles.
Details:
Part 1: October 18, 12pm - 4pm
Part 2: November 1, 12pm - 4pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Tickets are transferable but non-refundable. Please email us at squeak@housemouse.la with any questions.
Create your own ceramic instrument! Ocarinas are wind instruments distinct from traditional flutes because their forms are enclosed vessels rather than open-ended cylinders.
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how ocarinas work, how to build and tune them, and how to experiment with unique ocarina designs.
This is a 3 hour workshop where you will build an ocarina from start to finish. We will fire and glaze your piece and it will be ready for pickup in 3-4 weeks.
Monday, October 6th
6-9pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Tickets are transferable but non-refundable. Please email us at squeak@housemouse.la with any questions.
In this 3 hour workshop, make a set of ceramic wares for your home matcha ritual. We’ll go over basic handbuilding techniques that will allow you to make a matcha bowl and set of tea cups.
Thursday, October 23
6pm - 8:30pm
850 N Virgil Ave
Tickets are transferable but non-refundable. Please email us at squeak@housemouse.la with any questions.
led by Malavika Rao
Using fabric scraps, felt, and stuffing, we'll design and hand sew soft sculpture keychains together. This workshop encourages play, experimentation, and low-stakes making—no sewing experience required. Perfect for anyone who's been wanting to try fiber arts or just needs an afternoon of making something cute and tactile.
Bring your own notions and fabric scraps if you’d like to upcycle them!
Workshop Details:
Date: Saturday, November 15, 2025
Time: 2pm - 5pm
Location: 850 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles
Duration: 3 hours
Skill level: No sewing experience required - we'll teach you everything!
with Inessa Illes
Using pre-cut glass shapes, you'll create your own free-form image or abstract composition - no experience needed, just a willingness to play with possibilities. We'll guide you through every step from selecting pieces to soldering your final creation.
Workshop Details:
Date: Sunday, November 9, 2025
Time: 1:00pm - 5:30pm
Address: 850 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles
Duration: 4.5 hours
Class size: Limited to 6 participants
Skill level: Beginner-friendly - no experience required
Note: tickets are transferable but not refundable. Additionally, any cancellations made less than 24 hours prior to workshop date will not be eligible for transfer to a future workshop.
join us in a celebration of valentine’s day and the lunar new year!
we’ll be making paper lanterns, drawing valentine’s grams, and enjoying floral tea <3
drawing facilitated by SKETCHxLA
floral tea by HUA TEA
12-4pm
free event! RSVP on partiful here:
Join us for our third snailspace gathering! snailspace is a series of outdoor experiences for those wishing to slow down and commune with nature and each other over art and tea.
This month, we’ll be using sunlight and found objects to create cyanotype and anthotype sun prints. Cyanotypes use iron chemistry and direct sunlight to produce vivid Prussian blue prints in just minutes — you'll arrange found objects like leaves, feathers, and grasses into compositions, expose them in the sun, and rinse them in water to reveal the print on the spot. Anthotypes use plant-based pigment as the light-sensitive material, and because they're slower, you'll set yours up at the beginning of the workshop and expose it in the background while working on cyanotypes. Printing materials will be provided, but feel free to bring materials you’d like to experiment with from home.
You'll leave with finished cyanotype and anthotype prints, as well as a booklet of sunprinting recipes to try at home.
Krystal Chang of Hua Tea will provide tea. Sip on a variety of flower teas as you create your sun prints!
No experience necessary, all skill levels welcome.
Each snailspace pairs a tea component with an art activity rooted in natural processes.
Workshop Details:
Date: March 28
Time: 11:00am - 1:30pm
Location: Ernst E. Debs Park (exact location will be sent to ticket holders prior to the workshop)
Class size: Limited to 15 participants
Skill level: Beginner-friendly - no experience required
with Kale
Take your printmaking to the next level. In this workshop, you'll create a two-color linoleum block print of your own design, learning the techniques behind linocut and layered printing to achieve a bold, graphic result. We'll cover carving strategy, ink mixing, and registration so your two tones line up just right.
This workshop will also include an optional exchange of prints. You’ll leave with your own set of prints, your hand carved lino block, and a cutting tool.
All skill levels welcome! Come with a design in mind — you'll be translating it into print by the end of the session.
Tickets
$45 — Workshop only: Bring your own lino cutter to class or borrow one of ours.
$60 — Workshop + Carving Tool: A new Speedball lino cutter is included for you to keep.
Details:
March 29
Time: 2:00-5:00pm
Location: 850 N Virgil Ave
Price: $45/$60
Learn the basics of handbuilding while creating a functional set of ceramic wares for use in your home matcha ritual. You’ll learn fundamental ceramic techniques, decorate your bowl with carvings and texture, and choose finishes for each of your pieces from our wide range of glazes.
All glaze options are foodsafe. Pieces will be fired, glazed, and ready for pickup within 3 weeks.
Workshop Details
Date: April 14
Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: 850 N Virgil Ave
Skill level: Beginner-friendly - no experience required
Tickets are transferable but non-refundable. Please email us at squeak@housemouse.la with any questions.
with Inessa Illes
In this hands-on workshop, you'll work with a collection of pre-cut glass shapes to build your own free-form image or abstract composition — no experience necessary, just an open mind and a sense of play. Inessa will guide you through each step of the process, from selecting and arranging your pieces to soldering them together into a finished work. You'll leave with a one-of-a-kind stained glass piece that's entirely your own, ready to hang in a window and catch the light for years to come.
Workshop Details:
Date: April 19
Time: 12pm - 4:30pm
Address: 850 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles
Duration: 4.5 hours
Class size: Limited to 6 participants
Skill level: Beginner-friendly - no experience required
Note: tickets are transferable but not refundable. Additionally, any cancellations made less than 24 hours prior to workshop date will not be eligible for transfer to a future workshop.
Explore color, pattern, and texture using pieces of reclaimed tile to make a pair of mosaic coasters.
In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn the basics of mosaic design and assembly. Using recycled ceramic tiles smashed to smaller pieces, participants will be able to create a pattern or design, and transform ceramics waste into a functional home good.
You’ll make: 2 finished mosaic coasters, ready to use
Workshop Details:
Date: May 9th
Time: 11am - 2pm
Address: 850 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles
Skill level: Beginner-friendly - no experience required
Build a ceramic instrument that actually plays, and take it home in a few weeks.
Ocarinas are one of the oldest wind instruments in the world, and in this three-hour workshop you'll make one from scratch. You'll learn how the instrument works acoustically, how to shape and tune the clay body, and how to finish it with your own design.
This is a 3 hour workshop where you will build an ocarina from start to finish. We will fire and glaze your piece and it will be ready for pickup in 3-4 weeks.
You’ll make: a custom-made, fired-and-glazed ceramic ocarina.
Workshop Details:
Date: Tuesday, May 12th
Time: 6pm - 9pm
Address: 850 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles
Skill level: Beginner-friendly - no experience required
Pickup: 3–4 weeks after the workshop
Make a precious sewn object to hold the things that matter most to you.
In this workshop, led by Malavika Rao, we will create a hand-sewn pocket altar - a soft fabric pouch to hold keepsakes, photographs, ancestors, and intentions.
Together, we’ll think about what an altar can be: a site of care, a place to return to, or a way of honoring the everyday. We will stitch in keepsakes, attach small photographs, or add fabrics that hold significance, transforming the pouch into a personal anchor.
All materials will be provided, along with an assortment of fabric scraps and embellishments. Participants are encouraged to bring fabric remnants, small objects, or meaningful items they may want to incorporate into their altar. This workshop is beginner-friendly and open to all; no prior sewing experience needed.
You'll leave with: a finished pocket altar — a soft, hand-sewn pouch holding whatever you choose to put inside it.
Workshop Details:
Date: May 10
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: 850 N Virgil Ave
Class size: Limited to 8 participants
Skill level: Beginner-friendly - no experience required
Sliding scale pricing: Base rate covers the workshop cost. Community rate is for those who need a lower price point. Supporter rate helps subsidize spots for others. Choose what works for you.
Bring with you: any fabric scraps, small objects, or photographs you'd like to incorporate
Make a unique ceramic bird feeder
Using the slab-building technique, you'll construct a fully functional bird feeder with a seed silo, multiple perches, and your own decorative touches. This is a four-hour deep dive into handbuilding. You'll learn how to work with slabs and finish a structurally sound piece. We'll glaze and fire your piece for you after the workshop.
You'll make: a finished, glazed ceramic bird feeder, ready to hang in 2–3 weeks.
Workshop Details:
Date: May 17th
Time: 11am - 3pm
Address: 850 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles
Skill level: Beginner-friendly - no experience required
Learn the basics of cyanotype & solar printing while preserving a picture of your pet on an item of clothing!
Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that uses sunlight to transfer an image onto a printing medium. You'll learn the process of solar printing, then make a custom print of your pet's photo on a t-shirt or tote. We'll have shirts available, or bring your own item.
You'll make: a wearable cyanotype print featuring your pet
Workshop Details:
Date: May 30th
Time: 11am - 2pm
Address: 850 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles
Skill level: Beginner-friendly - no experience required
After you sign up: email squeak@housemouse.la the photo you want to use and the dimensions you would like the negative to be. We’ll also send a reminder email 1-2 weeks before the workshop.
