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 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

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)

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.

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:

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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

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

At this Craft Club LA x House Mouse workshop, we will be making rosette style prize ribbons— the kind you may have been awarded in childhood for participation or achievement. These circular decorations, often layered with textured fabrics or ribbons, are a symbol of nostalgia and are making a handmade comeback. You will learn how to create something soft and whimsy using felt, ribbon, lace, and other materials to truly personalize your unique statement piece.

Craft Club LA is a community based group that meets once a month to make something whimsical together. Whether you are a first time crafter or a skilled artist, Craft Club LA welcomes everyone. As DIY culture, analog hobbies, and textile arts continue to make a comeback, our goal is to provide a creative space for people to connect and unwind… plus you get to leave with a hand made creation!

Workshop Details:

• Date: Sunday, July 19th

• Time: 1pm - 4pm

• Address: 850 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles

• Skill level: Beginner-friendly - no experience required

Enshrine a photograph in a stained glass picture frame

In this workshop led by Inessa Illes, you'll work with a selection of pre-cut glass shapes to build a frame sized to hold a favorite photo, polaroid, or photobooth strip.

Inessa will guide you through each step of the process, from selecting and arranging your pieces to soldering them together into a finished piece.

Bring your own photo to use for the sizing of the frame!

Workshop Details:

• Date: Sunday, July 12th

• 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. Cancellations within 24 hours are not eligible for transfer.