Crash Space

A beginner-oriented class, students will learn the basics of soldering elements such as leds, switches, and a battery holder to create a Sailor Moon keychain they can take home. Example keychain here – https://www.instagram.com/p/DV66PZ7knxz/

August 16th Class

September 5th Class

No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds Policy – Limited on cash or unemployed right now? We have a set of free tickets specifically reserved for you! Email alicen@crashspace.org to check if any are still…

Learn basic woodworking skills and power tools while building a coaster to take home. Sign up HERE!

This class is open to all, no experience or membership necessary. Attendees must only become CRASH Space members if they would like to continue to use the tools for their own projects in the future. Each class is a one-off, with projects including coasters, stools, and flower presses.

A few of us made it out to the Westwood Greenway recently. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s a two-acre native plant habitat running alongside the Metro E Line in West LA, right next to the Westwood/Rancho Park station. There’s a small stream running through it that filters urban runoff, walking paths, and a surprising amount of wildlife for something sandwiched between a light rail line and a neighborhood

We went to help out with their volunteer watering team, which is exactly what it sounds…

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Join us at Crash Space where we collectively reimagine what the social web can look like when built on top of open protocols like AT Protocol and ActivityPub. We welcome folks from all kinds of backgrounds including artists, journalists, creators, academic researchers, end-users, and developers.

When

Late morning of Sunday, July 19th, 2026

• Doors open at 11am
• Talks start at 11:30am

Talks

• @richferro.com on building Latinsky and Medsky as a non-developer
• @chaosg…

Curious about fungi? Join us for a hands-on introduction to the weird world of mushrooms and mycelium.

We’ll explore how fungi can be used as living materials, clone mushrooms in culture, create mycelium sculptures, and experiment with mushroom-derived dyes and pigments.

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Gather with friends old and new to make a striking piece of custom camera-themed paper art! All are welcome; no previous experience is necessary, and Francesca (Ink & Paper Apothecary) will provide all the tools, materials, and guidance needed.

Supplies are carefully sourced and intended to offer a lush sensory experience—this time, we’ll have shimmering and color-shifting inks, iridescent foil, velvet paper, and other thoughtful details. The workshop debuts a…

Every summer thousands dance the night away at the Labyrinth Masquerade Ball, an immersive fantasy ball themed around the movie Labyrinth. Attendees spend weeks to months preparing their outfits, and we’ve collected some of our favorites from the CRASH community below!

Name: Sallia

Project: I already owned the dress and gold butterfly wall decor. I’ve been wanting to do something with servo motors. I hand stitched wall decor butterflies onto the dress and used Arduino ide to…

Learn to visibly mend, a method of repair that uses mends as decorative additions to textiles!

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Drink coaster supplies will be provided for students, but we also encourage you to bring an item of clothing you’d like to mend.

TOPICS COVERED

– A Brief History of Mending

– Approaches to Visible Mending

• Grid and needle based
• Darning loom based

– Materials and Tools

• Appliqués
• Thread

– Tips and Tricks

• Speeding up
• Unpicking
• Simulating outcomes with Python

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This class will go over heatstyling, creating volume, spikes, tangle-proofing longer hair and more!

Are you a cosplayer who is familiar with wigs but don’t know what to do to give them that extra pizazz? A good looking wig can take your cosplay to the next level.

Please note that this is an intermediate wig class meant for those with a basic knowledge of wigs (you have worn wigs many times, you’re comfortable enough that you’re not hesitant to cut one, familiar with the basic materials…

Come Learn Risography at CrashSpace!

Risography Crash Course! Bright Colors! Grungy dots! Unpredictable alignments! A Risograph is somewhere between a photocopy and a screen print. Beloved by zine creators, poster makers and retro design enthusiasts, Risography provides intense colors with just enough unpredictability to make it interesting. In this class we will learn Risography basics, reasoning about spot colors and get hands on experience with a Risograph printer. We will learn both…