Land Acknowledgement: The Octavia Lab acknowledges that we are on the traditional and unceded territory of peoples who have been known as the Kizh, Gabrielino, and Tongva throughout their several thousand year stewardship of this region.
Interested in volunteering for the Octavia Lab? Send us an email octavialab@lapl.org.
The Octavia Lab is a 3,000 foot DIY makerspace and studio space available for free to Los Angeles Public Library card holders. This project page showcases the resources, lessons and ideas that you can explore as you prepare to create own your personal projects.
The Octavia Lab's Los Angeles Public Library homepage is located below. Visit there for information about lab equipment, lab hours and lab blogposts.
Here are the sections to these project pages. These sections are also linked at the navbar at the top of the page.
Makerspace Projects - Place to start if you want to explore what we have available and things to do with it.
Tutorials - Place to start if you want to learn about free software.
Face Shields - See how a makerspace can support a community during a pandemic by making face shields.
Hidden Heroes, Historic Places- Hidden Heroes, Historic Places stopping point. Look here to learn more about less-than-well-known Los Angeles heroes, such as coloring pages and biographies.