Chelsea Powrie
The Okanagan School of the Arts opened a new, cooperative-style maker space this week in the basement of the Shatford Centre, the first of its kind in Penticton.
It’s called Ideaforge, and it’s a shared room with tools and materials that anyone can join.
“The gist that I like to give people is that it’s a shared workshop space,” said organizer and founder Manda Maggs.
The spacious workshop has everything from crafting and carpentry tools to a high-tech laser cutter and a 3D printer. Maggs hopes to expand the equipment in the future to include larger industrial tools, but for now, the space is set up well for their purposes.
“For now, we’re doing a lot of arts and crafts, small scale construction projects, things that don’t involve, say, a table saw, but maybe a drill press or a router or things…
