This month Sequoia Fabrica – featuring a wood and textile workshop, 3D printers and laser cutter, electronics, crafts and fine arts stations – opened at 1736 18th Street. Co-founders Max Omdal, Maggie Frankel and Emeline Brule hope that the makerspace will foster the next generation of designers and craftspeople.
“We’ll have a balance of two ways to get involved. Memberships and workshops,” said Omdal, Sequoia Fabrica president, who was introduced to the maker community as a software engineer while a college student in Minnesota. “Members will have access to high- and low-tech tools to build things for themselves, and those that are interested in contributing to the community can run classes. We…