If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a wood worker, a handy man or even a engineer, here’s your chance.

A Fresno non-profit is offering you an opportunity to explore your passions, and bring them to life at their local maker space.

On the outside, it’s just downtown Fresno, but on the inside of this old brick building, it’s the land of opportunity.

“The goal of Fresno Ideaworks is to foster a community of innovation. We want everybody building things,” President of Fresno Ideaworks Scott Kramer said.

Fresno Ideaworks is laying the foundation to spark creativity. They provide all of the tools you need to bring out your inner artist.

In every corner of this warehouse, brilliance is coming alive. From woodwork, to machinery, robotics, to ceramics. From glass blowing, to welding, 3D printing, and even wool spinning on Wednesdays

“The fact that we’ve got so many disciplines under one roof is very very different,” Woodshop Teacher & Board Member Matt Estes said.

You will never run out of innovative opportunities.

“Being that we have so many things involved, it really opens up people’s eyes and how each one can be interchanged and intertwined, on any given project,” Estes said.

How it works is the building blocks are provided: the tools and the work space. You just bring the material.

First, you train on the machine you need, then as a member, you have free access to use it on your own time.

“People need to make things. Even if you sit in an office all day, the experience of making things with your hands is an important human thing to do,” Kramer said.

Whether it’s a coffee table or a ceramic vase, it’s an opportunity to build something you could never create at home.

“Either they lack tools, they lack space or they lack knowledge. We provide those three here. And they provide the ideas and their ambition and the materials and we just try to help make it happen,” Estes said.

Memberships are just $40 a month, and only $20 for senior citizens, students and veterans.

More information can be found at http://fresnoideaworks.org/wp/.

