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2017 has officially arrived, and we have a lot of ideas for the year to come. From new projects and filling up our Etsy shop, we still have our sights set on creating a makerspace. Here are a few goals we have for Make San Antonio in 2017: Stock up our Etsy shop. The Read More …
While you may have already read introductions from the Make San Antonio team, you have yet to meet our newest addition. Madison Cooper is Make San Antonio’s first volunteer. Madison found Make San Antonio through our profile on SA2020, she was “looking to be apart of a meaningful organization” and stumbled upon us. We’re happy Read More …
A big thank you to all those who have supported us, gave us feedback, suggestions and well wishes. We appreciate all the help during this membership drive. As our membership drive comes to a close, we’re well aware that we will not be reaching our 100 member sign-up goal. Therefore we will not be charging Read More …
Greg Reyes is an IT Engineer who is passionate about making. He grew up surrounded by tradesmen from ASE certified master mechanics to metalworkers to old carpenters who showed him a love for building with his own hands and taking pride in his work. His formal education in Computer Science allowed him to expand on Read More …
We’re a week into our membership drive, and we’re at 9 percent of our goal of reaching 100 members within our five week campaign. Since we’ve kicked off our drive, we’ve been met with a few questions including; “Why join now when I can just wait until Make San Antonio opens their doors, and join Read More …
We are making amazing strides with Make San Antonio. We’ve been chatting with community members, and meeting various leaders who support our plans to build a makerspace in San Antonio. We thank you for venturing along with us as we take the appropriate steps needed to get this idea from a dream to a reality. Read More …
Makerspaces are the conduit between thinking of an idea and having a final product come into existence. Whether it’s making arts and crafts, building that desk you saw on Pinterest, learning to take more professional pictures or just working on your own personal car or bike. A makerspace provides the creative environment where these projects Read More …
My grandfather was an amazing man. He would make you laugh when you were in the worst mood, then turn around and cuss at you all in the same breath. He worked as a carpenter his entire life and he always had a wealth of knowledge to share. That knowledge transfer would usually start by Read More …
We’ve all heard the phrase quoted, “Knowledge is Power” but in my opinion it’s a bit misleading. Knowledge is amazing! Learning is what drives us to become who we are and what we want to be. Prior to these last two decades however, an individual had to have a formal education in order to gain what Read More …
Make San Antonio of course! Well, that still doesn’t answer the burning question. The best way to describe a makerspace is a gym for creatives. You become a member of a gym to use unique gym equipment, maybe take a few classes or training, and build your health. A makerspace has the same concept. At a makerspace you’ll become a Read More …