The Member Directory below is an opt-in directory of Open Works members so folks can find a new friend, a great artist, or a maker-for-hire.
Due to reliance on user-generated data, directory may not accurately reflect total or current membership.
Open Works has supported approximately 338 small business starts since 2017. Several of these companies have grown out of our space and gone on to further success.
If you are a prior Open Works member and would like to be featured here, please email frontdesk @ openworksbmore.com.
ClearMask is the first FDA-certified clear face mask designed for the deaf and hearing-impaired community to be able to read lips of caregivers. ClearMask was a runner-up in the 2018 EnterpRISE Venture Competition, and scaled significantly during the pandemic.
Femly is an organic feminine hygiene brand that was a runner-up in the 2018 EnterpRISE Venture Competition. It now grosses over $13M annually.
MinnowTech developed sonar technology and advanced algorithms to count shrimp in dense aquaculture environments. MinnowTech closed a $16M Series A round in 2024. MinnowTech protoyped their first sonar arrays at Open Works in 2019-20.
MF Fire developed a unique airflow regulation system for woodstoves that reducees soot emissions by up to 90%. They protoyped their first stove, collapsible fire pit, and airflow systems at Open Works in 2017-19.
Unknown Studios is a landscape architecture firm with an international portfolio. Closer to home, they have done the master plan for renovations of Druid Hill Park and the Inner Harbor. They started their company here in 2019.
A Workshop of Our Own
1780 Union Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211
443-449-5886
Baltimore Clayworks
5707 Smith Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209
410-578-1919
Baltimore Hackerspace
6410 Landay Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21237
410-261-9691
Baltimore Jewelry Center
10 E. North Avenue, Suite 130, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-243-0479
B-More Kitchen
5609 Hess Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21212
Baltimore Node
2106 N. Lovegrove Street, Baltimore, MD 21218
Baltimore Print Studios
3500 Parkdale Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211
A Baltimore Underground Science Space (B.U.G.S.S)
101 N. Haven Street, Suite 105, Baltimore, MD 21224
Digital Harbor Foundation
1045 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
443-681-9384
FabLab Baltimore
Located on the CCBC Catonsville Campus
800 S. Rolling Road, Catonsville, MD 21228
443-840-4811
Station North Tool Library
417 E. Oliver Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-347-0850
Innovation Works
1400 Greenmount Avenue Suite B01(inside Open Works), Baltimore, MD 21202
410-921-1035
Made in Baltimore
Pop up shop locations vary, check website for latest.
Contact Andy Cook, andy@madeinbaltimore.org
Social Innovation Lab
320 W. 29th St #200, Baltimore, MD 21211
pavacenter@jhu.edu
Open Works has no affiliation with these businesses or organizations but we generally recommend purchasing local and/or reclaimed if at all possible.
Baltimore Fallen Lumber
1589 Sulphur Spring Road, Suite 111, Halethorpe, MD 21227
443-840-7373
Camp Small
2101 W Old Cold Spring Ln, Baltimore, MD 21209
410-396-6109
FreeState Timbers
9572 Deereco Road, Timonium, MD 21093
410-561-9444
R. Thomas Frock Lumber
2730 Loch Raven Road, Baltimore, MD 21218
410-243-9322
Chesapeake Plywood
3400 E. Biddle Street, Baltimore, MD 21213
410-469-6049
Wurth Wood
6660 Santa Barbara Rd, Elkridge, MD 21075
410-796-7600
Access Metals
8893 Kelso Drive, Essex, MD 21221
410-687-2414
Metal Supermarkets
7120 Golden Ring Road, Unit 112, Baltimore, MD 21221
410- 918-0199
Total Plastics
5424 Pulaski Highway, Baltimore, MD 21205
410-483-1122
Piedmont Plastics
7045 Troy Hill Drive, Suite 450, Elkridge, MD 21075
301-881- 7900
House of Foam
1004 Russell Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
410-727-0982
Almanac
1303 W Hamburg St, Baltimore, MD 21230
443-840-0444
Second Chance
1700 Ridgely Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
410-385-1700
The Loading Dock
2 North Kresson Street, Baltimore, MD 21224
410-558-3625
Housewerks Salvage
1415 Bayard Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
410-685-8047
Waverly Ace
601 Homestead Street, Baltimore, MD 21218
443-627-8893
Fab Foundation
The Fab Foundation is a U.S.-based international network of over 2,000 FabLabs, a specific kind of makerspace focused on digital tooling.
HoneyBee Network
The HoneyBee Network is based on the Indian subcontinent and works to archive and share indigineous technologies through community events and spaces.
MakerUSA
MakerUSA is a U.S.-based community of practice for professionals working in maker organizations.
Nation of Makers
The Nation of Makers is a trade association of U.S. makerspaces.
Verbund Offener Werkstatten
VOW is an association of German makerspaces with a robust set of free public resources on their wiki.