San Diego Craft Collective — Local services in San Diego

This place is amazing. Owned and run by artisans in every sense of the word. My personal experience from taking their Intro to Wood working for Women:

I was always intimidated and afraid of the tools and loud "things" in our garage and would head the other way when the hubs was cutting wood or metal. I had no experience in using any of the tools and my fear kept me from getting near those loud, noisy, scary "things".

When I heard about this class, I thought, hhmm.. for women, ok, maybe I can do this and face my fears, so I signed up.

I learned all about the tools used to make all things wood! I learned how they operate, how to adjust them to fit you needs. I learned respect for the tools and marveled at how they performed and did exactly what I wanted them to do. I learned about wood, the cuts, the grains, how to put pieces together. I learned how to sand and scrape - an old style way of smoothing out the grains.

The instructors are top notch in their field, they are in fact teachers of woodworking at local colleges and one of the owners is a past president of The Furniture Society.

Amazing doesn't even begin to explain.

In two days I was instilled with the confidence and very basic knowledge to continue on my own and make other wood THINGS. I went from having never used a table saw to...

San Diego Craft Collective is something every city should have! A makerspace where you can learn from professional artisans things that you can't learn from simply watching YouTube tutorials or googling instructions. They have a high standard for their materials and the teachers they hire, and customers leave feeling satisfied at the beauty or functionality of what they've made. Plus learning a new skill really broadens your horizons and opens new doors. What I love most about them is their nonprofit aspect. Bringing the arts to undeserved communities by creating kits to gift to children who normally wouldn't have access to them is really something! The vision of this place is truly unique and well...

I took the kumiko class here taught by Michael, the class was excellent - we were just 6 people, the stock prep was done, tools were sharp, jigs were accurate.

Michael had a chill energy and walked us throughout how to do it, why it's done that way, and how it's not as scary as it looks (just a lot of careful creeping up on the right fit, and finding centres!).

The space was easy to find, staff are friendly, and the space is really beautiful with a cozy vibe. It helps that Liberty Station is right next door too! Excited to come back sometime for a completely...