San Diego Craft Collective - San Diego, California

Joseph S.

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 different class!

Amy S.

My sister And I so enjoyed our power carving class hosted by Cecilia Bencomo. We had been looking so forward to taking this class and learning the skills of power carving. We not only left Proud of our First creations, but can’t wait to continue perfecting our skills and enjoying this craft. Cecilia was a wealth of information and highly skilled. We look forward to learning more from her. Don’t hesitate to take any classes from her.

Andra K.

This place is amazing to learn a new hobby or skill and do it with family or friends. Must come here! Me and my husband did a wood working shop where you build your own coffee table and it was amazing. I felt confident in being able to learn on all the wood shop tools including different routers, table saw, compound miter saw, jig saw and hand tools (sanders, drills, ect). The instructors and staff are very knowledgeable, friendly, and amazing teachers. I loved the whole class and I will be coming back for other classes.

Jessica M.

Really enjoyed the hard cover book/ journal workshop with George! He was a patient and informative teacher and the atmosphere was very relaxed and fun. Learned a lot and would love a longer deep dive into book binding. Would absolutely take another class!

Cindy

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 making stuff!

Justine G.

I had a fantastic stained glass class with Joel! He has a lot of experience and the piece turned out so lovely! Would highly recommend any crafty people to take this class 100%

Jen L.

This place is heaven for creatives or the curious. Highly encourage those seeking outlet to use hands, learn or improve skills, & meet interesting people.

Abbey C.

I took a private glass fusion class here. The instructor we had was a little bit odd and slightly rude in the way she spoke with us. Apparently she was a vendor and not part of the studio itself however. It was a really fun class though! My piece didn’t turn out super well the first time and I wasn’t happy with it, but the lovely people of the Craft Collective were happy to fire it again and fix it and I was super thrilled with the results! Definitely will be doing more projects here in the future.