Facilities

San Diego Craft Collective opened a 2400 sqft studio in Liberty Station’s Arts District in San Diego, CA in 2019. The studio has a bench room with high ceilings, lots of light, 9 operable windows, air conditioning, and private bench space available for rent to local artists and craftspeople. The space boasts a woodshop with high-end and well-maintained woodworking equipment, a small boutique selling handmade objects made by Craft Collective tenants and instructors, and a flex space with kitchen used for workshops, classes and events. In addition to the woodworking equipment, there are 3 glass kilns and 3 ceramic kilns that support some workshops and are available to our resident artists. Woodworking, Glass, and Ceramics equipment is as follows:

Lathe area

The Collective’s lathe working area.

Power Tools

5 HP Sawstop Table saw

12” Jointer with Helical Head

22” Planer with Helical Head

12″ Sliding Compound Miter Saw

Router Table & variety of routers

30” Oliver Bandsaw

10″ Delta Bandsaw

Midi Lathe w/ turning tools

3 Drill Presses

Edge Sander

Benchtop disc sander

2 Bench grinders

10 cfm vacuum press

5 HP Air Compressor

Festool Domino Mortiser

Festool Track Saw

Festool 125 Orbital Sander

Various Portable Power Tools

GM-22 CS Skutt Glassmaster Kiln

HotStart Skutt Automatic Glass Kiln

84J AIM Glass Kiln

36″ Cress Ceramics Kiln

36″ Paragon Digital Ceramics Kiln

Small Cress Ceramics Kiln (7 cu ft)

Hand Tools

We have a collection of hand tools that are available for use during workshops and to our resident artists. These tools are kept in top condition and sharp. They are shared amongst workshop participants. We take pride in the quality of our tools! Here’s what we have:

Hand Planes

Dovetail Saws

Chisels

Mallets

Squares and Angle Bevels

Marking Gauges

Marking Knives

Files and Rasps

Spokeshaves

Carving Gouges

Burnishers

We also have a cabinet full of other tools: assortment of various wrenches, screwdrivers, hammers, cutters, etc. You’ll likely find whatever you need!

Bench room with sink

Workshop area

Lumber and Sheet Goods

We carry a small stock of lumber and sheet goods available for students and tenants to purchase to support their efforts at The Collective. Inventory varies, but lumber may also be delivered from one of our vendors with a couple of days notice.

Location

2590 Truxton Road, Studio 106

San Diego, CA 92106

We are located at the corner of Truxtun Road & Roosevelt Street in the Arts District in Liberty Station. Our space is at the west end of building 176 (first floor, end of the hall). Our studio is adjacent to the Liberty Station sign on Roosevelt Street. You can either enter the building from Roosevelt Street or through our private entrance at the back (Parking Lot Q) on the west side of the building (accessible from Dewey Road).

Parking is available in the back lot to tenants, workshop participants, and the community on a first-come, first-served basis. There is additional parking in adjacent parking lots, where you can park and take a short walk to our building. We do have a loading dock, located at the back parking lot. This is a convenient place to load and unload projects, tools, lumber, etc.

Woodshop at Night

this is our woodshop at night