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ARCH Art and Drafting Supply

4.6 (217 reviews)
Closed 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Updated a few days ago

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Entry off 17th Street sunny Potrero Hill district.
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ARCH we've followed from Pacific Avenue downtown S.F. to now here on Potrero Hill, still a wonderful place to enable creative endeavors. Everything you need and more, nice to see the old school, non-digital pencils, brushes, papers, canvas stretchers. We also have Flax near us in the East Bay which we go to often, just got a gorgeous Lamy fountain pen from there. The area surrounding ARCH is equally fun, ceramic studios running with doors open to the street so you can peer in, furniture, fireplace and other showrooms by the ton. Cruised through Bath & Beyond, high end plumbing fixtures on display. If you're in the area, go to Norden Living (furniture), Heath Tile, Tartine Bakery, then drive to MCD Museum of Craft & Design, Flora Grubb for plants, have lunch at the Mission Rock Resort or Tartine, can't lose either way. Great area!

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3 years ago

A pleasant convenient shopping experience! Able to dash in and get emergency art supplies good street parking.

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2 years ago

What a neat store! Loved all the special paper and so many paints. Very nice staff welcomed my dog too.

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2 years ago

These people have everything and are super helpful as most of the people who work here are artists.

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3 years ago

I love this place! Great service and great products. I feel inspired to create art just walking through the door.

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Has a wide selection of acrylics, brushes and canvases! The staff is friendly if you have any questions.

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I've been shopping at Arch for decades. I stumble across them wherever they move. Love live Arch.

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Great selection of ssupplies and materials. Especially papers if various stock. Reasonable prices. Recommend!

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This place is a bit smaller than FLAX but still carries all you need, and so much more personalized service.

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Scrap

Scrap

4.0
(329 reviews)
1.7 mi
$

Scrap is exactly what you think it is - odds and ends of art supplies (some new, mostly used or…read moreopen) for the crafty. There is also some original art for sale. Something for everyone to scratch that creative itch. There's a lot going on here but it's organized by category which is helpful. Also, there's an option to donate here which is always great! Agree with other reviewers that the area doesn't feel the safest and is a bit apocalyptic (barbed fence wires with no one walking around) but I think it adds to the charm of the place. Just don't recommend coming here at night and take an Uber/drive if you can as it's located in an industrial area.

I really love the concept of this place and what it stands for. Being able to donate art supplies…read moreand give them a second life is such a great idea, and I was excited to contribute. That said, my recent donation experience was honestly off-putting. When I dropped off my items, the person working the donation window was very dismissive and quickly waved me off without any acknowledgment or basic courtesy. It felt like I was being shooed away rather than thanked for donating. It might seem like a small interaction, but for a place that relies on community contributions, that moment matters. A simple "thank you" or even a neutral, respectful handoff would go a long way. I still appreciate the mission, but the experience made me think twice about donating again. Hoping this is something the team can address.

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Paper Tree

Paper Tree

4.8
(102 reviews)
2.3 mi
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San Francisco is a city full of twist and turns like Lombard street . The crookedest street in…read moreworld of course is in Vermont ( not the state) street in San Francisco. When it comes to art work in the city some art creations comes in a variety of shapes and forms and have so many multidimensional twists. Hand made art can be explored in different neighborhoods in San Francisco through canvases in the galleries and murals on the walls of the city streets. In Japantown there is a place where art is made on paper and with paper and you can create almost any work of art from plants , flowers and also animals like birds and tigers through the art of origami. This place is located on Buchanan Mall in Japantown in San Francisco and it's called Paper Tree. On a Spring stroll around Japantown in San Francisco there is a place to not only learn about the art of origami but also get the art supplies like origami paper to make the pieces of art. You will find inside lots books about origami along with displays of some of the most amazing art work. Komo was very helpful and gave me a lesson about the origami art sculptures displayed inside Paper Tree. This place is so inspirational origami will become my new hobby. In the month of August every year Paper Tree host the Origami Palooza in San Francisco Japantown. Paper Tree have classes to teach and "train " how to make an origami "Crane" and you can also take flight and make a "paper plane "origami is a fun hobby to stay focus and self "entertain" Come to Paper Tree and book a "session" to learn origami and make paper shapes in the third "dimension "and create animals and plants and your own character "invention "and late August in Japantown they host Origami Palooza an origami "convention"

I have no skill whatsoever in origami. The most advanced thing I know how to fold is probably the…read morestandard crane and little jumping frog. Regardless, this is a must if you're in SF Japantown for the first time and definitely if you're interested in papercraft. SUPER impressive display of origami that they have here. Things are folded and tucked in such unique ways that I would have never thought of to create so many of their cool crafts. This includes various animals, dinosaurs, references to pop media (Star Wars, Disney, Ghibli, etc.), plants, and much more. Pretty amazing if you ask me. Their shop dog is also impressively large and also really chill. Fun to see 'em wandering around and just hanging out. They seem to also have community events and classes, including free online ones. I'd definitely check out their website and social media accounts for information, but I always LOVE when businesses foster community and build towards hobbies. They also have private classes and they also do events for corpos or birthdays which is pretty neat. HUGE variety of different papers of all prints, patterns and textures, along with guide books, along with various gifts and art supplies and tools. Prices vary based on what you're getting, but seems quite affordable if you're just getting into the craft and pretty reasonable if you're finding fancier imported paper that'd be difficult finding elsewhere. Staff were friendly and ready to answer any questions that we had. If you have a crafty and artistic side, another reason to visit as well!

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View of Buchanan Mall looking toward the Japantown Peace Plaza
View of Buchanan Mall looking toward the Japantown Peace Plaza
Store Front Display combatting hate, especially the increase in violence perpetrated against Asian American Pacific Islanders. gofoldme.com
Store Front Display combatting hate, especially the increase in violence perpetrated against Asian American Pacific Islanders. gofoldme.com
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Case for Making

Case for Making

4.0
(27 reviews)
5.9 mi
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In the past year, I have taken three online watercolor classes and one in-person watercolor class…read moreat Case for Making. So glad I did. I have Case for Making to thank for getting me back into exploring my creativity and artistic side. They are a small shop in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, but they have a great selection of handmade watercolor paints (kinda pricey but worth it for their beautiful colors) that can be shipped anywhere and a terrific selection of online and IRL watercoloring classes (recommend instructors Dave Muller and Anjelika Deogirikar Grossman). I am looking forward to trying out more of their paints and classes for years to come!

This was a stop I'd been wanting to make for a while, but only found the time today after all of…read morethe holiday rif raff finally calmed down. Around 1pm on a beautiful Saturday, we found parking in Judah and made our way into a small storefront with two doors: one for workshops and one for retail art supplies. I love that they offer workshops here, and I love any sort of community-centered art outreach in San Francisco. My partner is the bigger artist between the two of us and I'm glad I brought him, even though he didn't buy much, he was able to see the selection of amazing quality watercolors and the wide variety of pens, of which I ended up buying a handful because I am a stationary lover if I'm anything at all! The prices were about what one would expect for a small store in the sunset, and I was happy to pay them. Some of the prices were actually much better than I thought they'd be. I purchased a large-ish art clipboard for $18 and I know I'm gonna use the heck out of it! The store was fairly empty when we arrived but filled up quickly with Saturday shoppers, and the cashier was wonderful and kind, and I appreciated their calm demeanor I'll be back here! Really just a great little spot for quality art supplies: watercolor pallets, brushes, notebooks, mixed media notepads and paper, high quality colored pencils and artist pens, etc!

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Case for Making
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