My pour spout was broken, and now it's looking good after it was restored! Great work!!read more

I purchased a painting that was shipped from France and arrived in, well, not the best condition…read more Not only did this team ensure there was no mold on the canvas (I'm sensitive to it) but they saw that someone had done a bad job touching up bits of the painting and some pieces of paint were missing entirely. They restored it completely and gorgeously. They then surprised me with a lengthy report about the process with pictures of the work along the way. I was thoroughly impressed. I think we've all grown accustomed to shoddy service in so many realms. Not here. Last week when I was about to import another piece but had questions about it from afar, they were happy to look at it and make recommendations, assured me that it looked in good quality but was surely on paper instead of canvas. The artist is now painting us a new one on canvas. We're thrilled! I can't recommend these guys enough for restoration or even just pre purchase consulting, ensuring you've got the right matting ... anything, and probably more.

She did a wonderful job in fixing my JND studios 1/3 Joker... It looks very professional and…read moreprecise.. Thank you.

Excellent quality work! Our broken ceramic chandelier was restored beautifully. Thank you.read more

Had a pretty old damaged paper photograph that Jason did an unbelievable job on to make look better…read morethan new! So grateful for his patience and consulting with me prior to starting the project. Very high quality and reasonable price on this project. Highly recommend and I will be using his services again!

Jason is very helpful and his work is beautiful. I surprised my wife with restored pics of her…read morefamily she was so happy with them! We will go back soon for more work.

Damaged Art? Antiques? Call SF Art Conservation today!!! Our…read moreart gallery was in the middle of the 2017 Fires in Sonoma County. Most pieces had severe smoke damage including antiques that were in pretty bad shape. The level of professionalism at SF Art Conservation put us at ease. Cleaning and preparing all of our pieces was challenging and involved. This very large job came in on time and on budget. Our insurance company was also hard to deal with but the patience and impressive work ethic that SF Art Conservation has made all the difference.

I had damaged my deity and was besides myself until a friend/antique dealer told me to take it to…read moreSF Art Conservation and I am glad I did. This is a wonderful place with a warm and friendly staff (I was working with Rowan) who made me feel confident to leave my art piece in their care. They described, in detail, how they were going to repair and conserve the piece, as well as how much it was going to cost up front (no surprises). They also showed me art pieces they were currently working on; they had some amazing art in their workshop! If you have an art piece that needs attention, I would truly recommend SF Art Conservation. Many thanks to Rowan and staff for their wonderful and professional help! I look forward to bringing other artwork (which needs conservation) to them in the future.

Giorgio is a true professional. He is very knowledgeable about antique furniture and is extremely…read moredetailed about the scope of work needed and the materials he would use. He travels to your home and gives detailed explanations of the issues he sees and the best solutions. If you have a treasured piece of furniture and you want quality work he is the one you should use.

Giorgio did an excellent job refinishing the top of an antique end-table. It looks better than it…read moreever did since I inherited it 50 years ago!

I am a visual artist and needed some help with the production of my own personal sketchbooks…read more Typically doing high end professional bookbinding, Anne, the director of and teacher at Capricornus put together a personalized curriculum designed to cover my needs. After three month of once a week training, I am holding several custom made sketchbooks in my hands. They are all hand crafted in different binding techniques. Sooo cool! Hands on! Individual! Affordable! I highly recommend.

Hands down best book binding training in the East bay at an astonishing value. She was originally…read moretrained in England in the 1950s at very good schools and she's been doing book binding and art restoration ever since.

Artworks Foundry is an awesome place. All workers seem to be artists themselves. They are so…read moreknowledgeable and their work is gorgeous. Prices seem reasonable and the finished product was better than I imagined. Such a friendly group of people work there.

All the great reviews of this foundry are from the past. I…read moreused to have access a foundry and cast in bronze myself. So, I know how it supposed to be. About that time last year, I took two smaller (not monumental, about 10 inches high) works in wax to cast in bronze and patina. One was cast fine, the other one had lots of defects. Patina work for was a huge frustration hence the patineur person was new and had very vague idea of how patina effects bronze work and how to achieve anything. At he end, I gave up, took my works home, and still am very disappointed whenever I look at them. I also I noticed that for their monumental works they bring professionals to work on them. I will never take my work to this foundry again. Just couldn't imagine that it can be so bad!

In essence: 1. Depending on what you want, custom frames…read morecan get quite pricey 2. Worth every penny 3. Miraculous craftsmanship 4. 5 star service

I found them on yelp, and boy. Am I happy I did. From the moment I walked in the store, the staff…read morewas extremely courteous and helpful. The finished product - - - can't give six stars so I have to downgrade them to five!!

Both Connie and Robin are extremely knowledgeable about their art. I brought them a broken,…read moreintricately crafted glass dining room hutch window. One of the interior panes was broken. They extracted the glass from the frame and dismantled the window frame by frame until they got to the broken pane of glass. When I picked up the repaired hutch window, I could not even tell where the repair had been done. The repaired section and all the intricate metal framing and solder looked aged perfectly to the remainder of the window. They are artists and really nice people.

We had a great experience when Helios Art Glass recently helped us out. A vintage stained glass…read morelamp that had been in the family forever needed structural repair on the leading in the shade. The first stained glass studio I talked to gave me a description of the extensive work he'd need to do, a cost estimate and an ETA on how long it would take, and they all seemed crazy. So we had doubts we'd be able to get the issue fixed. Then I contacted Helios and had a completely different result. They were so friendly and so taken with our old lamp. They immediately knew what to do to mend and strengthen the glass shade, having fixed similar issues with many vintage lamps. The price quoted was less than a quarter of the first cost estimate we got, and the time estimate was only a week or two. Their proposed solution was so sensible we knew we were in good hands. That impression was only strengthened by Connie's gorgeous personal stained glass art on display in their workshop. With those examples of the talent in play, I knew the result would look great. And it looked even better than expected. When we picked up our fixed lampshade right on schedule, the repairs were invisible and the previously weakened structure was now rock solid. The whole process was so pleasant, the results were impeccable and now our beloved old lamp is assembled and shining again for the first time in decades. I'd trust these folks with any stained glass project you brought to them.