Artistic License Members

Art For Design Restoration Services, LLC

Accomplished trompe l’oeil muralist George Shadow successfully merges classical figurative art with traditional and period techniques in fine decorative painting and faux finishing.

Arts & Crafts Period Textiles

Founded in 1987 by Dianne Ayres and Timothy Hansen, the studio creates textiles for the home in period designs and their own Arts & Crafts inspired designs.

Stephen Bauer – Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers

Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers’ historical designs bring to life the architectural styles of the 1880s through the 1960s: Victorian, Arts & Crafts, Art Deco, and Midcentury eras.

Beate Brühl Design

Beate Brühl focuses on the restoration of painted ornament in historic buildings. In her tool box she carries a variety of traditional skills, such as gilding, stenciling, striping, faux graining/marbling, color matching, design.

Bob Buckter Color Consultant

“Dr. Color” has been designing paint colors for buildings since 1970, producing about 500 separate color consultations annually.

Adrian Card Decorative Painting

While his specialty is historically appropriate decoration of harpsichords, Adrian Card also lends his skills to historically inspired murals, painted furniture and other musical instruments.

Enrico Dell’Osso—Cow Hollow Woodworks

Cow Hollow Woodworks specializes in the care and restoration of antique furniture and joined wood objects.

Phil Diers, Sculptor

Phil Diers imparts expert sculpture and plasterwork for new designs  as well as restoration of plaster ornament, lincrusta, and statuary.

Riley Doty – Doty Tile

Doty Tile provides careful, thoughtful tile work for installations, historic restoration projects and public art installations.

Robert Dufort – Magic Brush, Inc.

Established in 1976, Magic Brush, Inc. offers a variety of professional painting services and is nationally recognized  for the painting and restoration of Victorian facades.

William Eichenberger, Cabinetmaker

A maker of custom woodwork & shoji screens, Bill specializes in woodworking for Arts and Crafts and Victorian style interiors as well as Japanese style interiors.

Theodore Ellison Designs

Theodore Ellison Designs handcrafts leaded glass into period-inspired architectural windows and lighting, influenced by the Arts & Crafts tradition.

Gentleman Scholar Signs

Gentleman Scholar Signs is a boutique sign shop specializing in hand painted and gold leaf signage.

Gregg Hessel – Hessel Studios

Coppersmithing Gregg Hessel Hessel Studios 415-491-1066 Please enable JavaScript to see the email address (How-to). hesselstudios.com Hessel Studios is a company deeply rooted in the art of coppersmithing, where we celebrate the rich tapestry of historical metalworking traditions. Our primary focus lies in the creation of exquisite candle holders, lamps, …

Jerri Holan — Jerri Holan & Associates

Jerri Holan is a noted architect with preservation expertise, and the principal of Jerri Holan & Associates, AIA.

Man-Cave Renovation

Rick Irving Design

Rick has focused his entire career as an Interior Architect, Designer and Craftsman on developing timeless, well resolved spaces for his clients.

Skeeter Jones – Clearheart Fine Design and Building

Skeeter Jones founded Clearheart in the early 1980’s. His work includes extensive design development, Victorian restorations, and architectural millwork.

Shawn Kammerer — Craftsman Door Company

Utilizing traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery, furniture quality lumber, and good design practices, the Craftsman Door Company produces doors and windows that will last for generations.

Lorna Kollmeyer Ornamental Plaster

Lorna Kollmeyer is a designer, sculptor, and moldmaker specializing in cast architectural ornament of all periods.

John Kraft – Kraftmanship Carpentry

John focuses on woodworking with an emphasis in timber framing, custom cabinetry, built-in furniture and fireplace mantels using Japanese and traditional joinery.

John Lenox — Lenox Stained Glass

John Lenox produces custom stained, etched, beveled, leaded, and painted glass, as well as restoring period art glass, for restaurants, churches, and homes.

Oleg Lobykin — Stonesculpt

Oleg Lobykin is a sculptor specializing in the Old World craft of stone carving, working in limestone, marble, granite and other natural stone varieties.

Heidi Wright Mead

Heidi Wright Mead, C.P. is an award-winning wallpaper installer who loves her craft and enjoys being part of the team with designers, architects, builders, artists and homeowners to create beautiful spaces

Gale Melton Design

Gale Melton Design offers kitchen and bathroom design, color consultation, furnishings, space planning, and general decorating for both period and modern residences.

Jana Olson — Panache Lighting

Panache Lighting specializes in the repair and restoration of older lights

Period Restoration, Inc.

Period Restoration, Inc. offers a full range of building design, restoration and remodeling services for prestigious homes in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area

Nita Riccardi — Winning Colors Painting

Nita Riccardi, founder of Winning Colors Painting, has specialized in restoration painting since 1994, and  has restored hundreds of Victorians in San Francisco.

Lynne Rutter Studio

An expert decorative painter and fine art muralist, Lynne Rutter’s work emphasizes site-specific design through ornament, color, and gilding.

Rynerson O’Brien Architecture

ROBA is a California-based architectural partnership specializing in high-end residential and retail architecture.

Nicole Smith Finishing

Nicole Smith excels in antique restoration and repair, finishing architectural woodwork, cabinetry and furniture.

Steven Vigeant – Berkeley Signs

Berkeley Signs designs and manufactures a wide range of period-sensitive sign art for commercial and private use.

Scott Wynn, Architect

Scott Wynn runs  a small service-oriented architectural practice focused on the custom design, with an in-house workshop for the fabrication of furniture, fixtures and architectural details.

Christopher L. Yerke – Restoration Workshop

Restoration Workshop’s services include restoration and preservation project management, finish carpentry, and general remodeling.

George Zaffle and Sakura Aoki – Zaffle Painting Studios

George  has mastered many painting techniques, including those used for murals, true fresco, trompe l’oeil, gold leaf, faux finishes such as marbleizing and wood graining, and old-world cabinetry and furniture finishes.

Zito Schmitt Design

For over 40 years Zito Schmitt Design (formerly Debey Zito Fine Furniture and Design) has been working with clients creating interiors and custom furniture with a design vocabulary including Scandinavian, Asian, Mid-century, American and European Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau.

Associate Members

ACT Art Conservation LLC

One of the leading art conservators on the West Coast, Alexandra Thrapp considers the preservation of art her calling.

Amy Anderson – Vibrant Vibe

In addition to hanging paper Amy is well versed table trimming fine wallcoverings that require thought and care when handling.

Ceniza Glass Studio

Specializing in conservation and creation of stained glass, Greer Ashman combines fine craft skills with art-historical sensitivity.

Conor Ward

Born and raised in San Francisco, Conor Ward has always had deep admiration for and interest in the Bay Area’s vernacular arts and crafts traditions.

Functional Art

Lou Kern is a master stair builder and furniture maker.

Melissa Goldman – Nevada City Restoration and Framing

Melissa Goldman offers full-service framing along with her restoration and conservation studio, specializing in antique and newly gilt frames, painting conservation, and period furniture restoration.

Helios Art Glass

Helios Art Glass is an architectural glass studio specializing in the creation and restoration of traditional leaded glass windows and skylights.

Ron Moore—SF Metalworks

SF Metalworks is a custom metal fabrication shop specializing in architectural metalwork, working regularly with steel, brass, bronze, stainless, aluminum, pewter, and everything in between.

Thomas Leach Design

Tom Leach has been designing facades in San Francisco since 2005. He specializes in period correct architectural ornamentation, from the Victorian and Edwardian eras, to Marina Style and Mid Century Modern.