Our home was destroyed almost three years ago due to an enormous amount of water intrusion and…read moremold, forcing us into temporary housing. All of our property has been in storage since we quickly vacated, and we do not know what was impacted by the water intrusion and mold, or what needs to be cleaned, restored, or destroyed. It is arguably the most stressful situation I have ever experienced. We have been forced to deal many vendors during this process, most of which looked for the easiest way to get the job done, cutting corners and providing horrible customer service. This was not the case with Katya. We reached out to Katya to help restore an original painting that was on a wall impacted by water and mold. She is a breath of fresh air. Her professionalism, passion for art, thoroughness and detailed process in restoring an important chapter in my life, is deeply appreciated! For all of you art lovers, history buffs and those who love the emotions of art, if you need any of your important pieces of your collection cleaned or restored, I highly recommend Katya! Not only was Katya amazing at bringing my painting back to its original beauty, she has an amazing character and is a true pleasure to work with. Her process was seamless, she explained everything in detail, and delivered everything she promised. Thank you, Katya! I truly appreciate you!

Katya did an amazing job restoring an 1880s painting that I'd brought to her that had received some…read moredamage during shipping. Her work is flawless, from the detail that she puts into the piece to explaining what steps she took. The whole process was so smooth and quick and stress free. I highly recommend her work and plan to use her services again in the future.

Eve recently completed a miraculous restoration for me. However, it has nothing to do with art but…read moremiraculous none the less. I am a tool collector. I recently stumbled across a very rare tap and die set. If you don't know what that is, it doesn't matter. The set comes in a green plastic box with a yellow silk-screened label. Sometime in the past, someone used a neon pink paint pen and scrawled "METRIC" across the yellow label. Every attempt I made to remove the pink paint, also started to remove the yellow paint. I thought, "who might be able to fix this without decreasing the value of my treasure?" Someone skilled in art restoration. I googled "Art Restoration" and find there was someone less than a mile from my house. I contacted Eve Matysek and she agreed to give it a try. The results were amazing. I think she performed some sort of magic on it. There is no trace of the neon pink and the underlying yellow paint is perfectly intact. Thank you Eve for a fantastic job.

Mrs. Eva Matysek is a professional art conservator with over thirty years of experience in…read morerestoration of museum quality paintings, both in US and in Europe. In her native Poland she took part in restoration of a Rembrandt painting from the collection of the National Museum. In mid 1990s she was charged with restoration of the interior decoration of the Avalon Theatre on Catalina Island in California. She worked for many years as conservator for the American collector Gerald Buck, whose immense collection of California Impressionists was gifted to UC Irvine. I was pleased with her work on a mid-19th century portrait of a dignitary by the Russian painter Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov, which required cleaning and repairs; as well as a late 19th century landscape by German painter of the Munich school. I was astonished to see Mrs. Matysek returning the paintings to their original condition as created by the artists.

Impressive work. Would like to see what can be done with restoring damaged wedding photo canvass.read more

Hyak completed an amazing restoration of a 125 year old oil painting that had been in my family for…read moreover 60 years. His expertise is obvious from the first conversation, and I felt totally comfortable leaving the painting in his care. The canvas was aging and needed stabilization and an older restoration attempt had varnished over dirt sealing it onto the painting. Hyaks work revealed so many colors and elements that my family didn't know were hidden under all the grime. Hyak also repaired the frame, including plaster that was missing and blending in 50+ year old touch ups that were obviously not original. I'm truly grateful to Hyak for talking me through the process and the transformation was more than I had hoped for. I highly recommend.

Had great service to fix a painting. They were very friendly. It was quick and very reasonable on…read morepricing. Will definitely come back if i need any other frames fixed.

Chuck did a great job on the painting I had done recently. He was great to work with and very…read morehelpful with my options.

Melinda's art restoration is thorough and detail oriented. I would absolutely recommend her…read moreservices to anyone else looking to have art restored. My grandma is no longer with us and had a very precious painting that traveled with her and her family from Hong Kong, to Beijing, and finally to her last home in LA. Unfortunately while we were transporting it to my house last year, we were not very careful and ripped the canvas in three places. It is a very very old painting and holds a lot of sentimental value, so of course we were devastated. I contacted Melinda and she gave me an estimate - I dropped the painting off and she explained all of the possible ways she could fix it. We chose the patch method for the rips, as I didn't want to lose the texture of the paint on the trees by relining the whole canvas. The price was very affordable, and she let us know it was done in about two weeks. In addition to fixing the three rips (we couldn't even tell where she applied the fixes!) she also stretched the painting and waxed the frame for us. We are so so pleased to have my grandma's beautiful painting restored and in our home once again. Thank you so much Melinda for the restoration!!

She's a true restoration artist. I've used her many times and am always happy with her work.read more

The owner Kyle was very communicative and courteous. The frame looks fantastic. I've gotten a lot…read moreof compliments on it from people who've seen it hung in my house.

Just a fabulous all-around, professional small business. This was my first time and I felt in such…read moregood hands, end product turned out to be a winner!

My house cleaners broke a very precious heirloom of mine from my late mother. I was heartbroken…read moreand took it to Ardenia Capannelli at Conserve Fine Art. I could have cried when we picked it up from Ardenia...it looked perfect; even BETTER than before it broke. I am so thrilled with her work and grateful to have this very special figurine whole again. I would recommend Conserve Fine Art to everyone! Beautiful work.

Great find- a little gem with nice antique art. Open by chance or by appointment.read more

They restored two oil paintings I inherited from my grandmother. The quality of workmanship and…read moreattention to detail is OUTSTANDING. They are perfectionists who take great pride in this very niche craft, and they are truly experts. Don't even think about taking your fine art and most prized paintings to Aleksei Art Restoration, you will be amazed how good they turn out when you pick them up. I would give them 10 stars if I could. Thank you.

I had a real big bummer situation with my beautiful $35,000 oil painting that was being stored in…read moremy garage and got sliced by neglectful contractors. Luckily I found Aleksei art restoration! You honestly cannot tell there was a 14 inch rip plus a lot of additional ones. It's flawless. The price was extremely fair for the amount of work they did. Because of the enormous size, they had to help me arrange special transport for the piece and delivered it back in the agreed amount of time. There were people that I quoted that could've done it for less, but I knew in this case, based on the reviews that I would be over joyed with the quality of the work. And if you have an important piece, don't go to anybody else.

TL;DR - A fun art studio with a date night pottery class option. I'll be going back again…read more For those still reading... My wife and I had been interested in checking out a pottery class. We found that Summer Studios was in the area and had different class options. We went in to check it out and get more details. David was very friendly and helped answer our questions. A date night class sounded like the best way to try it out at a reasonable price to see if we enjoyed it before signing up for a full class. On the night, we got there and the dog Sokkit was there to welcome us in. David talked us through the process and then he demonstrated the process for us, including explaining the "why" behind the steps. With that sorted, we got to get our hands muddy (covered in slippery wet clay) to throw a pot. David was watching over us and helped us with the steps as we had first-timer issues and questions. The setting was a nice way to try out pottery, and is a fun activity on a date night. We had the chance to make 3 different pots each, and they were each quite different but not too bad for a first time. David told us that for these classes, he does the work to finish off the pots (drying, trimming, firing, and glazing) and then we can come back to pick up the finished pieces. I'm quite curious how they will look when finished. Overall, very enjoyable and fun. We're probably signing up for one of the 4 or 6 week classes soon.

We had a family night, instead of a true date night, and it was great. Our instructor, David, took…read moreplenty of time to walk us through all of the steps, and he also took great interest in everyone's work. It was challenging, in a good way. I'm excited to see the final results in a few weeks after all the firing and glazing.