HISTORIC METALWORK CONTRACTORS

John Canning & Co. is an architectural restoration contractor with over 45 years’ experience. We specialize in services for historic preservation, conservation, restoration, and replication. John Canning & Co. is an expert in the architectural arts and finishes such as ornamental plaster restoration, plaster stabilization, decorative paint & finishes, gilding, historic woodwork and stone, as well as exterior services of architectural gilding and selective decorative finishes. Our principals are professional associates of the American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC). We are guided by the principle "do no harm" and advance that principle by providing treatments that are reversible and supplying owners with thorough documentation of research, conditions, actions taken and materials used.

Hans Liebscher, of Custom Copperworks & Sheetmetal, Inc., has had a love affair with copper since his childhood in Germany. Over 40 years ago he turned his passion into a trade and gained and expert knowledge in the field of copper and became an accomplished master coppersmith with an international reputation for his exceptional craftsmanship. Masterful craftsmanship and fine detailing define our work. With a team of highly knowledgeable and committed artisans/mechanics, we strive for customer satisfaction, exceptional quality and creative solutions. The venerable copper ensures most of our products or installations will most likely endure the test of time for centuries to come. Most of your orders are still done in the over 4000 year old tradition. A coke burning furnace, sometimes surprisingly simple tools as chisels and hammers will form the copper into any shape desired. It is a trade you cannot learn from a book. Skills, experience, sweat and passion go into every ounce of copper used to create each new Custom Copperworks & Sheetmetal masterpiece.

John F. Graney Metal Design, Inc. is a custom metal fabrication studio specializing in the most demanding site specific architectural and ornamental iron projects throughout southern New England and New York. In collaboration with the client, contractor and design professionals, we produce work which fulfills all the artistic and technical goals of the project. Our hallmarks are design flexibility, reliable engineering and uncompromising attention to detail and finish. Wrought metals heated in the fire and formed over the anvil are the root of all our work. The traditional methods of repousse, die forging, slit punching, riveting and collaring are interpreted in both contemporary and classic commissions. John F. Graney, Inc. is entering its fourth decade of service to the industry and looks forward to hear about your custom architectural metal or ornamental iron project. We invite you to visit us at our architectural metal fabrication shop, located in Berkshire County, in western Massachusetts.