DECORATIVE PAINTING with Magda Gordon

I am on a mission to champion craftsmanship through Artfully Crafted, a platform I have created to spotlight the current generation of master makers in order to inspire the next. Discover the skills and meet the makers behind a broad and diverse range of crafts from silversmithing and woodcarving to weaving and embroidery, with a new video published every Saturday. This week I am interviewing Magda Gordon, a decorative painter who specialises in faux marbling, woodgraining, trompe l'oeil, grisaille, and gilding. She was classically trained in Poland, then undertook training in conservation in the UK, before going on to study at Van Der Kelen in Belgium. She uses her artistry to enhance interiors worldwide:   / magdagordon   Contents of this video: 00:00 coming up 00:30 introduction 01:48 examples of decorative painting 08:42 clients and commissions 15:51 uses of decorative painting 19:10 Fontainebleau & Marie-Antoinette 20:40 Choosing Keeping collaboration 22:15 Marie-Antoinette 23:55 bathroom commission 27:08 process and preparation 28:00 training in fine arts in Poland 31:43 training in conservation in the UK 34:29 training at Van Der Kelen in Belgium 40:15 employment vs self-employment 44:10 supervising projects 47:58 commissioning process 55:22 choosing the projects 56:27 dream commission 01:02:24 conclusion Things mentioned in the video: Campbell-Rey https://www.campbell-rey.com/ Pitzhanger Manor https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/ Fontainebleau https://www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr... Choosing Keeping https://choosingkeeping.com/ Marie Antoinette at the V&A https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/mar... Academy of Fine Arts in Poland https://en.asp.waw.pl/en/ Louvre https://www.louvre.fr/en Van Der Kelen https://vanderkelen.com/gb/home-en/ Atma Decorative Arts Instagram:   / alienorcros   TikTok:   / alienorcros   Sign up to my newsletter to get a monthly roundup: https://alienorcros.com Get in touch: [email protected] Produced and presented by Aliénor Cros https://www.alienorcros.com/ Shot and edited by Edgar Lowe Music by Lorena Shapiro   / upper_attic   Stop-motion intro by Georgie Beattie   / gbeats24   All opinions are my own. This video is not an instructional guide. © 2025 Alienor Cros. All rights reserved.