Craft Celebration Event
12th May 2025Painters Hall
As part of London Craft Week, the Painter-Stainers laid on an evening of demonstrations by their members of a wide variety of craft skills, including picture frame gilding, wallpaper stencilling, bookbinding and many other unusual crafts.
There were also two talks, on paints made from natural pigments and Lincrusta, a form of deeply embossed wallcovering, made of gelled linseed oil and wallflour. Both were extremely interesting, particularly Lincrusta which I had never heard of, despite coming from a family who had a house furnishings business!
The demonstrations were followed by an excellent supper of Lamb Tagine and plum pastry pudding.
Well to the Painter-Stainers for helping to keep these traditional skills alive!