RIAN KANDUTH is a master gilder, designated by the Michelangelo Foundation in Geneva, with an international practice spanning historical and contemporary decorative techniques. She established her first workshop in London in 1995 and works across more than eighteen gilding and surface traditions, including water and oil gilding, verre églomisé, japanning, sgraffito, pastiglia and patination.

Trained in a London frame atelier and formally educated in conservation and restoration at the City & Guilds of London Art School, Kanduth combines deep technical knowledge with extensive teaching experience. She currently teaches on conservation, fine art and carving programmes at City & Guilds, and runs specialist courses in historical decorative techniques. Her former students work widely in conservation and the decorative arts.