CHASING & REPOUSSÉ
GIA GOGISHVILI
PLEASE NOTE: While it's not necessary to have any prior chasing and repoussé experience, you MUST BE an accomplished metalsmith! This is not a class for novice metalsmiths.
Master Silversmith, Gia Gogishvili will demonstrate and explain the Old World metal arts technique of chasing and repoussé. A design is drawn or transferred to a sheet of copper or silver. Gia has incorporated a non-traditional method of chasing using steel and magnets to hold the pieces in place.
From there you will begin chasing and defining your design. Also, you begin texturing the design with texturing tools that Gia specifically uses to add dimension to his work. From there your piece is transferred to polymer clay. This is the medium you will work in the most – it allows you to work on your design even further without the mess of pitch and where your design will begin to take its form. Finally red pitch is used in the end to allow for add shaping and detail on your finished piece. By using a small micro torch you'll appreciate that your piece only goes in and out of the pitch only a few times and eliminates the smell and mess that is usually associated with chasing and repoussé.
Gia’s passion for the old world technique of chasing and repoussé is contagious.
Master Silversmith, Gia Gogishvili will demonstrate and explain the Old World metal arts technique of chasing and repoussé. A design is drawn or transferred to a sheet of copper or silver. Gia has incorporated a non-traditional method of chasing using steel and magnets to hold the pieces in place.
From there you will begin chasing and defining your design. Also, you begin texturing the design with texturing tools that Gia specifically uses to add dimension to his work. From there your piece is transferred to polymer clay. This is the medium you will work in the most – it allows you to work on your design even further without the mess of pitch and where your design will begin to take its form. Finally red pitch is used in the end to allow for add shaping and detail on your finished piece. By using a small micro torch you'll appreciate that your piece only goes in and out of the pitch only a few times and eliminates the smell and mess that is usually associated with chasing and repoussé.
Gia’s passion for the old world technique of chasing and repoussé is contagious.
Gia Gogishvili's Bio
Gia Gogishvili is from the city of Tbilisi in the country of Georgia. Because of his interest in drawing, his father encouraged him to pursue studies in the arts. At the age of fourteen, he began his undergraduate studies in Tbilisi. He is from a region known for working with metal. Additionally, his father is a jeweler and a silversmith, therefore, Gia’s artistic interest gravitated to the metal arts. He was honored when at the age of 18 he won second place in a competition with artists from 15 republics of the Soviet Union. Gia continued his post graduate studies at the Moscow Art University. As an advanced student, he was selected to work at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he learned to restore some of the most precious treasures. As part of his studies, he conducted personal exhibitions and participated in competitions. Gia is very proud to have earned the title of Master Silversmith.
In 1991, at the age of 26, Gia was selected to represent the country of Georgia for two weeks at a cultural exchange with their sister city of Atlanta, Ga. At the end of the two weeks, he was approached by sponsors of the cultural exchange and asked to stay in Atlanta to demonstrate the “old world techniques” to the art students at Georgia State College. After that he was offered a job as a restorer at Estes-Simmons Silverplating. Today, 26 years later, Gia now owns Estes-Simmons Silversmith in Atlanta.
Gia enjoys sharing his knowledge and passion for the metal arts with others. Please join him and learn the old world metal art techniques Chasing and Repoussé.
Gia Gogishvili is from the city of Tbilisi in the country of Georgia. Because of his interest in drawing, his father encouraged him to pursue studies in the arts. At the age of fourteen, he began his undergraduate studies in Tbilisi. He is from a region known for working with metal. Additionally, his father is a jeweler and a silversmith, therefore, Gia’s artistic interest gravitated to the metal arts. He was honored when at the age of 18 he won second place in a competition with artists from 15 republics of the Soviet Union. Gia continued his post graduate studies at the Moscow Art University. As an advanced student, he was selected to work at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he learned to restore some of the most precious treasures. As part of his studies, he conducted personal exhibitions and participated in competitions. Gia is very proud to have earned the title of Master Silversmith.
In 1991, at the age of 26, Gia was selected to represent the country of Georgia for two weeks at a cultural exchange with their sister city of Atlanta, Ga. At the end of the two weeks, he was approached by sponsors of the cultural exchange and asked to stay in Atlanta to demonstrate the “old world techniques” to the art students at Georgia State College. After that he was offered a job as a restorer at Estes-Simmons Silverplating. Today, 26 years later, Gia now owns Estes-Simmons Silversmith in Atlanta.
Gia enjoys sharing his knowledge and passion for the metal arts with others. Please join him and learn the old world metal art techniques Chasing and Repoussé.
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