Roosendaal, North Brabant, Netherlands
Gotscha Lagidse was born in 1965 in Georgia. Already at a very young age he had a strong interest in historic arms and armour. He studied these thoroughly and started to reconstruct them. Once established in The Netherlands he left his mark with the reconstruction of the horseman's armour of prince Maurits van Oranje-Nassau for the Royal Army and Arms Museum in Delft. Various unique creations followed. Every one of these shows a very well-developend artistic feeling and a drive for perfection. Because of his merit with respect to the preservation of the Dutch cultural inheritance Gotscha was awarded Dutch nationality in 2005. More: http://www.gotscha.nl/uk-biography.htm
www.gotscha.nl
Restorer at Georgian National Museum - At the invitation of Georgian National Museum in Tbilisi, there are workshops held in September 2009. These workshops and trainings are given at the Department of metal heritage and historical weapons and armor.
www.gotscha.nl/nl-lantaarn.htm