• David is a master artisan specialising in Georgian cloisonné enamel artworks
• His practice is defined by precision in gesture and discipline in approach
• He applies his creative vision to decorate many different types of objects

David Kakabadze did not arrive at cloisonné enamel by inheritance alone. Trained as a sculptor, he moved towards ecclesiastical art in the late 1990s, following a line that was at once personal and exacting. His work carries the weight of Georgian ornament, but it is not nostalgic. He regularly works on commissions for jewellery pieces and monastic objects at varying scales, and in 2026 began a collaboration on Italian timepieces, all of which demand the same, high-level discipline. "In my works, I approach the shaping enamel as if it were form rather than just a surface," he says. David also creates framed painterly scenes of Tbilisi with enamel, expressing the beauty of the medium and of his city.