Goudji

thumb|Goudji Goudji (Georgian:ელგუჯა "გუჯი" ამაშუკელი) (born 6 July 1941) is a French sculptor and goldsmith of Georgian origin who was born in Soviet Georgia.

==Biography== Goudji was born in Borjomi and spent his youth in Batumi with his family. His father was a doctor and his mother was a Professor of natural science. He had an elder brother, by two years. He studied sculpture at the Art school of Tbilisi between 1958 and 1962. He left Georgia in 1962 for Moscow, where he started a career as a sculptor, while dreaming of becoming a goldsmith.