Albanian new Guinness record with cork mosaic

TIRANA, Sep 6 – An Albanian artist has entered the Guinness Book of World Records for a third time after creating a large mosaic with bottle corks.
Saimir Strati, 42, used more than 200,000 corks in creating a mosaic of a young man playing a guitar. The mosaic measures 12.9 meters wide by 7.1 meters high.
“This work is dedicated to the Mediterranean spirit, which is nourished by music, the sun and wine,” Strati said at a ceremony to unveil his latest piece of artwork.
Strati entered the Guinness book of records for the first time in September 2006 with a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci constructed as the world’s largest portrait made of nails. It required more than 500,000 nails.
He followed that, a year later, with a mosaic using just as many toothpicks dedicated to Antonio Gaudi, the Spanish architect famous for construction, including Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia church.