Saimir Strati

He began his career doing restorations in Albania to several mosaics at the archeological sites of Byllis, Amantia and Apollonia.

He has used a variety of materials including from toothpicks to eggshells, compact discs and porcelain.

'The King' is a portrait of Elvis Presley measuring nearly 2 metres in height and uses over 400 CD's.

It was dedicated to Antonio Gaudi and was confirmed on September 4, 2007 as the world's largest toothpick mosaic.

[citation needed] On July 20, 2008, a deal was arranged with Sheraton Tirana and on August 8 the artist began a mosaic with a Mediterranean theme, consisting of 229,764 corks over a surface of 91.87m2.

[citation needed] For the Guinness World Record Day in November, Saimir Strati created the largest screw mosaic of a banknote.

[2] [3] On September 1, for the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Albanian royal family, Prince Leka visited the exhibition.

Albanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lulzim Basha visited the exhibition on several occasions.