After a whopping 229,764 corks (that’s a lot of wine) and 27 days of hard work, artist Saimir Strati achieved his goal on September 4, 2008 when he earned the record for the World’s Largest Cork Mosaic. Visitors of the Sheraton Tirana Hotel and Towers were treated to a special performance of live art, as Strati worked 1- hour days in the hot Albanian summer sun to glue corks of different sizes and colors onto a large banner in the hotel gardens. Strati produced a magnificent Mediterranean scene called Romeo with a crown of grapes, playing the guitar while dancing with the sea and the sun. The piece is a commanding two stories high and almost 13 meters in length (over 40 feet).
