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2006 · Largest industrial nail mosaic

The Genius: Leonardo da Vinci

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Leonardo da Vinci nail mosaic by Saimir Strati

THE GENIUS: LEONARDO DA VINCI

The INDUSTRIAL DISEASE

…thus I named it.

While I was listening for the first time the news that thanks to modern technology it was made possible the remaking of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa in high quality, a thought thundered on my mind:

…Da Vinci was nailed…

Surely, the technology will evolve and perhaps it will be able to remake everything, though not one's soul or geniality!

Art edifies the peace into the soul!

And I managed to calm my soul down just when I realized to create a unique art work such that its reproduction would be impossible.

…Da Vinci was nailed…

Yes, I decided, I will realize a giant portrait for the genius Leonardo da Vinci, with nails, with hundreds of thousands of nails…

INDUSTRIAL DISEASE

I murmured again and again a recently baptized concept while within my mind the thought of the new creation felt like a nail piercing through my brain…

  • Guinness certificate for the nails mosaic
  • Reuters photograph of the nails mosaic
  • Process stills from the first record attempt
  • Further process stills from the nails mosaic
  • Detail of the Leonardo nail mosaic
  • Saimir Strati with the Leonardo mosaic
  • Deutsche Welle coverage clipping
  • Gizmodo coverage clipping
  • Ripley's Believe It or Not! appearance

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