Albanian artist builds Mother Teresa’s mosaic with staples
PRISTINA, Kosovo — An Albanian artist on Monday unveiled a portrait of Mother Teresa using staples, in a call for European countries to stop raising fences to shut their borders to refugees.
Built in less than a month, Saimir Strati unveiled the 10-square-meter (12-square-yard) mosaic portrait of Teresa, built with 1.5 million wire staples, at the National Museum of Kosovo in the capital, Pristina.
Strati’s idea came after seeing hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees coming to Europe while diplomacy and politics failed to resolve their situation.
“Only Mother Teresa’s humanism may save them,” Strati told The Associated Press. “This is Mother Teresa’s year.”