My first realized mural is located in the Embassy of Ireland, Sofia, Bulgaria. In January 2019 I had just come back from a recent travel to Ireland. I decided to incorporate all the inspiration I've got into a mural. The gentle embassy team fell in love with the idea to renovate their office in a way that represents Ireland, to tranform the walls into pure Irish enegry. I was given complete freedom and a great space to experiment with my visual understanding of the country and the materials that can help me represent it in the best way. I had to unite the 3 pieces of the the puzzle called Ireland:
- water - represented by parts of the silhouettes of the 5 biggest rivers in the country
- stone - using my photographs of historical constructions and places
- green - inspired from the specific bright green grass and the endless fields 
I wanted to use a different material for each of them and imagined a strange combination of 3 different materials that I've never seen being used in a mural before - acrylic paint, relief paste, and tattoo wall. Firstly, I created the rivers, using masking tape to contour the silhouettes, then sowly filled them with the paste, forming relief waves. After they dried, I used a brush with dry paint on the top of the waves to amplify the 3D effect. Secondly, it was time to fill some of the gaps between the entwining rivers, using a tattoo wall of my images. Finally, I sprayed the two corners of the mural - left bottom and right top, to lock the composition and represent the idea that whole mural flows from and to the green. 
The creation was a challange, but also my best experience as an artist precisely because of the opportunity to experiment with materials. The 3 elements found the best visual form due to this technique investigation and created an alive and meaningful space.

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