Takashi Murakami J-POP!

Something a little different for you all today, this is an art post. I've been planning on doing one of these since I picked up the latest POP Magazine with the living legend Britney Spears on the front cover in a collaboration with Takashi Murakami - Japanese pop meets American pop.

Front cover.

The pictures give a real dreamy/pageant queen feel, slightly blurred and very soft.

The bag, Moonboots and swimsuit in this image are all bought from Japan. 

Free Murakami stickers.

The whole interview had been given the Murakami treatment.

Britney and Takashi.

NB: all photos of magazine taken by me and my copy of POP so ask if you are going to use.


Takashi Murakami been described as a 'contemporary Warhol' and this isn't the first time he's dipped into pop-culture. Murakami designed the artwork for Kanye West's album art and promotions for the 'Graduation' album.

Murakami also directed this awesome, whimsical video featuring Kirsten Dunst which was played at the Tate Modern during their 'Pop life' exhibition:




Doesn't it make you want to run out a buy a blue wig?

Well hope you liked my slightly different post!
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Murakami's site: http://www.takashimurakami.com/

Unicorn Suncatcher!

A couple weeks ago i started looking for a cute sun-catcher - then i found this! DIY your own UNICORN sun-catcher! It was so cute I couldn't resist.

So here goes:

First of all you need to cover a tray with tin foil, lay down your frame and begin filling in with the colored crystals you want/get in the pack. This one is a white (which also glows in the dark!)

I used the 3 other colours to make the maine, hooves, tail and eye. Then popped it in the over for about 30-40 minutes. It smelt awful BUT the result as SO worth it!

This is it fresh out the over, looks like glass now but is still wet. You have to leave it to dry on the tin foil for about 10 minutes. Then the sploges you can see come off with it.

All you have to do after that is attach a string to the little sucker thing it comes with and hang it up where the sun shines on it! It looks soo much better in real life i can't describe I just love it!

Also today My brother and sister-in-law welcomed their little baby girl Daisy Boo into the world so congratulations to them :)

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