Wednesday, February 16, 2011

God Save the (future) Queen....

Wills and Kate and a time machine.


From The London Metro we get : 
The royal couple, who are to wed in April at Westminster Abbey, were given the street art treatment by artist Rich Simmons.
Completing the work this week, it took Simmons 50 hours to create stencils for the piece and a further five hours to transfer the work onto the wall.
The mural is displayed on an official graffiti wall on London's Southbank.
The royal couple are pictured wearing leather jackets and punk attire appearing in front of a Union Flag backdrop.
The future king is sporting a studded dog collar, whilst his fiancée is clad in a leopardprint cardigan and fingerless gloves holding a cigarette.
The artwork by Simmons was inspired by the iconic 1970s photograph of the Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious and girlfriend Nancy Reid taken by Jamie Reid.
Simmons, 24, hopes the royal couple like their new look: 'I wanted to do something that would make William and Kate accessible.
'They are a modern breed of royals...they are more down to earth - they're not the snooty types.'
The artist, originally from Peterborough, now lives in London and runs an art therapy organisation helping young people.
He set up his organisation with the help of a grant from the Prince's Trust and now also helps to raise funds for the Trust run by the Prince of Wales.


ANY excuse for a little of this on a Winter Wednesday afternoon...

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