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Artist Nathan Wyburn was commissioned by B&Q to recreate Leonardo DaVinci’s Mona Lisa using only a leaf-blower and fallen leaves to raise awareness amongst gardeners to clean their outdoors up before the onset of winter.

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#PRfail pic.twitter.com/W7VRcNl8zD

— Paul Blanchard (@paulwrblanchard) September 27, 2018

A classic example of why it’s always better to be clear on what a client does and doesn’t want before contacting the press, this one has been doing the rounds amongst journalists and influencers on Twitter for the last couple of days. “Here’s a great story about a high-profile UK brewery teaming up with a controversial US counterpart”. “Oh no, actually ignore that.” Oh dear.

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