"Some look like the unhappy heart from the Un Verano Sin Ti album cover, and others take the form of the singer's original logo: a white bunny with crossed-out eyes. "We start with a basic image, but as you build the piñata, you find so many different ways to add more detail, texture and spark," Bustamante says. "When you present the piñata to a child on their big day, and you see their huge smile, that's the best part of the process.""
"A block away from the 24th and Mission BART station stands a larger-than-life recreation of Benito's 2022 album Un Verano Sin Ti, complete with a sun setting over the horizon, flying dolphins and, of course, a very sad heart. On the side of a liquor store at the corner of 24th and Bartlett streets, the mural was painted in 2022 by 22-year-old Efren Celis Castro."
Bustamante has followed Bad Bunny's career and admires his dedication, and she has learned about Puerto Rico through his references, which remind her of Oaxaca. Ahead of his halftime show, she has been making Bad Bunny-inspired piñatas that mirror the Un Verano Sin Ti unhappy heart and the singer's white-bunny logo. She builds from a basic image, adding detail, texture and spark, and values the children's smiles when they receive the piñatas. In the Mission District, Efren Celis Castro painted a large Un Verano Sin Ti mural in 2022 after convincing a liquor-store owner to let him paint it for free; he grew up among murals, sold paintings in high school, earned a first mural commission from a restaurant owner, and years later still gets tagged on Instagram.
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