Inspired by pumpkin-carving genius Ray Villafane, I started carving pumpkins 6 years ago. As pumpkins only tend to be in the shops for about a month in the UK, I don’t get much chance to practice most of the year and it feels a bit like starting from scratch every October, although I think I am slowly improving.
I work from a photo, so the main challenges are firstly just how deep the pumpkin will let you carve without breaking through the flesh, and secondly trying to convert a 2D picture into a 3D pumpkin—my pumpkins often look quite 3D from the front, but from the side, can look a bit flat.
I sometimes wish the pumpkins would last a bit longer when they’re finished, but the fact they are so temporary encourages me to carry on carving—if they didn’t rot, maybe I would have stopped after one I was particularly proud of, thinking I couldn’t do better next time…
#1 Pumpkinzee
#2 Pumpledore
#3 Baby Pumpkin
#4 Frankenpumpkin
#5 Pumpkin It Is
#6 Albert Einkin
#7 Goblinkin
#8 Hagriderkin…
#9 Gollum (Running Out Of Pumpkin Names!)
#10 Inspired By A Ray Villafane Creation
#11 A Beast Of A Pumpkin
#12 Donald Trumpkin
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