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Pumpkarve '14

This is my first stab at extreme pumpkin carving

Date(s): October 31, 2014. Album by Anthony Guy. Photos by T.Guy. 1 - 9 of 9 Total. 121 Visits.

1 Lately I've been seeing alot of TV coverage of people doing " Extreme Pumpkin Carving". So I thought I'd give it a try...I started with a decent sized gourd.	2 The first step is to shave off the outer layer of flesh. I used a cheese grater for this maneuver.	3 I sketched my idea with a Flair pen but it rubbed off after a little bit of handling, so I just started scoring it with a set of wood carving blades.	4 One of the experts said that it was important NOT to remove the stem. So I have no clue as to how thick the meat of this thing is. As I carved, a lot of pieces broke off and the blades tended to follow the grain of the pumpkin.
5 It's looking close to what I had in mind, but I would like to make the nose more prominent.	6 I also noticed that the right eye is much larger than the left, so I'll have to try and remedy that.	7 The more I take away, the more that I see wrong with it. It is now Halloween 2014 and I need to get some sleep before I head to work. Rushing always makes an artist do his best, don'tcha think?	8 For a first try, it's not bad but I'm not 100% pleased with it. Next year I'm starting much earlier!
9 Here's how it'll look to all the trick or treaters.

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