Here’s something not related to pumpkin carving, but worth calling attention to.
Dixie Andrew has helped me create some pumpkin carving patterns in the past for a particular client who was looking for something unique for their seasonal farm & hayride location. She has also illustrated a children’s book I have written (you can check it out here at www.LittleIp.com)
Well, now Dixie has her own website featuring her incredible talent and artwork. Go check it out here:
What does a professional pumpkin carver and pattern designer create for his own daughter’s wedding?
If you are thinking of something exotic and complex, well, you’d probably be right for most pumpkin carvers. In my case, it was actually quite simple. All she wanted was a butterfly.
In the end, I was grateful for the simple request. With all the other things going the day before (and day of) the wedding, carving a complex watermelon would only have been more stressful (though I would have happily obliged).
watermelon carving of butterfly
You can download this watermelon carving pattern here (you will have to scroll all the way down), under my special occasion patterns.
Ever since I dropped a candle into my first carved pumpkin of my niece (Courtney) - from a pattern I created myself - I’ve been hooked. The carved gourd that looked like a bunch of cut out random shapes was suddenly transformed.
Here I was, hacking away at this pumpkin with a fine saw, and having no idea how all this work was going to turn out. I had no way to tell, while I was working on it, what the result would be.
Then I added light and brought life to that which had been dead. The glowing masterpiece was captivating. The creator and the creation sat staring at each other in silence and awe.
I didn’t realize I had created a monster. And the monster was me.
Welcome to the addictive habit of pumpkin carving.
Ever since I dropped a candle into my first carved pumpkin of my niece (Courtney) - from a pattern I created myself - I’ve been hooked. The carved gourd that looked like a bunch of cut out random shapes was suddenly transformed.
