Papel Picado Pumpkin

Thanks to my dad for the nomination for next year's pumpkin carving contest.

Here's this year's:


Inspired by the traditional Day of the Dead art papel picado, planned and executed between the time I got home from work and before the first trick-or-treater arrived, my pumpkin did receive a few compliments from parents. One asked me how many hours it took me, which makes me think that if I actually had the opportunity to spend hours on a pumpkin, (it took me longer to post this picture than it took to carve the pumpkin) it could result in some success. But then again, knowing myself, it would probably spiral out of control into a mess of complexity.

Still, I think I'd better start now if I hope to hold a candle (so to speak) to the competition in Minnesota and L.A.

Pumpkin Carvings - Day 1

Well, that time of year has come to put knife to orangy flesh. It has been a few years since my last pumpkin carving, but I think I did alright. The first one is a penguin family. The second one is a cornucopia. I made a small mistake on that one, but it still looks ok. Sometime this week, I am going to carve an image of Indy into a large pumpkin. It will be interesting to see how that turns out. Rosie has plans to carve a cat and moon image as well. The last image is of the Linux penguin, Tux, that I did a few years back. Post your pumpkins!