Paulette

Kat and I decided to do WALL-E and EVE from the animated movie.  Some thought the name was EVA but it is EVE.

WALL-E stands for “Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class”.  I carved this one.  Not my best effort but it worked.

Kat did her first layered pumpkin.  She did a really good job.

EVE is short for “Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator.

Here’s the poster from the movie.

I bought 2 pumpkins this year again.  Hurray, Kat decided she would carve one with her friends.  Kat loving cats did what else but a cat pumpkin.  It turned out well.

I thought I’d pick a spider web because it looked simple.  Was I ever wrong!  Even though it seems straightforward it was not.

This year’s pumpkins turned out amazing.  I still can’t believe how a person with very limited artistic abilities can create something so cool from a bit of paper and carving tools.

The Pirates of the Caribbean were really hot this year.  I saw a Johnny Depp pattern and even though it looked complicated I went for it.  I also carved a skeleton pirate.  Why do I keep buying 2 pumpkins?  I guess I’m hoping someone will do one with me but so far I’m on my own.

The results stunned me.

Last year’s pumpkin was such a success. The kids that came by loved it.

I decided since I’m a master carver now (NOT) that I would not only carve a pumpkin but I would create my own pattern. I did 2 pumpkins this year. Not sure why but it seemed like a good idea at the time.

I wanted to do a Senators pumpkin. I took the logo and stretched it until I had the correct size. I printed off several copies and made my pattern. This picture was taken before I had completely finished. I forgot to take one of the final version. It turned out OK.

I did a simple one layer carved pumpkin with the second one. I had spent hours on the first and ran out of energy for it.

I got a lot of compliments on the pumpkins and some kids had come with their friends this year to see what I had done.

What had I done? Now they will expect them every year!

Dave I., a friend & co-worker of mine, got me interested in carving pumpkins. These aren’t the usual triangle eyes & nose and crooked mouth kind of pumpkins. These ones involve a pattern and hours of work. You carve completely through in some areas, peel off the skin in others. It looks like a mess until you add a candle and turn out the lights.

I picked Nemo for my first try. It wasn’t as complicated as the other patterns.

I followed the instructions given at:

http://www.carvingpumpkins.com/

This is a pumpkin I did before I became a real pumpkin carver.

I was late getting a pumpkin and the only one left at the store near us was green.

“Work with it.”

It’s green and kind of alien to what a pumpkin should look like.

Alien pumpkin…