Pumpkin Carving Art
Added 9 years ago by Molly Horan • Updated a day ago by Y F
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About
Pumpkin Carving Art is the craft of carving images or patterns onto pumpkins. Traditionally known as jack-o-lanterns, photographs of intricately carved pumpkins are shared online every year around the beginning of autumn in celebration of Halloween.
Origin
Pumpkin carving evolved from carving potatoes and turnips in Ireland.[2] The tradition was picked up in America in the early 1800s, coinciding with the American adoption of Halloween. On October 15th, 1999, EHow[11] published a pumpkin carving guide titled "How to Carve a Pumpkin With Paper" in one of the earliest online mentions of pumpkin carvings.
Spread
One of the earliest videos uploaded online featuring pumpkin carving is a short film titled "The Life and Death of a Pumpkin." The video features a dramatic narrative around the carving of a jack-o-lantern and was uploaded by YouTuber BlameSociety[3] on July 19th, 2006. As of October 2014, the video has gained over 2.5 million views.
On October 1st, 2008, Extreme Pumpkin Carving[4] published a gallery of pumpking carving art.
On October 12th, 2009, redditor krisdafish created the subreddit r/Pumpkins,[1] which features photos of pumpkin carving art, as of October 2014, the subreddit has gained over 1,000 readers.
On October 10th, 2010, Amusing Planet[5] published a collection of pictures of pumpkins carved by New York sculpture Ray Villafane. The realistic carvings were also covered by CBS News[6] and The Daily Mail.[7] His pumpkin carving were also covered by many sites in 2011, including The Daily Beast[8] and The Telegraph.[9]
On October 16th, 2013, Pleated Jeans [10] published a list titled "The Art of Pumpkin Carving." On October 20th, 2015, ABC News[12] published an article on pumpkin carving artist Edward Cabral, showcasing his work (example shown below). Two days later, Huffington Post[13] showcased the work of 10 pumpkin artists on Instagram. The Guardian[14] also covered pumpkin art that year.
The following year, Business Insider[15] showcased the work of pumpkin artists (examples shown below). Metro.co.uk[16] showcased the work of carver Alex Wer that year as well.
In 2017, Time[17] and ABC30[18] also ran features on pumpkin art.
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[2] New University – The History of Pumpkin Carving
[3] YouTube – Blame Society
[4] Extreme Pumpkins – Contest Winners
[5] Amusing Planet – Incrediable Pumpkin Carvings by Ray Villafane
[6] CBS News – Meet the Edward Scissorhands of Pumpkin Carving
[7] The Daily Mail – The quick and the dead: The artist who carves petrifying pumpkin portraits in just two hours
[8] The Daily Beast – 23 AMAZING CARVED PUMPKINS
[9] The Telegraph – Bizarre Halloween Jack O'Lantern pumpkin carving by Ray Villafane
[10] Pleated Jeans – The Art of Pumpkin Carving
[11] EHow – How to Carve a Pumpkin With Paper
[12] ABC – Pumpkin Carving Artist Creates Spectacularly Spooky Masterpieces
[13] Huffington Post –
10 Of The Best Artistic Pumpkin Carvings On Instagram
[14] The Guardian – A real passion for pumpkins: competitive growers and carvers live for their craft
[15] Business Insider – 13 eerie and intricate pumpkins carved by professional artists
[16] Metro.co.uk – These incredible pumpkin carvings – made with a drill – will give you some seriously spooky Halloween inspiration
[17] Time – These Insanely Impressive Pumpkin Carvings Take the Art to the Next Level
[18] ABC30 – The art of pumpkin carving
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pumpkinOS
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10/10 effort hehehe | /r/wholesomememes
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Pumpktris: A Fully Playable Version of Tetris Inside a Carved Pumpkin
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Always taking pictures on the wholesome days | /r/memes
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Blursed jack o' lantern.
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Fumo Pumpkin (Pumo)
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Found a format. | /r/memes
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Blessed Pumpkin
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This is my pumpkin
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Thicc Pumpkin Dong
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Whoever made this has won halloweeen of 2020
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The horror...
Comments ( 23 )
My plan is to make a predator face. Because predators are cool.
A Xenomorph would be good too. Not too hard either
A Xenomorph would be good too. Not too hard either
What i'm doing this year
I want one!
Pumpking carving isn't really a part of internet culture, but it's also super awesome so I really don't care :D
I want one!
did someone say pumpkin carving.
what the fuck man
Moly really need to get off tumblr every once in a while, she would see that those pics literally have no spread outside of dumblr.
There, added some pumpkins. Tried to add the same amount of non-pony as I did pony.
These are amazing. I wish I could carve pumpkins like that.
I'd love to get into pumpkin carvings but it's such a damn mess.
what the fuck man
Pumpkin Carving master. thanks for the carving. 1- undeadpooled
Carver: What would you like?
Pumpkin: Just fuck my shit up bruh
Carver: I gotchu fam
You could have just put Brendan Frashers face on it.
my photoshop skills are subpar
That's why we have the All Terran Alimony Transport.
That's why we have the All Terran Alimony Transport.
my photoshop skills are subpar
That's why we have the All Terran Alimony Transport.
That's why we have the All Terran Alimony Transport.
Classic
You could have just put Brendan Frashers face on it.
my photoshop skills are subpar
That's why we have the All Terran Alimony Transport.
That's why we have the All Terran Alimony Transport.
my photoshop skills are subpar
That's why we have the All Terran Alimony Transport.
That's why we have the All Terran Alimony Transport.
Yep, guys. Pumpkins are focking art.
That is God-teir pumpkin carving.
That is God-teir pumpkin carving.
remember the hungry pumkin? someone should carve it into a pumpkin
love that goatse on the front page
Gotta say, these look pretty neat
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