Click here to hear TagYerit's song SciFi (first half) in RealAudio while you enjoy some of our carvings.

LAAARGE Pumpkins!

Carving large pumpkins provides opportunities and challenges beyond the normal carvings. After seeing the very different approaches of Ray Villafane, Laura Cotton & Dave Olsen, we realized we needed to give large pumpkins the space they deserve.

In 2003 we were delighted to have a new contributor. As you can see, Ray Villafane's 5 carvings are highly detailed and extremely whimsical. Ray used clay ribbon loop tools for most of the carving on these 30-40 pound pumpkins - with the aid of a pearing knife for the final touches. In general, he tries to keep them solid. (The skull is an.exception.)  Click here to see Ray's website

On the other hand Laura Cotton and her crew use 120 lb. plus pumpkins for many of their projects. It takes 3-4 people about 4-5 hours to create, and they  always carve the pumpkin the day of halloween to keep it from rotting. People come from all over their city every year to view them! They have customized a lot of their own tools to make them.

2004

The incised detail of these pumpkins are unique. Note the etched shading on his arms, leg and chest. And you can see all the joints in his toes / claws.

2003  - The CASTLE

2002 "Dragon w/ Crystal Ball"

Dr Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde (doc on front, hyde carved into back)
2000

1999

1998

(this was our first year - now it's a tradition!)

David Olsen sent in these wonderful picture of  his work:

Shades of green! YIKES! -a large gargoyle-esque carving.

Kenneth Morgan III carved this 200 pound pumpkin in 1995. "It would not even fit in the shopping cart at the store. It took 2 hours to carve it. It was one to be proud of."

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The pumpkins you find on these pages were either done by Rich & Flo Newman (aka TagYerit) or sent in by friends & contributors. There could easily be 10 pages by now, so give yourself plenty of time to explore the vast range of wonderful creations assembled here! Keep going, there's so much to see!

Don't stop now ... visit the following pages for more great pumpkins!

• "Political Pumpkins" - Polly the Tickedoff pumpkin had his say (just in time for the election season 2004)
• Pumpkins A-Glowing SCARY creatures to light your way.
• SongCarvers What happens when carving pumpkins gets songified?
• Tips on carving pumpkins more wonderful examples
• Tip on photographing pumpkins
  • yet more pictures ...
  • Links to other great pumpkin sites.
• Pumpkin Highlights 2007 - includes Deranged Cowgirl, Tubeman, Outlaw Radio Guy (Pirate Radio Ship), and much more.
• Pumpkin Highlights 2006 - includes Kabali's Diner, Pardon The Interruption (Mike & Tony), Pumpkin Head Astaire, Rosey's Hot Air Balloon ride, Yoda, Frankenstein, Col. Sanders, gargoyle, dogs, tigers and so much more.
• Pumpkin Highlights 2005 - includes Hedwig, The Pumpkin Farmer, Gollum, Kangaroos, Snow White, Sponge Bob, Snoopy on the Great Pumpkin, and Cinderella
• Pumpkin Highlights 2002 to 2004 - includes Homer, a crane, genie, Shrek, The Creature from the Black lagoon, Pinhead and more
• Pumpkin Highlights 1998 to 2001 - includes the Tiffany pumpkin (a must see), as well as this little gem ...
  
• Laaarge Pumpkins - See how much more one can do with a bigger pumpkin.
• The Great Pumpkin Globe of JM Finholt - JM uses the whole pumpkin to create a map of the world.
• Painted Pumpkins - Some wonderful examples from our friends.
  • St. Joseph's Sixth Grade Class
• Rick's Tips - Rick Chong shares his ideas for creating inexpensive effective patterns.
• Halloween Books and Music  We've compiled a list of books and music available on Amazon.com, includes: growing, carving, costumes, history, party and more.

Click the Guitar to hear TagYerit's music.

Click here to fully explore the tagyerit.com pages

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