Pumpkin Shaving

This post is not food related, but im very proud of my pumpkin so I wanted to share...

Every year I get very excited to carve pumpkins and every year I end up disappointing myself. The ideas I think of are incredible, but I never follow through. I always end up printing a pre-made carving out and just stenciling it on to the pumpkin. This year was different! This year I decided to follow through with my crazy idea and attempt something I never had done before. It was going to be my first attempt at the shaving method.

I had done some research on the shaving method and everywhere I read said to use wood carving tools. Well I dont own those and I was not about to go by them. I dug through my tool box and decided to use a flat head screw driver, a paint can opener, and a chisel. Turns out these tools worked pretty efficiently. I was very impressed with the outcome of my pumpkin and next years will be even better.

This years pumpkin carving was inspired by my favorite football team, Chelsea FC. The image is Stamford The Lion, the mascot for Chelsea. I free hand drew the image on then shaved away the outter layer of the circle. It took about 2 hours from start to finish. 




Jeff