Carving
Using Clay-Sculpture Tools To Produce Organic Art
The “Night of 1,000 Jack-o-Lanterns” exhibit at the Chicago Botanical Gardens was a breath of fresh – albeit pumpkin-spice-scented – air. After months of feeling trapped, increasingly bored with the virtual/streaming/digital distractions, we were starved for something that felt real. Tangible. Organic.ÂÂ
The coolest part was that the carved pumpkins were arranged according to themes – first came pumpkins carved with iconic images of scary folklores from different cultures, then endangered animals in Illinois, then Dia de Los Muertos/Santa Muerte, and finally sci-fi magazine covers from the Golden Age. Cool stuff. Much needed.ÂÂ
I’ve sorted out the pumpkin-carving designs into some broad general categories. And no, I did NOT upload all 1,000 jack o’lanterns. It just felt like it as I built this gallery.
Baby Monsters
Dia De Los Muertos Designs
Sleepy Santa Muerte
Maybe she’s having an allergic reaction to the flowers she’s holding against her cheek?
Astrological Signs
International Scary Days
Imaginary Sci-Fi Magazine Covers
Fantastic Adventures Sci-fi mag cover
Blasting off from exploding planets is a thing, I guess. Makes people less excited about you visiting.
Startling Stories Sci-fi mag cover
Bug-eyed brains with tentacles SHOULD be shot with ray guns. They hog the good candy. Everyone knows this.
Essential Workers & Endangered Species
Tribute to Teachers
Masks and Zoom calls. Yeah, this is more horrifying than the regular old werewolves & zombies.
Illinois Chorus Frog
I guess they all sing together. Which would be annoying, if you’re trying to sleep.
Striped Dark Scorpion
Didn’t think that scorpion could survive the winters this far north. A justifiably endangered species.
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