{"id":2519,"date":"2020-10-20T11:41:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T19:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/?p=2519"},"modified":"2020-10-20T11:42:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T19:42:27","slug":"creativity-during-the-pandemic-pumpkin-carving-beyond-jack-olanterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artesianmedia.com\/blog\/creativity-during-the-pandemic-pumpkin-carving-beyond-jack-olanterns\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity During the Pandemic: Pumpkin-Carving Beyond Jack O’Lanterns"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carving<\/h1>\n

Using Clay-Sculpture Tools To Produce Organic Art<\/p>\n

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The “Night of 1,000 Jack-o-Lanterns”<\/a> 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.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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Baby Monsters<\/h2>\n

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Dia De Los Muertos Designs<\/h2>\n

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Astrological Signs<\/h2>\n

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International Scary Days<\/h2>\n

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Imaginary Sci-Fi Magazine Covers<\/h2>\n

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Essential Workers & Endangered Species<\/h2>\n

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Constantly Replaced (they rot)<\/h2>\n

More New Ones Every Week<\/span><\/h2>\n

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