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.”
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 AMAZINGCARVEDPUMPKINS
[9]The Telegraph – Bizarre Halloween Jack O’Lantern pumpkin carving by Ray Villafane
[10]Pleated Jeans – The Art of Pumpkin Carving