我把南瓜刻成名人的臉

我把南瓜刻成名人的臉

Inspired by pumpkin-carving genius Ray Villafane, I started carving pumpkins 6 years ago. As pumpkins only tend to be in the shops for about a month in the UK, I don’t get much chance to practice most of the year and it feels a bit like starting from scratch every October, although I think I am slowly improving.

受南瓜雕刻天才Ray Villafane的啟發(fā)，我從6年前開(kāi)始雕刻南瓜。在英國(guó)，南瓜一般只在商店里賣(mài)一個(gè)月左右，所以我一年中大部分時(shí)間都沒(méi)有機(jī)會(huì)練習(xí)，而且感覺(jué)有點(diǎn)像每年10月都要從頭開(kāi)始，盡管我覺(jué)得自己正在慢慢進(jìn)步。

I work from a photo, so the main challenges are firstly just how deep the pumpkin will let you carve without breaking through the flesh, and secondly trying to convert a 2D picture into a 3D pumpkin—my pumpkins often look quite 3D from the front, but from the side, can look a bit flat.

我從一張照片開(kāi)始工作，所以主要的挑戰(zhàn)首先是在不刺穿果肉的情況下，這個(gè)南瓜能刻多深，其次，試著把一張2D的圖片轉(zhuǎn)換成一個(gè)3D的南瓜——我的南瓜通常從正面看很3D，但是從側(cè)面看，有點(diǎn)扁平。

I sometimes wish the pumpkins would last a bit longer when they’re finished, but the fact they are so temporary encourages me to carry on carving—if they didn’t rot, maybe I would have stopped after one I was particularly proud of, thinking I couldn’t do better next time...

有時(shí)我希望這些南瓜在制作完成后能保存得更久一些，但它們?nèi)绱硕虝旱氖聦?shí)鼓勵(lì)我繼續(xù)切割——如果它們沒(méi)有腐爛，也許我就會(huì)在一個(gè)我特別自豪的南瓜上停止切割，想著我下次不能做得更好了……

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圖片來(lái)源：SydlingFlyer