Ephemeral art

[jaunthie]

For whatever reason, I am drawn to artforms that are, by their very natures, ephemeral. For example, pumpkin-carving. Not that I'm any kind of artist at it - for that you need to see what Luthien can do with a big pumpkin - but I really enjoy carving pumpkins into an assortment of weird and amusing faces. I enjoy it so much I went to two pumpkin-carving parties this year, and enjoyed the heck out of them. Here's some of the guests' results from one:







To see larger versions of these pictures, click each to get to the gallery, and then click the picture again to see full size. The big, elaborately-carved jack-o-lantern in the back of the first image is Luthien's work - and she wasn't even close to done.

But yes, pumpkin-carving. Or gingerbread-cookie decoration, as those of you who've read this journal for a while have seen. And this year, I added a few apple-head dolls to the Halloween decorations awaiting the trick-or-treaters, just because:



There are three dolls. They were difficult to photograph, as they were really designed to be seen in person than in pictures, but I did my best. This is Azalea:







This is Fennel:







And this is Maple:






I'm rather pleased with them, although they're nowhere near perfect.


The apple-dolls will amuse the trick-or-treaters tonight, and go into the worm bin tomorrow, along with the jack-o-lanterns. And so it goes.

Comments

[sunkrux.livejournal.com]

Coolness. I miss Pumpkin Death & Gingerbread Death (brain tired, can't remember what you call it. sorry).

But mostly, I miss you and monkeybard. *hugs*

[jaunthie.livejournal.com]

We miss you too!

[sunkrux.livejournal.com]

The pumpkins from Pumpkin Death looked totally awesome. :D

[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love the apple dolls. So gorgeous!

[jaunthie.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm rather pleased with how they came out.