Every October, people can’t resist the pull of the pumpkin. Carvers go to work on their hand-picked gourds, eager to transform them into something spectacularly scary, or just plain spectacular. There are so many creative and stunning pumpkin-carving coming up every year. And if pumpkin-carving were to become an Olympic event, Ray Villafane would be a contender for a gold medal. Villafane, the American model designer and former art teacher uses spoons and a scalpel to carve the innocent orange gourds into Halloween horrors in double quick time. His Halloween pumpkins are so hauntingly lifelike that they often inspire stunned silence and awe. Take a look at these 11 stunning carvings we presented in this post. It is really amazing to see each wrinkly, orange globe that Villafane digs into is brought to life with an animated expression. And you can find more on his site. [source]
