Pumpkin carvings for Halloween - in pictures
Ray Villafane and his team of professional sculptors, from Michigan, meticulously carve pumpkins using spoons and scalpels. Each character takes an average of two hours to complete
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A squashed face carved from a squash
Photograph: Ray Villafane/Barcroft Media
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Oh my gourd! Horror face carved out of a pumpkin
Photograph: Ray Villafane/Barcroft Media
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A Gremlin carved out of a pumpkin - don't water this one
Photograph: Ray Villafane/Barcroft Media
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Another one of Villafane's smashing pumpkins (which have absolutely nothing to do with the US band of the same name)
Photograph: Ray Villafane/Barcroft Media
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Happy Halloween. Or not
Photograph: Ray Villafane/Barcroft Media
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What do you mean, I'm just a pumpkin?
Photograph: Ray Villafane/Barcroft Media
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Is there anyone out there who doesn't think clowns are scary?
Photograph: Ray Villafane/Barcroft Media
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Scary or scared? You decide
Photograph: Ray Villafane/Barcroft Media
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We finally really did it - we carved a gorilla face out of a pumpkin
Photograph: Ray Villafane / Barcroft Media/Barcroft Media
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Pumpkin pie? I don't think so
Photograph: Ray Villafane/Barcroft Media
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This one has a pumpkin seed on its tongue for some reason
Photograph: Ray Villafane/Barcroft Media
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Is this the future of Halloween-themed vegetable carving? Only time will tell
Photograph: Ray Villafane/Barcroft Media
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