Terry Bulger
Potato peeling precision leads Lundy Cupp to the perfect pumpkin.
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“I love doing faces,” Cupp said. “That’s mostly what I do in everything.
Every face is filled with pumpkin personality, each one pulled from that orange canvas.
Smiles and grimaces are never guaranteed. The pumpkins create their own October surprise.
“I didn’t know exactly what was going to show up, and these guys just turn up,” Cupp said. “A dude that just looks like he’s gonna cause some trouble.”
In Cupp’s hands, the faces start showing after an hour of carving.
Now his book, Realistic Pumpkin Carving, shows others they can do this, too.
Here, failure can actually be a success.
“It’s just a pumpkin. Don’t let it get in your head. What’s the worst that could happen to you? You’ll have the weirdest pumpkin on the street, and that’s kind of the whole idea anyway,” Cupp said.
Wood carving is what Cupp does the 11 other months of the year. Those last forever, but pumpkins don’t.“I’m always asked how do I preserve or keep it, and I just take good photos, that’s it,” he said. “It’s gonna to rot, and I’m OK with it.”
Sometimes Cupp feels rotten, too.“Sometimes a little kid might cry ’cause it’s so scary,” he said. “Inside I feel horrible, but also I’m thinking, it’s creepy enough to make somebody cry. I must be on the right track for creepy.”
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