At the 2006 Artistry in Wood Show in Dayton, Ohio these Pumpkin Heads in the photograph at the left were part of Jon Nelson’s display.  A clever carving idea to try was filed in the back of my own wooden head.  A year later I had the opportunity to take a caricature carving class from Bob Stadtlander and one of his subjects was Pumpkin Heads.

As with many carving ideas and carving subjects which incubate in the carver’s creative muse, carving more of these Pumpkin Heads came knocking on my wooden head (i.e. ‘block head’).  The result being what I call “Pumpkin Noggins” as the word “noggin” means head.   So what follows is a photo journey of “Pumpkin Noggins” on parade. Read the rest of this entry »