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New Pumpkins finished this weekend

19 years ago

Here are a couple of things I finished this weekend: a small halloween pumpkin with black grout - looks better in person that is 5 inches high and another that is about 5 x 8. Not happy with the grout in the bigger one, but I did a test panel with 6 colors (gold, orange, black, brown, red, tan) so I went with brown which dried too light.

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Comments (27)

  • 19 years ago

    Those are beautiful!!!
    I love the last one! I assume you used resin pumpkins???
    Betsy

  • 19 years ago

    How very cute, that's really nice,
    Cindy

  • 19 years ago

    Those are wonderful!! You can always paint that grout darker

    Maria

  • 19 years ago

    Very cute! All those pcs!!! I love those colors, I'm workin on a really weird light globe right now that I've tried to do smaller pcs, but it's a disaster compared to your two!!!

  • 19 years ago

    Oh how wonderful are those!!! Your pieces are so uniform. Really nice work.

  • 19 years ago

    How neat are those?? Do you use a morton system for your cutting? I like how uniform your pieces are.

  • 19 years ago

    What's the substrate? Love the pumpkins. I did some out of styrofoam with my son. We made jackolatern faces on ours, but I like what you have done here better. I thought about using the resin and plastic ones in the craft stores but haven't done it yet! Holiday crafts are so much fun!!

  • 19 years ago

    Oh GOSH! The pumpkins are FABULOUS! Was the face already cut out? Are they resin? We need some DETAILS, PLS!

  • 19 years ago

    Wow! Those are great!!
    I don't use my old pupkin anymore, it's scratched up
    and looks awful. What a great idea! Hopefully I didn't throw it out already. Beautiful job!!

    Hazie

  • 19 years ago

    Thanks everyone for your kind comments. Both pumpkins were ceramic - small one from thrift store for 75 cents was cut out as you see and the other was one I purchased from TJ Maxx.
    I don't use anything to cut the pieces, just cut a long strip, cut it into 1" pieces, then to 1/2" and then use the wheeled nippers to cut into 1/4". Takes awhile to cut all those out. After cutting probably 20,000 pieces, I just about have the uniform cut down.

  • 19 years ago

    WOW, those are awesome!.... man I need some orange glass and about 30 more days in Oct

  • 19 years ago

    Sirius, dazzling pumpkins!

  • 19 years ago

    Those are SIRIUSLY fabulouS! No Kidding! I want out looking...and the only thing I've found on the market (well, HobLob & Michael's) are flammable styrofoam...AND they're NOT cheap! Will have to explore more ....

  • 19 years ago

    Wow! LOVE those punkins! They are SO beautifully mosaicked!
    Hmmmmm... gonna to have to stop at the $1 store on the way home from work tomorrow.
    They REALLY look great, sirius!!!
    Katie

  • 19 years ago

    Wow Sirius! I have been looking for some pumpkins to do for Halloween!! I wanted to do them jack-o-lantern on one side and then regular pumpkin on the other for Thanksgiving. I can't find any just right! I love yours! Great inspiration to keep looking!! Thank you.

  • 19 years ago

    Sirius, beautiful work! Wonderful colors.

  • 19 years ago

    Love these!!!

  • 19 years ago

    Great- they look awesome!! What a fun project!

  • 19 years ago

    BEAUTIFUL!!!

  • 19 years ago

    I love them too...beautiful work excellent!annie

  • 19 years ago

    Guess who's now on the lookout for PUMPKINS! VERY COOL! And BTW-I think the second one is GORGEOUS and the grout is perfect so my address is .... LOL!

  • 19 years ago

    Sirius, These are gorgeous! I also love the 2nd one. For the green grout (I think it's green...), on the stems, did you use acrylic paint to color it or did you buy the green colored grout?
    I know I won't have time to get any pumpkins done for this fall but I sure hope I can find some to do for next year. I've got a perfect glass for some harvest pumpkins!

  • 19 years ago

    Sirius....these are the most beautiful pumpkins I've ever seen. You did an awesome job on them. I really admire your work - all of it. I drool every time I look through your album.

  • 19 years ago

    Awesome...these are great....both beautiful......love the colors.

  • 19 years ago

    This is another one I keep coming back to admire. LOVE the second one - color is great. You wouldn't want them to be the same color anyway, no?? The uniformity of your tesserae is just awesome.

  • 19 years ago

    I used green acrylic paint on the stem afterwards to change the grout color. I was going to paint the grout on the pumpkin a darker brown, but the color is starting to grow on me, so I'll probably leave it the way it is.

  • 19 years ago

    Sorry I missed this thread the other day. Your pumpkins are just stunning!! What a wonderful thing to be able to keep for holloween and not have melting away on your front porch after. Just beautiful. I would leave them out until Christmas. So pretty!!!

    Chris

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