Artist Ray Villafane began carving pumpkins on a lark for his art students in a small rural school district in Michigan. The hobby changed his life as he gained a viral following online and unlocked his genuine love of sculpting. Here are images of pumpkin carvings Villafane created over the past five years.
Who let me outta here?
Would you open this zipper?
Rough day
President Barack Obama
Please don’t pull on that tab
Say ‘aaaahhhhh’!
Predator pumpkin
Motorized Medusa
It’s alive!!
Native American portrait
Brainiac
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
Unlocking a vision
Foods with moods
Biting his tongue
David Letterman
The fear inside