Sculptor transforms giant pumpkin
Sculptor transforms giant pumpkin
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OUT, GET IT OUT IN
TIME FOR HALLOWEEN.
REPORTER: LIKE ANY GREAT STORY,
PUMPKIN CARVER MO SAYS THE PLOT
FOR THIS GIANT PUMPKIN WAS
OBVIOUS.
>> IT ALREADY HAD ITS OWN FACE,
SO FOR US IT'S ABOUT LOOKING AT
THE PUMPKIN AND DECIDING REALLY
ON THE SPOT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
BE DOING.
REPORTER: HE'S A RETIRED MIDDLE
SCHOOL TEACHER FROM MAINE, HE'S
BEEN SCULPTING AND PAINING FOR
OVER 35 YEARS AND CARVED HIS
FIRST GIANT PUMPKIN NEARLY 20
YEARS AGO.
HE SAYS TODAY'S PUMPKIN THEME IS
SCREAM.
>> SO WE HAD HIS HEAD TILTING
AND WE SAW THAT TILT BECAUSE OF
WHERE THE NOSE WAS GOING TO BE,
SO ONCE WE SOUGHT THAT WE
DECIDED TO PUT A HAND ON THE
LEFT-HAND SIDE, MAKING IT LOOK
LIKE A LEANING TAPE OF FACE.
REPORTER: AT 2,066 POUNDS, THIS
PUMPKIN WAS THE PRIZE WINNER AT
THE DEAR FIELDER THEIR AND IS
BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST
PUMPKIN EVER GROWN IN NE
HAMPSHIRE.
THE GROWER OF BOSCAWEN SAYS THAT
WAS NO EASY FEAT.
>> IT A LOT OF HARD WORK, AND IT
STARTED WITH A SEEN FROM THIS
LINE OF GIANTS.
REPORTER: SO AT THIS HOUSE I
MANCHESTER, HE AND HIS TEAM WILL
BE SCRAPING AND PEELING WITH
POTTERY TOOLS, TRANSFORM, AN
AWARD WINNER INTO A WORK OF ART,
HOPING TO BRING SOME HALLOWEEN
HAPPINESS TO THIS CORNER OF
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
>> THIS IS GOING TO STAY RIGHT
HERE FOR EVERYBODY IN MANCHESTER
TO ENJOY AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL
COME OUT AND SEE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO LIGHT HAD THIS
THING UP TONIGHT.
WHEN THESE THINGS LIGHT UP, IT
WILL GLOW LIKE THE MOON, SO IT
WILL BE A TRAFFIC STOPPER FOR
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Sculptor transforms giant pumpkin
A sculptor from Maine is transforming a prizewinning New Hampshire pumpkin into a work of art.
A sculptor from Maine is transforming a prizewinning New Hampshire pumpkin into a work of art.
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