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pumpkins
Oh, and they are also architectural. I love planning out how a pumpkin's structure will support whatever I carve into it, and how to create a relief impression. Given the varieties of light and of differing layers in the pumpkin skin, I have successfully carved entire landscapes of haunted houses, moons over a cemetary, ghosts rising from tombs and dark and mystical figures striding across a lost road. It's wonderful to show somebody what can be accomplished with a sharp knife and an orange organic globe. But what kind of carvings do my kids prefer? A face of course. Preferably a scary one.
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The really neat thing about carving pumpkins is that it's a transformative activity. You're taking a smooth surface -- an organic
substance (no two pumpkins are the same) -- and changing it into something that resembles a human being. What's even better is that it
doesn't last -- perhaps that's why I like both pumpkin carving and sand castle building. Neither one of them are permanent art installations;
both forms of art are ephemeral.
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