Check Out These Watermelons!

[Theognome]

Theognome

 

[etexas]

No comment.

 

[ww]

 

[Claudiu]

That actually looks really cool

 

[QueenEsther]

Wow. I'm hungry, I want to eat one.

 

[LadyFlynt]

WOW! Just WOW!

@ Rose...craving, hon?

 

[QueenEsther]

WOW! Just WOW!

@ Rose...craving, hon?

hahaha, maybe.

 

[PresbyDane]

Great Melons!!!

 

[OPC'n]

Wow, those are some great carvings!

 

[Whitefield]

I'm leaving all the melon comments to the ladies.

 

[VictorBravo]

Made you look!

Theognome

Yeah, because I was thinking, "where does he live that melons are ripe right now?"

Mine won't be ready until September, the way thing look this year.

 

[Skyler]

I can't make up my mind as to whether that looks more handmade or CNCed.

Probably handmade. It would be pretty intensive to compensate for the irregularities in the melon's form.

 

[Whitefield]

I can't make up my mind as to whether that looks more handmade or CNCed.

Probably handmade. It would be pretty intensive to compensate for the irregularities in the melon's form.

what a geek. j/k

 

[LawrenceU]

Cool.

I can just see carrying a melon to a CNC machine. . .'Really, the boss won't mind.'

 

[BJClark]

Someone sure has a lot of time on their hands..

 

[QueenEsther]

I should go buy some watermelon seeds now..

 

[Solus Christus]

I'd be curious at how long some of those took to make. But yeah, too much time on one's hands

 

[Idelette]

Wow, those are amazing! I would love to learn how to carve watermelons like that!

 

[VictorBravo]

I think the artist who carved those is Takashi Itoh.

He's got a website, and it looks like people have taken some of his photos and have been spreading them on the web without attribution.

Watermelon Special Fruitcarving

 

[Solus Christus]

I think the artist who carved those is Takashi Itoh.

He's got a website, and it looks like people have taken some of his photos and have been spreading them on the web without attribution.

Watermelon Special Fruitcarving

Definitely looks like you found a match Vic. I bow to your internet search-fu!

The site also answers my question as to how long it takes to carve a piece:

I spend about 1 hour carving a watermelon.
If I carve only a simple character, it takes 20 min.
But if I do a flower decoration too, it takes from 40 to 90 minutes.

 

[JBaldwin]

Those are amazing!

 

[Rangerus]

 

[Zenas]

That's so easy. I bet they can't do that with sweet potatoes.

 

[nicnap]

That was neat. We had some like that at our wedding...well, not the baseball players, more like the flowers and such.

 

[Piano Hero]

Wow, those are amazing. I especially like the second one. I wonder if they eat them afterwards.....they're too pretty to eat.

 

[QueenEsther]