Shawn Feeney

Smiling Watermelon

sf — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:58:28 +0000

Impromptu one-hour carving at Rancho La Puerta. I was supposed to be taking a cooking class but they asked me to carve a watermelon from their garden instead.

Carving A Tiny Pumpkin

sf — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:42:57 +0000

Here is a time-lapse video I made of a tiny pumpkin carving. The pumpkin is about four inches in diameter.

Tiny Pumpkin Carving

sf — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:12:43 +0000

A face carved into a four-inch wide pumpkin. Watch the time-lapse video of the carving.

GoCarving Gallery

sf — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:09:46 +0000

I’m excited that some of my fruit and vegetable carvings are now on display among works from some other amazing sculptors on the GoCarving website.

St. Nickomelon – Watermelon Santa

sf — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:19:34 +0000

St. Nickomelon is sleepy after a long night delivering presents to all the good fruits and vegetables of the world. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

St. Nickomelon

sf — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:16:16 +0000

Old Saint Nick carved into a watermelon. Here’s how he looks when illuminated.

Thanksgiving Turkey Pumpkin

sf — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:45:42 +0000

Thanksgiving Turkey Pumpkin

sf — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:30:01 +0000

This year I carved the turkey… out of a pumpkin. Happy Thanksgiving!

White House Halloween Pumpkins 2011

sf — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:31:26 +0000

Carved pumpkins for the White House lawn, Washington, DC. Halloween 2011. Check out the video.

The Captain Beefheart Memorial Jack-o-lantern

sf — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:59:56 +0000

The subject of this year’s Memorial Jack-o-lantern is Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart (January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010). Songwriter, vocalist, instrumentalist, and true rock innovator. Beefheart’s wild and wide-ranging voice led The Magic Band through 12 studio albums, and inspired musicians ranging from Tom Waits to Beck to The Black Keys. To create the epic, iconoclastic double album Trout Mask Replica (produced by Frank Zappa), the band lived and rehearsed in a small house for eight months, often in dire conditions. Beefheart wore the head of a carp for the Cal Shenkel-designed album cover (it is a trout mask replica, after all), upon which this memorial jack-o-lantern is based.

You can see a time-lapse video of the carving on the Memorial Jack-o-lanterns page.