The clip-art designs here, created by crafts editor Marcie McGoldrick and professional carver Marc Evan, show how the same things that attract you to textiles and prints—strong images, repeating graphics—make for a beautiful pumpkin.
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The clip-art designs here, created by crafts editor Marcie McGoldrick and professional carver Marc Evan, show how the same things that attract you to textiles and prints—strong images, repeating graphics—make for a beautiful pumpkin.
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If Louis Comfort Tiffany ever carved a pumpkin, it may have looked like this one from illustrator Marc Evan, cofounder of Maniac Pumpkin Carvers, in Brooklyn. These Art Nouveau--inspired flowers and leaves drape from the top, just as in the stained-glass lampshades. The stacked display, opposite, likewise features a repeating pattern: The design is carved a few times around the lower pumpkin and aligns with a continuation—plus an owl—on the smaller 'Blue Moon' pumpkin on top.
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If Louis Comfort Tiffany ever carved a pumpkin, it may have looked like this one from illustrator Marc Evan, cofounder of Maniac Pumpkin Carvers, in Brooklyn. These Art Nouveau--inspired flowers and leaves drape from the top, just as in the stained-glass lampshades. The stacked display, opposite, likewise features a repeating pattern: The design is carved a few times around the lower pumpkin and aligns with a continuation—plus an owl—on the smaller 'Blue Moon' pumpkin on top.
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A simple checked pattern becomes playfully spooky with staggered small icons instead of blocks of color. Marc Evan created these crow and skull icons, which are accented with freehand Xs.
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A simple checked pattern becomes playfully spooky with staggered small icons instead of blocks of color. Marc Evan created these crow and skull icons, which are accented with freehand Xs.
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Find art in juxtaposition: not only by placing a five-pound little guy next to a 90-pound prizewinner, but also by re-creating the look of rich Fortuny fabric in the humble flesh of a pumpkin. (To prolong the pumpkin's life, don't gut it: The design is so strong, it doesn't need the added contrast of backlighting.)
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Find art in juxtaposition: not only by placing a five-pound little guy next to a 90-pound prizewinner, but also by re-creating the look of rich Fortuny fabric in the humble flesh of a pumpkin. (To prolong the pumpkin's life, don't gut it: The design is so strong, it doesn't need the added contrast of backlighting.)
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You need little more than a drill (and three bits) to create this doily effect. The intricate and lacy look is achieved by repeating a wedge pattern. Given how small some of these holes are, the design allows for errors. (This one has mistakes— but can you even tell?)
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You need little more than a drill (and three bits) to create this doily effect. The intricate and lacy look is achieved by repeating a wedge pattern. Given how small some of these holes are, the design allows for errors. (This one has mistakes— but can you even tell?)
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Daisies have an uncomplicated beauty that lends well to graphic design (look no further than Marimekko's archive). On these, the pattern is positioned both vertically and horizontally, so the stems snake either around or over the pumpkins. The flowers' bright centers are pierced with a drill.
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Daisies have an uncomplicated beauty that lends well to graphic design (look no further than Marimekko's archive). On these, the pattern is positioned both vertically and horizontally, so the stems snake either around or over the pumpkins. The flowers' bright centers are pierced with a drill.
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This carving is all about size and subtlety: The squatness of the large squash is ideal for a looping horizontal design,and the low contrast in hue between carved and uncarved flesh plays up the fluffy, textural mums.
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This carving is all about size and subtlety: The squatness of the large squash is ideal for a looping horizontal design,and the low contrast in hue between carved and uncarved flesh plays up the fluffy, textural mums.
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Download the desired design at <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marthastewart.com%2F1015323%2Fnatures-canvas%2F%40center%2F276965%2Fhalloween" target="_blank" target="_blank">marthastewart .com/pumpkins</a>, print it out, and then cut out the template with scissors. The same vine was carved six times around the larger pumpkin.
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Download the desired design at marthastewart .com/pumpkins, print it out, and then cut out the template with scissors. The same vine was carved six times around the larger pumpkin.
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