UK pumpkin carvers get creative with ‘villainous’ Halloween creations
One pumpkin pays tribute to Tom Parker from The Wanted, while another is inspired by a sci-fi show.
Pumpkin carvers across the UK have been busy producing tributes to their favourite fictional characters, video games and bands as the nation gets ready for Halloween.
Mark Peach, who works as a kitchen designer for B&Q and is based in Chorley, near Preston, carved an image of Din Djarin from the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, on to the skin of a pumpkin.
The 49-year-old told the PA news agency: “When most people carve a pumpkin, they cut everything out all the way through, so the light shines through.
To get the image etched on accurately, Mr Peach printed the picture he wanted on the pumpkin and stuck it on the fruit as a guide.
“I’m not a real artist, so there’s no way I could draw it on there.”
“It’s based on one of the skull designs from the video game Sea Of Thieves,” Ms Frost, who is based in Oxfordshire, told PA.
“I’m one of the community managers at Rare who make the game, so I thought people who follow me might enjoy it.
She said the trickiest part was arranging the floating pieces on top.
“I used a handful of cocktail sticks and got poked a few times,” she added.
Katie, from Durham, who is a fan of The Wanted, spent two hours carving a tribute to member Tom Parker, who died in March 2022 at the age of 33 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.
She carved the silhouettes of the five band members, as well as the lyrics “Some days stay gold forever”, from the group’s song Gold Forever.
“It felt like the perfect choice!”
