very nice pumpkin indeed. I just did a little experiment to preserve my carved pumpkin a little longer. I coated the exposed pumkinflesh with melted beeswax. It hasn't rotted yet and it's been over a week with modestly warm weather. Althought I'm starting to see a bit of mold creep in under the wax. It just seems like such a shame to carve such a beauty and then have it go to rot in a few days time. Usually the more ornate and delicate the carving, the shorter the lifespan. Aside from rot, they also shrivel due to dehydration. Perhaps something like polypropaline sealer might work better. What do you think? Or maybe it's better to just let it rot, like tibetian sand paintings, sandcastles or snow sculptures. Some works of art are meant to be admired in part because the are inpermanent.
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man, if that's not the koolest jack-o-lantern i've ever seen, it's definitely in the top 2.
very nice pumpkin indeed. I just did a little experiment to preserve my carved pumpkin a little longer. I coated the exposed pumkinflesh with melted beeswax. It hasn't rotted yet and it's been over a week with modestly warm weather. Althought I'm starting to see a bit of mold creep in under the wax. It just seems like such a shame to carve such a beauty and then have it go to rot in a few days time. Usually the more ornate and delicate the carving, the shorter the lifespan. Aside from rot, they also shrivel due to dehydration. Perhaps something like polypropaline sealer might work better. What do you think? Or maybe it's better to just let it rot, like tibetian sand paintings, sandcastles or snow sculptures. Some works of art are meant to be admired in part because the are inpermanent.
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