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madamjujujive — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 22:56:24 -0800

Watermelon carving - a gallery of intricate work and eclectic subjects. In Thailand, there is a tradition of elaborately carving fruit and vegetables, especially when preparing foods for royalty or as part of festivals such as Loi Krathong. This gallery offers some pictorial instructions; books, tools, and sample instructions are also available from the Temple of Thai.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 23:16:25 -0800

Impressive as always, MJJ. Thanks!

By: majick

majick — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 23:23:47 -0800

This guy just opened up a restaurant down the street. I can't wait to check it out.

By: Bdave

Bdave — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 23:27:21 -0800

Super nice stuff thankyou. Now, back to making my watermelon helmet.

By: maggieb

maggieb — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 23:35:50 -0800

I am unworthy. 4 July 1999. Blown up at midnight.

By: bashos_frog

bashos_frog — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:34:12 -0800

If you're gonna spend $100 on a watermelon, you might as well make something nice out of it, I guess. (Actually, I exaggerate - I saw a nice 1kg watermelon for only 2400 yen the other day.)

By: headspace

headspace — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 04:19:34 -0800

Oh wow, those are amazing. I especially like the one they lit up, the glow is mesmerizing. Great links, thank you so much for sharing!

By: taz

taz — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 05:56:53 -0800

Here's another gorgeous one that gets lit up at the end, headspace, and quite a few more in this fruitcarver's gallery. Watermelon seems to be a fave for figural carvings, as well; see here, and the fourth photo here, and my favorite, the Dionysus figure in the second photo here. And, Bdave, here's something just for you!

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 06:39:27 -0800

bashos_frog, is that how much watermelons cost in Japan? Yikes! Great link additions, taz...here's another chapeau for bdave if he wants to get fancy. And maggieb, that looks pretty festive to me - of course, I have been known to buy my watermelon pre-sliced ;-( I know - let's all meet at majick's house this weekend and we can try that new restaurant - looks fun!

By: etoile

etoile — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 07:26:36 -0800

Oh my god, those are beautiful. I've seen elaborately carved pumpkins, but I don't remember ever seeing such lovely watermelons.

By: taz

taz — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 07:37:24 -0800

Hey! Who knew fruit hats for cats were so popular!

By: raygirvan

raygirvan — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:09:08 -0800

Watermelon fans may also enjoy the Gallery (the links are in the right-hand column - one NSFW accessed on solving a mathematical problem) at ????? (Watermelon), a nice recreational maths site by Yevgeny Sklyaryevskiy, a maths/computing journalist in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Watermelons being a major product of Uzbekistan, he takes them as his site theme. Machine translation of the Gallery page here.

By: of strange foe

of strange foe — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:39:50 -0800

The last one (#12) on this page is truly meta-craft.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:34:40 -0800

Wow. I feel lucky if I can carve a face in the halloween pumpkin and emerge from the task with all my fingers. Cool link MJJJ!

By: quonsar

quonsar — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:02:26 -0800

if fruit could scream i'd carve it every day!

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:03:59 -0800

*thought he invented watermelon carving six weeks ago*