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Villafane Studios

A Hungry Pumpkin Roars to Life

Posted in Programs and Events on October 21 2013, by Matt Newman

Villafane 2013After spending the day at Grand Central Terminal with Ray Villafane and his cadre of carvers, I had no doubt that his emerging work for this year’s Haunted Pumpkin Garden would be as jaw-dropping as ever. Literally. But I didn’t realize just how massively monstrous Villafane’s plans were! With fangs galore and a squadron of buggy targets for its searching tongue, the finished sculpture came together over the course of our Giant Pumpkin Carving Weekend, landing yet another notch on the team’s belt of pumpkin masterpieces. And, of course, doing the record-breaking pumpkins in attendance proud.

This ravenous plant puts even the most impressive of Venus flytraps to shame, trust me on that one!

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