{"id":10416,"date":"2015-10-26T10:57:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T17:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=10416"},"modified":"2015-10-26T10:57:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T17:57:10","slug":"picasso-of-pumpkin-carving-ray-villafanes-enchanted-pumpkin-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2015\/10\/26\/picasso-of-pumpkin-carving-ray-villafanes-enchanted-pumpkin-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Picasso of Pumpkin Carving&#8217; Ray Villafane&#8217;s Enchanted Pumpkin Garden!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Until October 31st, the town of Carefree, Arizona is hosting the <a href=\"http:\/\/carefreepumpkingarden.com\/\">Enchanted Pumpkin Garden<\/a>,\u00a0a one-of-a-kind event conceived by master pumpkin carver <a href=\"http:\/\/villafanestudios.com\/\">Ray Villafane<\/a>! The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10001424052970204346104576639122627836298\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> calls him<\/a> the &#8220;Picasso of pumpkin carving.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/carefreepumpkingarden.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10418\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grimace-Pumpkin-by-Ray-Villafane.jpg\" alt=\"Grimace-Pumpkin-by-Ray-Villafane\" \/><\/a>\n<p><strong>Here is Ray with a couple of his amazing personality-filled carved creations&#8230;!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/carefreepumpkingarden.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10419\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ray-Villafane-and-pumpkin.jpg\" alt=\"Ray-Villafane-and-pumpkin\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/carefreepumpkingarden.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"418\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10420\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ray-Villafane-and-Yoda-pumpkin.jpg\" alt=\"Ray-Villafane-and-Yoda-pumpkin\" \/><\/a>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"5\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/9Lc-yHGGOK\/\" target=\"_blank\">Potato and carrot eye. Seems like a logical approach to pumpkin eyes:) Some of the world&#8217;s most incredible pumpkin carvings are on display in Carefree, AZ. If you know anyone who lives in the Phoenix area be sure to give them a heads up on this world class pumpkin exhibit. This free event runs from October 16th-31st. Visit carefreepumpkingarden.com for more info and please SHARE:) #villafanestudios #pumpkins #carefree #pumpkincarving #enchantedpumpkingarden<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A video posted by Villafane Studios (@villafanestudios) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2015-10-23T11:46:57+00:00\">Oct 23, 2015 at 4:46am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is a carved Hubbard, a giant blue winter squash, lounging in a hammock!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"515\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10426\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hubbard.jpg\" alt=\"Hubbard\" \/>\n<p><strong>He and his team of professional sculptors have made all kinds of awesome things for the event!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"516\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10427\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pickled-pumpkin.jpg\" alt=\"Pickled-pumpkin\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>above images via <a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"http:\/\/carefreepumpkingarden.com\">Enchanted Pumpkin Garden<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VillafaneStudios\/photos\/pcb.950354828359469\/950353368359615\/?type=3&amp;theater\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10438\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ray-Villafane-cacti.jpg\" alt=\"Ray-Villafane-cacti\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ray-Villafane-cacti.jpg 640w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ray-Villafane-cacti-480x640.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<blockquote><p>Some of the cacti displays Paolo Acuna and I sculpted. They house the tanks beautifully and blend in perfectly with the desert environment. Who said pumpkin car<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">vings don&#8217;t last long in the Arizona? They apparently have never seen one of our pickled pumpkin carvings.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>image via <a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VillafaneStudios\/photos\/pcb.950354828359469\/950353368359615\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Ray Villafane<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The <a href=\"http:\/\/carefreepumpkingarden.com\">Enchanted Pumpkin Garden<\/a> is a FREE event that spans over 4 acres. Be sure to check it out in person if you can!<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/carefreecavecreek.org\/enchanted-pumpkin-gardens\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10440\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Enchanted-final.jpg\" alt=\"Enchanted-final\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until October 31st, the town of Carefree, Arizona is hosting the Enchanted Pumpkin Garden,\u00a0a one-of-a-kind event conceived by master pumpkin carver Ray Villafane! The Wall Street Journal calls him the &#8220;Picasso of pumpkin carving.&#8221; Here is Ray with a couple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16,9,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10416"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10442,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10416\/revisions\/10442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}