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Not Your Average Jack-O’-Lantern

By on September 25, 2009 in Ideas


The News Tribune:

It’s tough to miss Russ Leno, a 15-year institution at the Puyallup Fair.

The 57-year-old mechanical engineer can usually be found dressed head to toe in black and orange, carving away at a giant pumpkin.

Leno’s pumpkin sculptures hardly resemble the typical Halloween jack-o’-lantern. Rather than carving primitive eye and mouth holes into his pumpkins, he carefully sculpts them with fillet knives.

His achievements include intricate renderings of goblins, ghouls and real-life animals, as well as the occasional elaborate battle scene.

Leno said he started carving pumpkins about 20 years ago as a pastime, but it quickly evolved.

“This was just a hobby, but it turned into a fun job,” the Everett resident said Sunday. “Now it makes money.”

Photo by The News Tribune.

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  • Jaclyn Wells

    That is one huge pupkin! I can’t even imagine carving a pumpkin that big.

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