Bar-Eyed Surprised Pumpkin With Diamond Astonishment Marks

From pumpkin to porch

1. 1

   Hollow and prepare

   Hollow from the back and thin the wall to 1.8 cm. Dry the face. The eighteen astonishment marks and the eye bars require a consistent surface.

2. 2

   Transfer the layout

   Use a poking tool to mark both round eye outlines with their vertical bar center positions, both high arched brows, two nostril holes, the large oval mouth, and all eighteen diamond and round astonishment mark positions. Measure every bridge.

3. 3

   Cut brow arches and nostrils

   Cut both high arched brow holes first while the forehead is fully supported. Then remove the two nostril holes with a detail blade or small drill.

4. 4

   Cut eyes with vertical bars

   For each eye, cut the outer round boundary first as a series of short segments. Then remove the rind sections on each side of the vertical bar, leaving the bar intact at minimum 12 mm width. The bar must run the full height of the eye opening.

5. 5

   Cut the oval mouth

   Cut the large oval mouth opening, working around its circumference in short segments. The mouth is the largest single opening in the design and should be cut before the astonishment marks to keep the shell balanced.

6. 6

   Cut astonishment marks and light

   Work through all eighteen diamond and round marks using an awl for starting holes and a detail blade for shapes. Space them consistently. Insert a bright LED and view from a meter away to confirm the wild, bar-divided eye gaze reads clearly.

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