Jack Skellington

I got derailed a bit from other art projects this month because Halloween is fast approaching! Brian and I held a pumpkin carving party here at the house last weekend for friends and neighbors. As usual, our last minute ideas consumed us. Brian thought it would be cool to build a Jack Skellington figure to stand in front of the house. In about four days, he managed to whip this fellow together out of nothing more than PVC pipes, black duct tape, and a light fixture for his head. Not bad for a rush job! I helped on a few parts, but it was mostly Brian's work. My intention was to make a large papier mache pumpkin for him to hold in his hands, but we simply ran out of time. So we bought the little plastic pumpkin that lights up. I was also going to set his PVC-and-wire hands with epoxy clay and make them look a little more bony. From the road, he looks pretty cool. We can always work on refinements for next year! In the meantime, our neighbors all think we're a little odd ...