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Carved Pumpkin Coins

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 Posted 01/21/2013  12:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mailman28 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I know the light wouldn't shine through as bright but have you ever put the obverse & reverse designs of a coin on one pumpkin? Your carvings are pretty cool.
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 Posted 01/21/2013  7:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bettaguy2 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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I know the light wouldn't shine through as bright but have you ever put the obverse & reverse designs of a coin on one pumpkin?


I've considered that but I thought loss of light would be too great for the designs to really stand out.

In hind sight I probably could have done so with the cent.

Thanks again everyone for your compliments.
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 Posted 01/26/2013  7:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add solotime to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice job done! Try American silver eagle, lol.
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Try American silver eagle, lol.


Beautiful coin. Hadn't thought of that. Likely no one would recognize it, lol.
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Artwork that needs, and should be preserved. Some hours of skill and talent have been invested here

I guess that dessication of the pumpkin would be a major problem, which would lead to major cracking and breaking up. Fungal growth could be a problem as well.

A water based sealant, which when dried or cured, could stabilise the remaining moisture content.

Experiment on a non carved slab of equivalent thickness first.
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 Posted 01/28/2013  01:09 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CelticKnot to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Awesome!
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