{"id":22624,"date":"2023-08-02T09:32:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/?p=22624"},"modified":"2023-08-02T09:32:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:32:54","slug":"deep-sea-jack-o-lanterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/deep-sea-jack-o-lanterns\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Sea Jack-O&#8217;-Lanterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #cc721f;\"><b>Scuba divers compete in a decades-old pumpkin carving contest in the Florida Keys<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>By Kelly Umenhofer<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">One day in late October, a host of scuba divers from around the USA descended 25 to 30 feet underwater at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Clad in snorkels, air tanks, weights, and carving tools, they got to work on the ocean floor whittling a pirate-themed design on a pumpkin for a chance to win the grand prize: a free diving trip at the Amoray Dive Resort in Key Largo, Fla. \u201cThe Keys are famous for being quirky and the underwater pumpkin contest is one of many examples,\u201d Dan Eidsmoe, the 2021 contest winner, said.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 838.281px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 566px;\">\n<p class=\"p1\">For the past 25 years, the Amoray Dive Resort has held an annual underwater pumpkin carving contest to create a fun Halloween challenge for scuba divers and carvers alike. Each year, the Amoray Dive Shop removes the pumpkins\u2019 insides to make them easier to carve. Once the gourds are handed out, the divers sketch their pre-planned designs onto the pumpkins. The designs must be related to the contest\u2019s theme, which changes every year. Past themes have included pirates and fish, but whatever the topic, divers are encouraged to let their imaginations run wild.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 278.281px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22667\" src=\"https:\/\/woodcarving.zeeframes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin4-Landing-Page-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin4-Landing-Page-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin4-Landing-Page-1-150x185.jpg 150w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin4-Landing-Page-1-300x370.jpg 300w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin4-Landing-Page-1-45x55.jpg 45w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin4-Landing-Page-1-405x500.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\u00a0<b style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: inherit;\">Carving team, Josephine Walker\u00a0<\/b><b style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: inherit;\">and Stephanie McClary, with\u00a0<\/b><b style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: inherit;\">their winning entry.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 828px; background-color: #e89241;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 461.156px;\">\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Tools for Underwater Carving<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p3\">Contestants use a variety of tools to carve their pumpkins on the ocean floor, including X-ACTO<i>\u00ae<\/i> knives, potato peelers, deburring tools, and tweezers. Some divers attach features to their carvings with crafting wire and toothpicks. Mesh bags can be used to hold your tools, but make sure to weight the bag down so it doesn\u2019t float away!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 373.844px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22588\" src=\"https:\/\/woodcarving.zeeframes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin1-Landing-Page.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"562\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin1-Landing-Page.jpg 740w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin1-Landing-Page-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin1-Landing-Page-68x55.jpg 68w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin1-Landing-Page-150x122.jpg 150w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin1-Landing-Page-500x405.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Photo by Frazer Nivens, Florida Keys News Bureau<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 835.642px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 457px;\">\n<p class=\"p1\">In 2021, former attorney Dan Eidsmoe carved a traditional jack-o\u2019-lantern, adding a toy shark and waterproof strobe light to the inside of the pumpkin. He then angled the shark so it was peeking out of the gourd\u2019s side. Dan designed the winning pumpkin to highlight the experience of carving with sea creatures all around him. \u201cThe schooling fish and other scavengers eat up the remnants of the discarded pieces as you carve,\u201d Dan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Besides being surrounded by hungry marine life, divers also must keep in mind the ocean\u2019s current and the pumpkins\u2019 buoyancy. For divers working in teams of two, there is an additional challenge of not being able to talk to one another while carving. \u201cWithout being able to speak to each other, we passed the pumpkin back and forth and closely watched what the other was carving,\u201d Josephine Walker, who won in 2018 with her daughter Stephanie McClary, said.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 384.642px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22589\" src=\"https:\/\/woodcarving.zeeframes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin2-Landing-Page.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin2-Landing-Page.jpg 740w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin2-Landing-Page-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin2-Landing-Page-68x55.jpg 68w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin2-Landing-Page-150x122.jpg 150w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin2-Landing-Page-500x405.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Photo by Tiffany Drong\/Keys Weekly<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 840.99px; background-color: #e89241;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 454px;\">\n<h4>TIP: Shine a Light<\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\">To highlight the features of the carving details underwater, divers often add a waterproof light to the finished piece.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 391.99px;\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22590\" src=\"https:\/\/woodcarving.zeeframes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin3-Landing-Page.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin3-Landing-Page.jpg 740w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin3-Landing-Page-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin3-Landing-Page-68x55.jpg 68w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin3-Landing-Page-150x122.jpg 150w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Scuba-Pumpkin3-Landing-Page-500x405.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 1231px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 1233px;\">\n<p class=\"p1\">From the moment the contestants dive in to when the winner is announced, the dive resort films and photographs the entire competition above and below water to share the unique contest around the world. \u201cIt was broadcast all over and I saw myself everywhere from the local news to news outlets in Australia, Singapore, and Malaysia,\u201d Dan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">No matter the outcome of the competition, each diver walks away with one-of-a-kind memories. \u201cIt\u2019s an experience that I\u2019ll never forget; I would do it every year if I could,\u201d Josephine said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>For more information on the Amoray Dive Resort\u2019s annual underwater pumpkin carving contest, call 305-451-3595, or email divecenter@amoraywatersports.com.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 1250px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 327.049px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22566\" src=\"https:\/\/woodcarving.zeeframes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Cover-Landing-Page.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Cover-Landing-Page.jpg 567w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Cover-Landing-Page-284x370.jpg 284w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Cover-Landing-Page-42x55.jpg 42w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Cover-Landing-Page-300x392.jpg 300w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Cover-Landing-Page-150x196.jpg 150w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WEB-WCI104-Cover-Landing-Page-383x500.jpg 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 929.951px;\">\n<div>\n<p>Get the Fall 2023 Issue<\/p>\n<p>[button link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.foxchapelpublishing.com\/products\/woodcarving-illustrated-issue-104-fall-2023.html&#8221; 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