– I love pumpkin season. It’s a bit of happiness and I’m enjoying myself a lot, says Inga Dalsegg from Rindal in Trøndelag. She is an artist, but in the fall she takes a break to make pumpkin lanterns. – It is not serious art like when I paint. Even if I can spend 10-11 hours on a pumpkin, it’s a disconnect. Artistic pumpkin lanterns are made and decorated in Inga Dalsegg’s house when Halloween is soon to be celebrated. Photo: Privat Pumpkin lantern by the queen In particular, the beautiful pumpkin lantern by Queen Elizabeth has been noticed this autumn. The video has been seen by over 350,000 people on social media. – I have tried to get a good portrait likeness of Queen Elizabeth. Then I had to bring the dog. After all, she was a dog lover and known for her hats. You can see this and other pumpkin lanterns on her Facebook and Instagram. – I have never had such a great response to a pumpkin lantern before. The response is simply overwhelming. Far above all expectations, says Inga Dalsegg. She is a visual artist by profession, and has also previously experienced that it has taken off on social media. Pumpkin enthusiast Over time, the motifs on the pumpkins have become more and more advanced. – I have carved a lot of different things. Many portraits of famous people. Working with the pumpkins is fun. The artistic pumpkins in the house are a highlight when Halloween is soon to be celebrated. – I can safely say that I am a pumpkin enthusiast, she asserts. Halloween Photo: SAUL LOEB / Afp Halloween, or All Saints’ Eve, is a 2,000-year-old tradition More than 2,000 years ago, the Celts started celebrating Halloween to mark a new year. The Celtic people lived in the British Isles and in northern France. The Celts believed that the old year died on the last day of October. The night of 1 November was therefore a haunted night where the ghosts returned to earth to cause trouble. When the famine struck Ireland in 1854-1860, many Irish people moved to the United States and brought Halloween traditions with them. Since then, the USA has celebrated Halloween on 31 October. Part of the celebration consists of children dressing up and going from house to house asking for candy. The children say “trick or treat”, or “knack or knep” in Norwegian, a question that threatens that you will have to give the children a little trick, otherwise they will play a trick on you. In Norway, there is an unwritten rule that houses where the outside lights are switched off do not want visitors. Halloween in Norway is a relatively new tradition that started in the mid-1990s, and which has become increasingly popular in recent years. Among other things, the new traditions have led to around 1,000 tonnes of pumpkins being produced in Norway. Sources: matmerk.no, Store norske lexikon and Wikipedia. Pumpkin Lantern by Daemon Targaryen, Prince “House of the Dragon.” Photo: Inga Dalsegg Something for everyone She believes pumpkin lanterns are something for everyone, and has several courses this autumn in central Norway. – For a pumpkin enthusiast, it’s fun to have the opportunity to travel around and spread some creative pumpkin joy in the autumn darkness. I see the pumpkin lantern workshops as autumn’s version of a Christmas workshop. This is something for everyone. She has had participants from 4 years old up to 75 years old on the same course. – It’s incredibly nice to be able to play with something creative across generations like this. Inga’s advice for those who make pumpkin lanterns How to make a pumpkin lantern. Good advice from Inga: If I were to offer some good advice, the first thing to do is to buy as large a pumpkin as possible. Many people think that a small pumpkin is lighter, but the smaller the pumpkin, the more piquancy and small details there will be. Avoid buying one that is not ripe, the ones with a lot of green on them are rock hard so it will be more like cutting into a turnip. If there is mold around the stem, the pumpkin is rotten inside, so steer clear of them too, then you won’t be able to enjoy your lantern for long. When cutting the lid REMEMBER to hold the knife at an angle towards the middle, so that the lid has an edge to rest on, otherwise it will just fall down. Everything becomes easier with good equipment, there are reasonable sets of pumpkin knives, these are also impossible to cut yourself on, so the youngest can safely use them themselves. EVERYONE can do this, you don’t need to be able to draw. But PLAN! You can find lots of ideas online, and you can easily transfer a motif by printing it out, taping it to the pumpkin and then dotting along the lines. Naturally, I draw freehand myself. For those who want to advance a bit, I recommend buying a set of linocut equipment, which you can find at a reasonable price at hobby shops. Then you can scrape off the shell in some places, instead of just cutting straight through. Source: Inga Dalsegg.
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Inga Dalsegg receives an enormous response to pumpkin art from famous people such as Queen Elizabeth – news Trøndelag
