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First attempt at watermelon carving

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Shymon
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States620 Posts
November 29 2011 01:57 GMT
#1
While bored at home on my day off i decided to give Thai style fruit carving a go. been meaning to learn how to do more old school or intricate garnishing techniques for a while now, even if i do cook at a restaurant that doesn't really do baquets at all. Knife skills are still important to constantly refresh on and doing more oddball stuff like this actually helps with the everyday stuff quite a bit. So armed with a small watermelon from the local store and a paring knife and plenty of youtube videos i set out to make a flower out of a melon:

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The starting set up, the melon is in a pot to act like a turntable. first step, peeling away the rind and making the inner petals

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Alright rind peeled off and so far so good, now to make the circle of inner petals, the ones that fold inwards instead of out. started with a circle and cut out 5 petals and then tried to repeat that once more but it got a bit small for my knife.

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the first set of outer leaves. now to make more shaped leaves as they get bigger.

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ok first set of big leaves and my not quite perfect alignment starts to show, something to work on for sure. now to repeat the process.

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added another layer and carved out center accents to the big leaves, now to get to the edge and finish it up.

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The end of carving as i make small bavels to garnish the edge and make the bottom flat to have the melon stand on a plate.

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the final product, i am pretty happy with how well it came out for a first try. Still huge room for improment as well as more intricate designs as this one is pretty simple. Some of the stuff out there is just nuts in terms of details, but that will come later. Overall it looks like a flower so i am gonna count that as a win, even if it is in the bronze league of carving.



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chocolatebunny
Profile Joined September 2011
301 Posts
November 29 2011 02:06 GMT
#2
that's really pretty and impressive!

it does look like a flower :D gj!
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25980 Posts
November 29 2011 02:15 GMT
#3
That's fucking awesome dude. You should be super proud of that, wow.
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danl9rm
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States3111 Posts
November 29 2011 02:17 GMT
#4
That looks really cool!

You mentioned it not having "perfect alignment" at one point. Don't obsess over symmetry; nature is not always perfectly symmetrical, in fact, it rarely is. It's usually the slight deviations that make it beautiful.

Can't wait to see your next try
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Hnnngg
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1101 Posts
November 29 2011 02:19 GMT
#5
I thought the first one was an anus.

Pretty flower though, although I could never make something that wouldn't last for a long time.

And it's food! You're supposed to eat it!
Comeh
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States18918 Posts
November 29 2011 02:27 GMT
#6
Read title
Get confused and believe that watermelon carving isn't a thing
Google watermelon carving
Mind blown

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That's pretty awesome work man
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zJayy962
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
1363 Posts
November 29 2011 02:27 GMT
#7
um this is friggin awesome. I've never see anything quite like it.
Peeano
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Netherlands5028 Posts
November 29 2011 02:27 GMT
#8
So... Are you still gonna eat that or should I?
FBH #1!
Crais
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2136 Posts
November 29 2011 02:28 GMT
#9
That is your FIRST attempt? Jesus my first attempts at things are usually awful. Well done that is amazing.
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cmen15
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1519 Posts
November 29 2011 02:32 GMT
#10
WTF this shit is crazy lolol!!!!!! How in the hell did you do this on your first go....
Greed leads to just about all losses.
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
November 29 2011 02:34 GMT
#11
Thats amazing... :o
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Spray
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States402 Posts
November 29 2011 02:40 GMT
#12
pretty sick man
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PenguinWithNuke
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
250 Posts
November 29 2011 02:41 GMT
#13
When I clicked this thread, I expected 1/5: a random dude cutting up a watermelon (I almost lol'd).

But then I saw it. And it was good. 5/5.
wooozy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3813 Posts
November 29 2011 02:43 GMT
#14
that's a first attempt?

what the fuck
TeaGreen
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada147 Posts
November 29 2011 02:43 GMT
#15
Dude. That's fucking pro.
affinity
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States266 Posts
November 29 2011 02:43 GMT
#16
wow, this was your first attempt? pretty amazing!
Mobius_1
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United Kingdom2763 Posts
November 29 2011 02:44 GMT
#17
That's beautiful.

And probably delicious, too.
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kineticSYN
Profile Joined May 2011
United States909 Posts
November 29 2011 02:54 GMT
#18
On November 29 2011 11:27 Comeh wrote:
Read title
Get confused and believe that watermelon carving isn't a thing
Google watermelon carving
Mind blown

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That's pretty awesome work man


no fucking joke, just went through the same process

holy fuck i'm impressed
and that's your first time?
i hope my semen has half the talent
IMMvp #1 :)
jjhchsc2
Profile Joined December 2010
Korea (South)2393 Posts
November 29 2011 02:57 GMT
#19
LOL wow
nice first attempt.
cant wait for more attempts!

Lee Ssang/ Lee Shin/ Kim Jung Woo/ Kim Min Chul/Jun Tae Yang/Park Soo Ho/Lee Jung Hoon/Choi Sung Hoon/ Moon Sung Won/Park Ji Soo/ Lee Ho Joon/ Jang Min Chul/ Kim Seung Chul/SaSe/IdrA/Ret Fighting! BW4Life
Dexington
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada7276 Posts
November 29 2011 02:58 GMT
#20
I didn't know watermelon carving existed, but that is crazy sick.
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