mine the media Whatever slice of media you enjoy, work it—favorite paintings, graphic novels, music videos, films, and even advertisements are a wealth of visual inspiration. “I really like the movie Beetlejuice and, when I thought of making this pumpkin, it immediately came to mind,” says Morgantown High School sophomore Darby Shaub . “What better to make a pumpkin into than a sandworm?” Shaub is a sophomore at Morgantown High School and an aspiring tattoo artist.
feel the force Try surrendering to the moment—you never know what will happen. “On the eve of Halloween, a creature channeled itself through me and into this pumpkin,” says Eli Pollard . Pollard is a visual artist, a musician with The Furr and ROLRGOSTR, and a short filmmaker / animator who runs education abroad programs overseas for WVU. Find designs from his business Mountain Nerds at Hoot and Howl and @mountain_nerds on Instagram, his visual art at @eli_pollard on Instagram, and his animation series at Green Garden Sessions on Facebook. His local public art can be seen on the trash cans of High Street, on the Faerie Trail at Mason Dixon Park, and soon at the Edith Barill River front Park in Star City. “I liked the idea of responding to the form of the existing pumpkin to create a character,” says mixed media sculptor Brittany Weekley . “When I looked at this particular pumpkin, this cute and spooky scare- crow is who I saw.” Weekley earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from WVU and is now pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. See her best work at brittanyweekley.com and @brittanyweekley on Instagram.
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