This site is no Longer updated!

I'm sorry to announce, but for now, this blog is no longer being maintained. Buttttttt.... over the past year I have shifted more focus to my facebook page and thought it was best to suspend this blog. You can still view all of my recent fruit creations by visiting the Fruit Expectations page by clicking the link below!


This page is gone for now but it may be back in the future. Thank you for visiting over the years! Keep in touch.
~Thomas Cushing Jr.

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Tinkerbell

My sister asked me to do a small platter for a 4yr old girl. It was her birthday on January 1st. The platter needed flowers and ferries. Who is the most famous ferry of all? Of course Tinkerbell! So thats what I decided to carve. I wish you all the best in the new year. Enjoy.

Happy Holidays

First off, Merry Christmas! I had the pleasure of driving up to Midland Ontario to attend family Christmas celebrations. So I brought some fruit. The sweet smell of the fruit and the savoury smell of basil and rosemary hit you as soon as you entered the room. I don't know about you but my mouth was drooling. Some relatives from England captured the carving on video camera. As soon as I receive a copy I will edit it and post it. Here are some photos of the platter.

 

Baby Shower the Second

Fire! Fire! Call the fireman!! Look what showed up at this baby shower. I carved a baby boy themed display for client Deborah. Complete with LEGO, a carved baby, ABC blocks and a squash firetruck!
**ALARM**ALARM**

I added two carved pumpkins as gifts; one for Deborah and one for the woman expecting. A swarm of pre teens gathered around the first pumpkin claiming it to be Justin Beiber. LOL. They looked at the second one and said it was Lady Gaga. Poor Lady Gaga, you dont look that bad! Haha

Conestoga College Pumpkin Carving Champion 2010

It's true!! I won the pumpkin carving contest this year hosted by Conestoga Students Incorporated. I carved a more intricate version of my Justin Beiber inspired pumpkin carving. I had four hours to carve so I used the whole time! Complete with vines and flowers on the back side of the pumpkin. I was very pleased with the outcome.

There's more! I also won the Conestoga College Bookstore pumpkin carving contest. I tried my hand at an aquatic theme. I think it is an angel fish but don't quote me on it (I know fruit; not fish!). This contest was different than the other one. We had time to take the pumpkin home and work on it. But I picked mine up late so I didn't have much time to work on it. I had a big sales midterm on the same day as the submission. 

I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Again, thank you to all the friends, students, and faculty that voted for me. I could not have done it without you! I'm excited because I am now classified as an "Award Winning Fruit Carver". Look out world!  

Lessons!

I have been teaching an intro to carving class every monday with a friend's mother. It's a great learning experience for me and for my student. I will be getting into more lessons hopefully for my mom and a group of her friends, then the public.

I just wanted to show what you would work towards on the first lesson. Starting with a basic crown, advanced crown and finally strawberry roses in a pineapple base. The second lesson is basic flower carving into melons.

Pumpkins Pumpkins Pumpkins!

PRE-CARVED PUMPKINS! Inquire about having a professionally carved pumpkin on your doorstep, table or at any fall event! There is only a limited number of pumpkins I, Thomas Cushing Jr., can produce so please reserve your pumpkins before they are all gone. Email tj.cushing@gmail.com with some contact info and what event your pumpkin is for. This way we can work together to find out what kind of pumpkin best suits your needs. Be as creative as you want, I can do anything from cute to gruesome. Pricing varies on the amount of detail. (an exampe of a high detail pumpkin can be seen below) 

Tis' the season, to be freightful, gastly, ghoulish, [Oktoberfest if you live in the KW region ;) ], and anything horrifying. But fall is a season of rich colors including reds, yellows and oranges. Squash and gourds are harvested. Don't forget pumpkin's, the king of the gourds. So with a slash and stabbing of a knife the creature is formed. From the depths of the darkness the king of the pumpkin world arises... and looks something like this! HaHa :)

Photos By Will Jivcoff Click Here To Visit His Website