Thai Fruit Carving – Melon Carvings

By Nita Gill on September 11, 2010 in Carvers’ Stories and Photos, Carving Ideas, Misc Occasions, Past Events 14

Much of my carving training has been in the Thai fruit carving style. Thai fruit carving often includes lots of detailed and intricate melon carving. The results are colorful and enchanting to the eyes.

A couple of weeks ago our group brought carvings to celebrate what we have learned. I thought that you might enjoy seeing these photos. They may provide inspiration for you to learn fruit carving. If you are already an experienced carver, maybe you will get some new ideas for patterns to carve.

Take a look at these lovely Thai fruit carvings.

To see the photos in larger sizes, click the photo that you want to see. Then you can click the ‘Next’ and ‘Back’ links to view photos before it and after it. Enjoy!

If you enjoy carving melons, you will love the Thai Pro Flexible Blade knife. You can learn more about it here.

If you want to learn to carve melons in the Thai style, check out my video lessons Carving Watermelons – Roses, Buds and Leaves. A great next step after that is the video lessons in Carving Melon Flowers – Smooth and Jagged Petals. Because you can get online access right away, you can start learning Thai fruit carving today.

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14 Responses to Thai Fruit Carving – Melon Carvings

Karl September 11, 2010 at 1:14 pm #

Those carvings are very cool. I’m just a beginner and have done a couple carvings watching your free video’s. Are these hard to do? Cant wait till you release the new course, I’m hooked.

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- Nita Gill September 13, 2010 at 8:32 pm #
  
  These are not hard to do once you learn how. I’ll be introducing a set of easy vegetable and fruit carving lessons for beginners that will show you a bunch of basic techniques that will be useful when you then start learning melon carving.
  
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elizabeth billups September 11, 2010 at 2:35 pm #

I REALLY ENJOY THE PICTURE AND THE COLOR ARE SO BEAUTIFUL .. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THAI…….WHAT I HAVE TO DO IS THERE A CLASS OR A BOOK TO LEARN FROM….WONDERFUL PICTURE…..

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- admin September 11, 2010 at 2:37 pm #
  
  I am creating a set of video lessons on how to make carvings like these. There are books available but if you are a beginner it is easier to learn by being shown rather than learning from a book. I’ll keep you posted when the lessons are ready.
  
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  - Estrella Castillo September 11, 2010 at 10:17 pm #
    
    yes i’m very enterested on that want to have both video & book.
    
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    - Nita Gill September 13, 2010 at 8:18 pm #
      
      I”ll keep you posted when they are ready.
      
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Nahed September 11, 2010 at 6:24 pm #

Very nice work. I really enjoy it very cool and beautoful. I am waiting your videos.
Thanks for sharing that with us!!

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Nahed September 11, 2010 at 6:26 pm #

Have you ever thinking in Soap Carving too?

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- Nita Gill September 13, 2010 at 8:18 pm #
  
  Yes. I plan to make the soap carving videos after the melon carving videos because the skills and patterns used with melons will help greatly when learning soap carving.
  
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- Mike July 30, 2012 at 8:38 am #
  
  I am a fan ofa0bizarrea0art, if you take a look in the offbeat cagreoty you will find such gems as watermelon carving to toothpick sculpting, but this strangea0phenomenona0called pencil carving really takes the cake.
  
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  - Nita July 30, 2012 at 11:58 am #
    
    Pencil carving!? That’s new to me. Thanks for letting me know. I’ll do a bit of research and write a post on that.
    
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kenlloydhutchinson September 23, 2010 at 6:34 am #

i love your carvings and is exceptional i which i have all the carving tool like you do .
I LOVE THEM
THANKS

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leida f. enjaynes October 13, 2010 at 2:22 am #

Amazing works of art!Thanks for sharing the photos and videos with me!GREAT!!!

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Auth May 15, 2012 at 5:44 pm #

I love carving fuirts and vegetables, and watermelon is my favorite fruit for craving simply because of the space and ease it offers. Loved your videos, thanks so much.

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Diane Keegan - Virginia, USA

“Kudos to you Nita! Thank you so much for the convenience you are offering through your videos and online lessons for us carving fans. I have been collecting tools and books on fruit and vegetable carving for several years now and you are right about some things. Some books are in another language although they have a sequence of photos but even still it’s hard to grasp the flow from beginning to end. It doesn’t compare to watching someone do it. I even traveled with my daughter to take a class out of state but, it was expensive and it was just one class. Your site makes it so convenient because, as you stated, I can view the lessons any time from the comfort of my home which eliminates all the issues involved with traveling and accomodations. Your lessons are just as good as having you here with me in person. You teach clearly, thoroughly and at an easy to follow pace. I love what you have done! This was my birthday gift from my husband by the way. Oh, and I made the watermelon cake from the free lesson for my son’s 25th birthday (because he doesn’t like cake)and it was a hit with him and everyone who saw it. Thank you, thank you! I can’t thank you enough! Keep up the great work! Happy Carving!”

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“I placed an order on the 30th of April this year for my first purchase of the 11 week course and my Kom Kom knife set. Well, here we are in July the 22, 2013, 3 months later, these are my creations. I also purchased the DVD with Jimmy Zhang. I thank you for all that you and Jimmy has taught in these easy to follow demonstrations. I have a brain on overload when I go into a produce shop. I look at produce in another light….I have included some of my photos for your viewing. I enjoy and love watching, simple in produce, produce come to life, under the aid of carving tools, mixed with unlimited imagination, something so beautiful. I do get the WOW’s and OMG!!!, and more with the displays. I give away most to very grateful people. And lastly, thank you for making mistakes, I learn from them….I do also, I will, and always will, learn from mine also. Kindness and Blessings to you! Sue