Danish artist carves one-tonne pumpkin with chainsaw for Halloween
An artist in Denmark has used a chainsaw to carve a giant pumpkin weighing more than a tonne into a scary mask, one of ten sculptures that will be fed to elephants at Copenhagen Zoo.
How it was covered
- Channel 5 was the only channel found covering it.
- BBC News, BBC One, Channel 4, GB News, ITV and Sky News: not found in tracked broadcasts.
The Full Story
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An artist in Denmark has used a chainsaw to carve a giant pumpkin into a scary mask ahead of Halloween. The pumpkin weighs more than a tonne.
The pumpkin is one of ten sculptures the artist is carving. The artist has not been named, and no more precise location than Denmark was given.
When the work is complete, the sculptures will be fed to the elephants at Copenhagen Zoo. The chainsaw was used to shape the oversized vegetable rather than traditional carving tools.
No further details were given about the display, including when the sculptures will be fed to the elephants.
Key Claims
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| Only on one channel | |
| A Danish artist used a chainsaw to carve a pumpkin weighing more than one tonne into a scary mask, as one of ten sculptures he is making. | |
| The finished sculptures will be fed to elephants at Copenhagen Zoo. | |
Channel Perspectives
What each channel focused on, with key quotes.
The item was a short, light-hearted end-of-bulletin piece. It focused on the scale of the pumpkin and the unusual use of a chainsaw, then closed with the detail that the sculptures will be fed to elephants at Copenhagen Zoo. It gave no artist name or location beyond Denmark.
- “And finally, it's not quite Halloween yet but one man is getting creative with his pumpkin carving.”
- “This artist in Denmark is using a chainsaw to turn this giant vegetable weighing more than a tonne into a scary mask.”
- “It is one of ten sculptures he's carving and when he's done they'll be fed to the elephants in Copenhagen Zoo.”
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