Tasty: Ray Villafane has become something of a celebrity in the U.S. for making these scary creations
'I thought why don't I try and carve a pumpkin like it is a piece of clay as opposed to a large vegetable.
'It came out alright but the most important result was that the kids at the school absolutely loved it.
'For days after that there would be a dozen pumpkins sitting on my desk waiting for me to carve them.'

The team are especially inundated with requests around Halloween and this year will travel to Germany, Switzerland and Hong Kong to carve their masterpieces

Characters: A pumpkin inspects a 'crime scene' with his magnifying glass in this creation by Ray Villafane