I'm a professional pumpkin carver — I make $1 million from my art
Satisfy your carvings this Halloween with pumpkin seeds — a secret ‘superfood’ with spooky-good health benefitsA former mortgage broker became a professional pumpkin carver after his impressive artwork stunned friends and family, earning him an estimated $1 million over a decade.
“Each carve takes about four to six hours, so I was working for 3,500 hours a year for 10 years,” said Wer, 56, who now splits his time as a ComiCon sales manager.Each pumpkin carving takes Alex Wer about four to six hours to complete. He’s pictured here with actress Ming-Na Wen.Wer quit his job as a mortgage broker to pursue professional pumpkin carving, though he now splits his time working at ComiCon.
He stumbled into his “Orange Empire” completely by accident after carving a pumpkin for his wife’s office open house in 2009.“Not even knowing WHAT I was doing, The Pumpkin Geek was born!!!!” Wer, who goes by the moniker The Pumpkin Geek online, wrote on his“Anything I see in my life now, I wonder how I could carve it,” Wer told SFGate. “I picture the world in orange.
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