Inside The Pumpkin Bud

Ash Mandrake

Ash Mandrake


Image above photography by Matt Ainsworth; photomanipulation by Ash Mandrake
A look inside The Prehistoric Vampiric Pumpkin Bud. It took about 250 hours to make this hat and much of the work has been hidden inside for the last 3 years. Not many people realise how much work goes into the hats

On examining my squash, it seemed that they had some type of decagonal symmetry. Making ten pouches would have been too time consuming and difficult to manage technically. So I settled for five pouches. The central sarcophagus is an empty vescle,which will be opened up in the images below to allow you to view inside.
(Photography by Matt Ainsworth, crop by ash Mandrake)

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The central sarcophagus is a zipped compartment. The zips are functional.
(Photography by Matt Ainsworth, crop by ash Mandrake)

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Zips being undone
(Photography by Matt Ainsworth, crop by ash Mandrake)

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Zips being undone – a bit more
(Photography by Matt Ainsworth, crop by ash Mandrake)

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The inner base of the sarcophagous has five zipped entrances which lead into satin pockets, housed within the external pouches. (Photography by Matt Ainsworth, crop by ash Mandrake)

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Notice that there is also a bulls eye target residing at the bottom of the sarcophagous.
(Photography by Matt Ainsworth, crop by ash Mandrake)

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The external pouches are bound closed with laces.
(Photography by Matt Ainsworth, crop by ash Mandrake)

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The external pouches are fully functional and are based loosely on the ancient shamanistic design.
(Photography by Matt Ainsworth, crop by ash Mandrake)

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There are two functional red slot pockets inside each of the five external pouches. Notice also the satin pocket close to the central sarcophagus. This is accessed via the zipped entry slots within the sarcophagus.
(Photography by Matt Ainsworth, crop by ash Mandrake)

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Ash Mandrake

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