While a pumpkin carving business is obviously dormant for most of the year, things kick into high gear as the harvest season approaches. Each fall, Marc Evan, Chris Soria, and their team of artists launch into long stretches of productivity, practically living at the Brooklyn warehouse where Maniac Pumpkin Carvers operates. That hectic schedule is necessary because their creations don’t last very long, which means every pumpkin needs to be carved as close to delivery as possible As Evan wrote for Business Insider, “No matter how far in advance a client commissions a job, we typically carve everything within 24 hours of when it’s needed to ensure it looks its best.”
The average Maniac pumpkin can take more than a full workday to finish, but artists don’t have the luxury of letting them sit on the shelf, where they’d quickly rot. The artistic pieces, in particular, require a careful hand, and Evan estimates about 16 to 20 hours are spent on each of those. “Once we get into October, me, Chris, and some of our artists pretty much work around the clock and take naps in the studio when we need to recharge,” he explained.
