World's Largest Pumpkin Carving By Ray Anthony Villafane

After seeing him compete on the Food Network Challenge Show, Ray was contacted by a professional sand sculpting company and invited to Jesolo, Italy to take part in their yearly sand sculpting project for the holidays. Though Ray had never sculpted in sand, he took the opportunity that was offered. In November 2008, Ray traveled to Jesolo and created his first sand sculptures. He did so exceptional, that he was invited back the following summer where he participated in bringing "Dante's Inferno" to the beach and was given the most pivotal sculpture of the show. A trip to Russia followed to sandsculpt at their Victory Day celebration.
Finding Ray on the web
Ray created a website in 2004 to help promote his work that remains online today. You can visit that site by going to link title. He also has an active myspace account and facebook account with more up to date photos of his work. You can "like" his fan page, Villafane Studios on Facebook. The fan's have fondly nicknamed themselves "Villa-fans".