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Question & Answer  Q: What made you do the art of fruit carving? A: I came across a watermelon sculpture in a "Thai food festival". I learned the art of fruit carving when Tokyo's hotel held a festival celebrating Thai culture. Q: When did you master watermelon carving? Did you have a teacher or did you teach yourself? A: I mastered the technique in 2001. I do not have a teacher. I studied by myself. Q: How long did it take you to be skilled hands? A: It took me three weeks. Q: Why do you use watermelons? Don't you use cantaloupes or grapefruits for instance? A: Because watermelon is colorful. So, it attracts us. And its part we can carve is large. It is more powerful than other fruits. Grapefruit is much smaller than watermelon. 
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