Chris Chojnacki, a trained welder, has a side job during the Halloween season: he creates “forever jack-o’-lanterns.”
THOMPSON, Connecticut — A Thompson welder has added flair and sparks to Halloween for the second year in a row.
Chris Chojnacki, a trained welder, has a side job during the Halloween season: he creates “forever jack-‘o-lanterns” from discarded and cleaned out propane tanks, beer kegs, oil drums, and even toolboxes. Chris’s business is called Phat Boi Builds, and his works are finding a following.
“I have people reaching out to me all over the place; California, Florida, Georgia, it’s been a wild ride with [the pumpkin artworks] getting posted on the internet and people checking out my social media platforms and seeing the different work,” Chojnacki said.
From his small garage workshop in Thompson, Chojnacki has created dozens of metal pumpkin works with his plasma cutter torch and they are all for sale in his yard. He also frequents …