Exactly, butter is not only being used for consuming, but also for making sculptures. The butter has to be kept under a precise temperature, so it would not melt. Its true what people sometimes say: an artist's imagination has no boundaries... Let's see if thats the case with these butter figures. Check out the pictures below.
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Princess Kay of the Milky Way, butter sculpture contest at the Minnesota State Fair. A 90 lb block of butter is taken and carved with her likenesses.
Marilyn Monroeat the Texas State Fair 2006.
"Mount Buckeye" by Bob Kling.
"Obama and McCain" butter sculpture by marie Pelton at the Erie County Fair 2008, Hamburg, NY.
Elvis with Hound Dog.
"Ben Franklin Reading the Words on the Liberty Bell" at the 2007 Pennsylvania Farm Show.
"Cow Power" at the Great New York State Fair.
Yoda eating yogurt.
'Portrait of Talia' by artist Jim Victor.
Also by artist Jim Victor. Sculptures can take Jim up to a month to craft in his special workshop. They are kept to a temperature of just under 13 degrees to ensure butter doesn't melt.