butter sculpture
State Fairs Are Taking Butter Sculpting and Animal Auctions Online
Though Texas and Minnesota have canceled their giant annual events, the state fair experience is adapting to new formats.
The History of Butter Sculpture Is Strange, Indeed
The bizarre state fair tradition of butter sculpture began nearly 150 years ago with an Arkansas farm woman who dreamed of becoming a legit artist, carving neoclassical tableaux in cow fat. And yet all we have now is butter busts of 1991-era John...
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